List of former members of AKB48

Former members of AKB48 are members who were part of the group at one point of time. Members have left for various reasons from focusing on their studies to entering into new careers. The member lineup often changes as when girls get older, they "graduate" from the group, and are replaced by members promoted from the trainees.^[1] Yuki Usami was the first member to graduate from the group in March 31, 2006.^[2]

Graduated members

Team A

• Yuki Usami (宇佐美 友紀) (December 6, 1984 in Saitama) Graduated on March 31, 2006.^[2]
• Ayumi Orii (折井 あゆみ) (July 20, 1985 in Nagano) Graduated on January 25, 2007.
• Michiru Hoshino (星野 みちる) (November 19, 1985 in Chiba) Graduated on June 26, 2007.
• Kayano Masuyama (増山 加弥乃) (February 10, 1994 in Saitama) Graduated on November 30, 2007.
• Tomomi Ōe (大江 朝美) (June 15, 1989 in Tokyo) Graduated on November 23, 2008.
• Hitomi Komatani (駒谷 仁美) (December 16, 1988 in Saitama) Graduated on November 23, 2008. Rejoined SDN48.
• Hana Tojima (戸島 花) (July 11, 1988 in Saitama) Graduated on November 23, 2008. Rejoined SDN48.
• Rina Nakanishi (中西 里菜) (June 26, 1988 in Ōita) Graduated on November 23, 2008.
• Risa Narita (成田 梨紗) (March 1, 1991 in Tokyo) Graduated on November 23, 2008.
• Nozomi Kawasaki (川崎 希) (August 23, 1987 in Kanagawa) Graduated on February 27, 2009.
• Mai Ōshima (大島 麻衣) (September 11, 1987 in Chiba) Graduated on April 26, 2009.

Name (Birth date, Birthplace)	Election							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子) (July 10, 1991 in Chiba)	1	2	1					Graduated on August 27, 2012.[3][4]
Natsuki Satō (佐藤 夏希) (July 1, 1990 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A				Graduated on November 30, 2012
Moeno Nitō (仁藤 萌乃) (July 22, 1992 in Tokyo)	N/A	29	31	55				Graduated on April 28, 2013
Tomomi Kasai (河西 智美) (November 16, 1991 in Tokyo)	10	12	16	12				Graduated on May 3, 2013
Tomomi Nakatsuka (中塚 智実) (June 18, 1993 in Saitama)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A				Graduated on June 13, 2013
Mariko Shinoda (篠田 麻里子) (March 11, 1986 in Fukuoka)	3	3	4	5	5			Graduated on July 21, 2013;[5][6] final performance on July 22.[7][8]
Shiori Nakamata (仲俣 汐里) (July 25, 1992 in Tokyo)			N/A	N/A	N/A			Graduated on September 15, 2013; final event (handshake) on September 23.[9][10][11]
Ayaka Kikuchi (菊地 あやか) (June 30, 1993)	N/A	N/A	N/A	51	51			Graduated April 21, 2014.[12]
Haruka Katayama (片山 陽加) (May 11, 1990)	28	37	N/A	48	34			Graduated September 29, 2014.[13]
Ayaka Morikawa (森川 彩香) (March 24, 1996)			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Graduated April 14, 2015.[14]
Sakiko Matsui (松井 咲子) December 10, 1990	N/A	N/A	38	53	60	N/A		Graduated June 26, 2015.
Rina Kawaei (川栄 李奈) February 12, 1995			N/A	N/A	25	16		Graduated August 4, 2015.
Rena Nishiyama (西山 怜那) January 14, 2001						N/A	N/A	Graduated December 23, 2015.[15]
Karen Iwata (岩田 華怜) May 13, 1998				N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Graduated March 15, 2016.
Minami Takahashi (高橋みなみ) April 8, 1991	5	6	7	6	8	9	4	Graduated April 8, 2016.

