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Sunday, April 22, 2012

AKB48 to Form 3rd Overseas Sister Group Based in China

AKB48 to Form 3rd Overseas Sister Group Based in China

On the chinese official website of AKB48, it's announced today that producer Akimoto Yasushi will create an AKB48 sister group based in Shanghai, China titled SNH48.
 
*Note: Shanghai is pronounced as Shanhai in Japanese

This will be the 3rd overseas sister group after JKT48 and TPE48, and the 6th overall sister group. Akimoto Yasushi will again be the chief supervisor of this group. It is currently scheduled to start holding nationwide auditions by early August this year, and is expected to complete its 1st 16 members to form Team S by 8th December, which is the 7th anniversary of AKB48.

Check out some videos below!

Official video:


2000 chinese fans at the site witness the video and roared in excitement:



Source: jpopasia

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