Top 11 most popular members of AKB48

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23-12-2022 cookie

AKB48 is a group with many members who are famous stars in the Japanese entertainment industry. This is the most famous Japanese girl idol group today. When it comes to music in the Japanese entertainment industry, you've probably heard of AKB48, the group that is known as the SNSD of Japan, and is considered a famous phenomenon throughout Asia. The group was founded by Yasushi Akimoto and has many sister groups in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, ... and has achieved the Guinness World Record - the group with the largest number of members in the world. They are also one of the highest grossing music groups in the world. In 2011, the group achieved record sales of over 211 million USD and in 2012 226 million USD in Japan alone. The article introduces you to the top most prominent members of the group. These are all the most famous idols of Japan.

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Miyawaki Sakura

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Miyawaki Sakura

Miyawaki Sakura is the vice-captain of team KIV of HKT48, a concurrent member of team A AKB48 and a member of the Korean-Japanese group IZ*ONE.

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Maeda Atsuko

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Maeda Atsuko

Maeda Atsuko's nickname is Acchan. At the age of 14, she became AKB48's first group member and was chosen as the center. She won the queen position in the first general election of AKB48 in 2009 and 2011. Atsuko has also impressed with her roles in the films Q10, Hana Kimi,... In 2012, good Maeda retired from AKB48 and went solo. Maeda's solo career was also very successful and her songs also achieved impressive achievements.

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Sashihara Rino

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Sashihara Rino

Sashihara Rino is also one of the most popular members of AKB48. Since 2012 Sashihara has been a member of HKT48. She won the position of AKB48's general election queen in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She also topped the list of the highest-paid female idols in the Japanese entertainment industry many times.

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Watanabe Mayu

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Watanabe Mayu

Watanabe Mayu joined AKB48 at the age of 13 and is the youngest member of the group. Mayuyu possesses a perfect beauty that is compared to a robot or a character coming out of a manga. In 2014, Mayuyu won the title of queen for the first and last time in the AKB48 general election. After graduating from the group in 2017, Mayuyu focused on acting and musicals.

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Mariko Shinoda

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Mariko Shinoda

Mariko Shinoda is the only member of Generation 1.5 AKB48, she was the captain of Team A. Mariko graduated from AKB48 in 2013 at Fukuoka Dome.