Team K

• Yū Imai (今井 優) (April 17, 1985 in Saitama) Graduated on June 22, 2007.
• Ayana Takada (高田 彩奈) (July 21, 1988 in Aichi) Graduated on June 22, 2007.
• Kaoru Hayano (早野 薫) (December 12, 1992 in Tokyo) Graduated on April 26, 2009.
• Risa Naruse (成瀬 理沙) (August 13, 1993 in Saitama) Graduated on May 24, 2009. Debuted as an AV idol in October 2013.^[16]

Name (Birth date, Birthplace)	Election							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Erena Ono (小野恵令奈) (November 26, 1993 in Tokyo)	11	15						Graduated September 27, 2010
Kaoru Mitsumune (光宗 薫) (April 26, 1993 in Osaka)				N/A				Graduated on October 24, 2012. (Kenkyūsei promoted to Team K, graduating before joining Team K)
Sayaka Nakaya (仲谷 明香) (October 15, 1991 in Iwate)	N/A	N/A	N/A	36				Graduated on March 6, 2013
Natsumi Matsubara (松原 夏海) (June 19, 1990 in Fukuoka)	30	39	N/A	N/A				Graduated on June 4, 2013
Sayaka Akimoto (秋元 才加) (July 26, 1988 in Chiba)	12	17	17	20				Graduated on August 22, 2013; final performance August 28.[5][6][17]
Tomomi Itano (板野 友美) (July 3, 1991 in Kanagawa)	7	4	8	8	11			Graduated on August 25, 2013; final performance August 27.[5][6][17]
Amina Satō (佐藤 亜美菜) (October 16, 1990)	8	18	18	21	33			Graduated on January 15 2014.
Yuko Oshima (大島 優子) (October 17, 1988)	2	1	2	1	2			Graduated on June 9, 2014.
Shihori Suzuki (鈴木 紫帆里) (February 17, 1994)	N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Graduated on May 21, 2015.
Mayumi Uchida (内田 眞由美) (December 27, 1993)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Graduated on August 22, 2015.
Jurina Matsui (松井 珠理奈) March 8, 1997	19	10	14	9	6	4	5	Canceled concurrent position with AKB48 on October 21, 2015.[18]
Aki Takajo (高城 亜樹) October 3, 1991	23	13	12	17	20	26	30	Graduated on February 23, 2016.
Mariya Nagao (永尾まりや) March 10, 1994		N/A	N/A	39	35	65	59	Graduated on March 19, 2016.

Team B

• Shiho Watanabe (渡邊 志穂) (October 25, 1987 in Hyōgo) Graduated on October 2, 2007.
• Naru Inoue (井上 奈瑠) (December 18, 1991 in Osaka) Graduated on September 29, 2008.
• Reina Noguchi (野口 玲菜) (April 15, 1993 in Saitama) Graduated on February 1, 2009.
• Yuki Matsuoka (松岡 由紀) (October 7, 1987 in Kanagawa) Graduated on February 1, 2009.
• Mika Saeki (佐伯 美香) (October 29, 1989 in Tochigi) Graduated on August 23, 2009, left the group but then returned as a Baito AKB member.

Name (Birth date, Birthplace)	Election							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Manami Oku (奥 真奈美) (November 22, 1995 in Tokyo)	N/A	N/A			N/A			Graduated on April 8, 2011
Mika Komori (小森 美果) (July 19, 1994 in Aichi)	N/A	30	32	64				Graduated on June 3, 2013
Misato Nonaka (野中 美郷) (April 20, 1991 in Fukuoka)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A			Graduated on April 22, 2014
Hikari Hashimoto (橋本 耀) June 17, 1997					N/A	N/A	N/A	Graduated on July 7, 2015
Asuka Kuramochi (倉持 明日香) September 11, 1989	21	23	21	22	36	52		Graduated on August 17, 2015
Natsuki Uchiyama (内山 奈月) September 25, 1995					N/A	63	39	Graduated on February 21, 2016[19]
Misaki Iwasa (岩佐 美咲) January 30, 1995	N/A	N/A	N/A	33	56	49	N/A	Graduated on March 14, 2016

