AKS Co., Ltd. (株式会社AKS, Kabushiki-gaisha AKS) is a Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company is involved in various entertainment-related activities, including music, film and merchandise production.
AKS is the company managing the Japanese idol groups AKB48, SKE48,[1] and HKT48.[2] It is also the company that will be managing the Japanese activities of South-korean and Japanese idol group, Iz One.
AKB48 employs a so-called "transfer system". All the participants who pass the auditions are contracted by AKS for a while. Having started her career as a member, an artist within a predetermined time period should receive a contract offer from another artist management company.[3] It is done until the 10th generation. After that, all members in the next generation are managed directly by AKS.
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Members | Team S |
- Rion Azuma
- Rena Isshiki
- Asana Inuzuka
- Masana Ōya
- Ayuka Kamimura
- Ryōha Kitagawa (concurrent as AKB48 Team 4)
- Risako Gotō
- Aika Sugiyama
- Mai Takeuchi
- Rika Tsuzuki
- Yume Noguchi
- Kano Nojima
- Haruka Futamura
- Otoha Machi
- Jurina Matsui
- Chikako Matsumoto (vice leader)
- Miki Yakata (leader)
- Suzuran Yamauchi
- Juna Yamada
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Team KII |
- Shiori Aoki
- Yuki Arai
- Anna Ishida
- Mikoto Uchiyama (vice leader)
- Yūna Ego
- Ayaka Ōta
- Mina Ōba (leader)
- Yuna Obata
- Ruka Kitano
- Kotono Shirai
- Sarina Sōda
- Yumana Takagi
- Natsuki Takatsuka
- Akane Takayanagi
- Saki Takeuchi
- Yuzuki Hidaka
- Nao Furuhata
- Kaori Matsumura
- Airi Mizuno
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Team E |
- Yūka Asai
- Reona Ida
- Narumi Ichino
- Natsuki Kamata
- Kanon Kimoto
- Haruka Kumazaki
- Rara Gotō
- Makiko Saitō
- Mei Sakai
- Sumire Satō
- Ōka Suenaga
- Maya Sugawara
- Akari Suda (leader)
- Sana Takatera
- Yūki Takahata
- Marika Tani
- Nao Fukushi (vice leader)
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- Honoka Aikawa
- Narumi Kataoka
- Narumi Kawasaki
- Aina Wada
- Ayaha Atsumi
- Saki Ishikawa
- Yuzuki Ishiguro
- Ruka Inoue
- Rinka Ōshiba
- Miku Okada
- Anna Kawai
- Yoshino Kitagawa
- Ami Kurashima
- Kano Kobayashi
- Marin Sakamoto
- Kaho Satō
- Kohaku Shirayuki
- Izumi Nakamura
- Miki Nonogaki
- Miyo Nomura
- Negai Fukai
- Riko Morihira
- Yukina Yahagi
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- Mai Fuchigami
- Maiko Fukagawa
- Izumi Goto
- Mina Imada
- Raira Ito
- Shino Iwahana
- Serina Kumazawa
- Sakura Miyawaki (Co-Captain)
- Madoka Moriyasu
- Aoi Motomura
- Anna Murashige
- Kanna Okada
- Aika Ota (Captain)
- Yuki Shimono
- Yuka Tanaka
- Asuka Tomiyoshi
- Mio Tomonaga
- Nao Ueki
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Team TII |
- Misaki Aramaki
- Hazuki Hokazono
- Maria Imamura
- Sae Kurihara
- Hana Matsuoka
- Vivian Murakawa
- Erena Sakamoto
- Riko Tsutsui
- Emily Yamashita
- Yuna Yamauchi
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