Team 4

Name (Birth date, Birthplace)	Election							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Anna Mori (森 杏奈) (March 21, 1994 in Chiba)			N/A					Graduated on September 2, 2011
Yurina Takashima (髙島 祐利奈) (May 24, 1997)				N/A	N/A	N/A		Graduated on December 27, 2014
Mizuki Tsuchiyasu (土保 瑞希) October 5, 1996						N/A	N/A	Graduated on June 24, 2014
Mitsuki Maeda (前田 美月) October 5, 1998					N/A	N/A		Graduated on June 24, 2014
Marina Kobayashi (小林 茉里奈) February 24, 1996			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Graduated on August 5, 2014
Wakana Natori (名取 稚菜) June 7, 1995			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Graduated on December 20, 2015

Team 8

Name (Birth date, Birthplace)	Election							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chinatsu Okubora (奥洞 千捺) (September 10, 1998 in Gifu)						N/A		Graduated on June 18, 2014
Yui Moriwaki (森脇 由衣) (February 28, 1998)						N/A		Graduated on January 26, 2015

Kenkyūsei

• Aki Deguchi (出口 陽) (March 14, 1988 in Mie) Graduated on November 26, 2007. Reapplied for SKE48.
• Yuka Arima (有馬 優茄) (February 18, 1991 in Kanagawa) Graduated on January 19, 2009.
• Nae Suzuki (鈴木 菜絵) (December 18, 1992 in Saitama) Graduated on January 19, 2009.
• Mayu Tomita (冨田 麻友) (January 25, 1993 in Kagawa) Graduated on January 19, 2009.
• Arisa Hatayama (畑山 亜梨紗) (February 11, 1991 in Tokyo) Graduated on January 19, 2009.
• Miki Saotome (早乙女 美樹) (June 22, 1991 in Tochigi) (Before Team B) (Demoted on January 25, 2009). Graduated on April 18, 2009.
• Akane Uriya (瓜屋 茜) (August 24, 1992 in Kanagawa) Graduated on April 26, 2009.
• Mizuho Katōno (上遠野 瑞穂) (November 30, 1991 in Tokyo) Graduated on June 9, 2009.
• Madoka Asai (浅居 円) (July 28, 1991 in Shiga) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Ayaka Ishii (石井 彩夏) (June 24, 1991 in Kanagawa) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Aya Ishibe (石部 郁) (February 6, 1991 in Yamanashi) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Grace Kaku (郭 グレース) (April 29, 1994 in Saitama) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Nanami Komizu (小水 七海) (July 13, 1995 in Kanagawa) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Rio Sakamoto (坂本 莉央) (June 6, 1995 in Tokyo) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Ami Tomite (冨手 麻妙) (March 17, 1994 in Kanagawa) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Nicole Miki (三木 にこる) (June 28, 1995 in Chiba) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Satomi Muranaka (村中 聡美) (June 5, 1988 in Chiba) Graduated on December 4, 2009.
• Atsuki Ishiguro (石黒 貴己) (September 24, 1993 in Saitama) Graduated on June 20, 2010.
• Momoko Kinumoto (絹本 桃子) (March 28, 1995 in Tokyo) Graduated on June 20, 2010.
• Sara Fujimoto (藤本 紗羅) (March 23, 1997 in Tokyo) Graduated on June 20, 2010.
• Hitomi Iwasaki (岩崎 仁美) (March 19, 1996 in Saitama) Graduated on October 5, 2010.
• Yuriko Sano (佐野 友里子) (January 22, 1992 in Tokyo) Graduated on October 5, 2010.
• Rika Suzuki (鈴木 里香) (January 10, 1997 in Tokyo) Graduated on March 31, 2012.
• Erena Saeed Yokota (サイード 横田 絵玲奈) (April 15, 1997 in Tōkyō) 12th generation Kenkyusei. She was a rhythmic gymnast; her sister Nina was on the rhythmic gymnastics national team for the 2012 Olympics.^[20][21] Announced resignation in September 2012 in order to focus on her studies.^[22] Graduated on October 6, 2012.^[23]
• Aimi Eguchi (江口 愛実), a virtual member, joined as "generation 12.5" member in June 2011 to promote Glico Ice no Mi candy in the song "Ice no Kuchizuke", a B-side to "Flying Get". De-listed from the official member page as of May 2013.^[24]

Otona AKB

In 2014, AKB48 ran a nationwide audition for the position of "Otona AKB" (大人AKB, "Adult AKB"), a woman over 30 years old who would participate in a commercial for the new Glico Papico. Out of over 5000 applicants, the winner was announced on April 16, 2014, as Mariko Tsukamoto, a housewife and mother of two.^[25][26] She would take part in promotions and concerts through August 2014.^[27]

Name	Birth date (age)	Election rank
		1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]
Mariko Tsukamoto (塚本 まり子 Tsukamoto Mariko)	July 16, 1976[33]

Transferred members

These members were transferred from AKB48 to a different group.

Transferred to SKE48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6 [34]	7[35]
Yuka Nakanishi (中西 優香 Nakanishi Yuka)	January 24, 1989	AKB48 Research Students[36]	N/A	N/A	N/A	63	64
Sumire Sato (佐藤 すみれ Sato Sumire)	November 20, 1993	AKB48 Team A [37]	N/A	31	34	61	52	N/A	49
Suzuran Yamauchi (山内 鈴蘭 Suzuran Yamauchi)	December 8, 1994	AKB48 Team B [37]	N/A	36	N/A	54	61	69	63
Mina Ōba (大場 美奈 Mina Oba)	April 3, 1992	AKB48 Team B [37]	N/A	N/A	35	57	48	56	27

Transferred to NMB48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Ayaka Umeda (梅田 彩佳 Umeda Ayaka)	January 3, 1989	AKB48 Team B [37]	N/A	32	22	16	19	35	56
Miori Ichikawa (市川 美織 Ichikawa Miori)	February 12, 1994	AKB48 Team B [37]	N/A	N/A	39	58	57	53	79
Reina Fujie (藤江 れいな Fujie Reina)	November 20, 1993	AKB48 Team B [37]	N/A	33	40	40	32	33	35

Transferred to HKT48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃 Sashihara Rino)	November 21, 1992	AKB48 Team A [38]	27	19	9	4	1	2	1
Aika Ota (多田 愛佳 Ōta Aika)	December 8, 1994	AKB48 Team A [39]	20	22	25	52	43	42	41

Transferred to JKT48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Rina Chikano (近野 莉菜 Chikano Rina)	April 23, 1993	Team K[37]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haruka Nakagawa (仲川 遥香 Nakagawa Haruka)	February 10, 1992	Team A[39]	N/A	20	24	44		N/A

Transferred to SNH48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Sae Miyazawa (宮澤 佐江 Miyazawa Sae)	August 13, 1990	AKB48 Team K[40]	14	9	11	11	10	12	8

Transferred to NGT48

Name	Birth date (age)	Transferred from	Election rank
			1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Rie Kitahara (北原 里英 Kitahara Rie)	June 24, 1991	AKB48 Team K [41]	13	16	13	13	21	19	11

Transferred to SDN48

Name	Election rank							Notes
	1[28]	2[29]	3[30]	4[31]	5[32]	6[34]	7[35]
Megumi Ohori (大堀 恵) (August 25, 1983 in Chiba)	24				N/A			Transferred from Team K
Kayo Noro (野呂 佳代) (October 28, 1983 in Tokyo)	N/A				N/A			Transferred from Team K
Kazumi Urano (浦野 一美) (October 23, 1985 in Saitama)	17				N/A			Transferred from Team B
Haruka Kohara (小原 春香) (April 12, 1988 in Hiroshima)	N/A				N/A			Transferred from Team B
Yukari Satō (佐藤 由加理) (November 22, 1988 in Shizuoka)	15				N/A			Transferred from Team A

Other

These former members did not undergo graduation, but left the group for miscellaneous reasons.

Team A

Name (Birth date, birthplace)	Election rank							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Riho Kotani (小谷 里歩) August 24, 1994			N/A	N/A	N/A	61	54	Last Team A performance took on May 27, 2013
Nao Furuhata (古畑 奈和) September 15, 1996				N/A	N/A	55	24	Last AKB48 performance took on May 29, 2015
Fuuko Yagura (矢倉 楓子) February 24, 1997				N/A	44	41	40	Last AKB48 performance took on May 29, 2015

Team K

• Ayako Uemura (上村 彩子) (February 7, 1986 in Saitama) Left on June 17, 2006.

Name (Birth date, birthplace)	Election rank							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Rumi Yonezawa (米沢　瑠美) (June 6, 1991 in Saitama)	22	34	N/A					Left due to a scandal on February 5, 2012.
Yuka Masuda (増田 有華) (August 3, 1991 in Ōsaka)	25	25	20	26				Left on December 17, 2012

Team B

Name (Birth date, birthplace)	Election rank							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Natsumi Hirajima (平嶋 夏海) May 28, 1992 in Tokyo)	26	26	26		62			Left due to a scandal on February 5, 2012.
Anna Ishida (石田 安奈) May 27, 1996	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	Last AKB48 performance took on May 21, 2013
Rina Ikoma (生駒 里奈) December 29, 1995						14		Last AKB48 performance took on May 14, 2015

Team 4

Name (Birth date, birthplace)	Election rank							Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Riho Kotani (小谷 里歩) August 24, 1994			N/A	N/A	N/A	61	54	Last Team 4 performance took on May 28, 2015.

Candidate for Team B

• Reina Iso (礒 怜奈) (August 10, 1992 in Tokyo) Left before April 8, 2007.
• Aki Ōtsuka (大塚 亜季) (February 12, 1989 in Kanagawa) Left before April 8, 2007.
• Ryō Sakata (坂田 涼) (March 18, 1990 in Tokyo) Left before April 8, 2007.
• Mariachika Fujishima (藤島 マリアチカ) (April 28, 1990 in Philippines) Left on before April 8, 2007.
• Mina Horie (堀江 聖夏) (July 14, 1993 in Tokyo) Left before April 8, 2007.

Kenkyūsei

• Yurina Iinuma (飯沼 友里奈) (April 30, 1990 in Saitama) Left on before November 15, 2007.
• Satomi Kaneko (金子 智美) (December 22, 1989 in Aichi) Left on before November 15, 2007.
• Rina Kozuka (小塚 里菜) (May 22, 1993 in Chiba) Left on before November 15, 2007.
• Saki Yoshioka (吉岡 沙葵) (September 1, 1984 in Tokyo) Left on before November 15, 2007.
• Marie Watanabe (渡辺 茉莉絵) (January 18, 1991 in Tokyo) Left on before November 15, 2007.
• Sara Nishizawa (西澤 沙羅) (May 14, 1992 in Kanagawa) Left on before August 23, 2008.
• Yurie Katano (片野 友里恵) (April 29, 1990 in Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki) Left on after September 9, 2008.
• Remi Ishiguro (石黒 莉美) (May 23, 1991 in Tokyo) Left on January 16, 2009.
• Mizuki Komatsu (小松 瑞希) Left on July 14, 2009.
• Ayano Hayashi (林 彩乃) (May 31, 1993 in Tokyo) Left on July 18, 2009.
• Nanami Nishikawa (西川 七海) (July 3, 1993 in Tokyo) Fired on July 25, 2009, later a Popteen model.
• Miku Sugiyama (杉山 未来) (December 12, 1995 in Tokyo) Fired on December 4, 2009.
• Ayaka Itō (伊藤 彩夏) (June 21, 1993 in Tokyo) Left on January 6, 2010.
• Yurie Imai (今井 悠理枝) (April 30, 1994 in Saitama) Left on February 1, 2010.
• Eri Takamatsu (高松 恵理) (December 25, 1992 in Saitama) Left on June 20, 2010. Debuted as an AV idol (as "Risa Tachibana") in February 2013.^[42]
• Asaka Ueki (植木 あさ香) (May 17, 1995 in Chiba) Left on July 6, 2010.
• Saki Toyoda (豊田 早姫) Left on October 23, 2010.
• Chinami Okazaki (岡﨑 ちなみ) Left on October 27, 2010.
• Marina Kawakami (川上 麻里奈) Left on December 3, 2010.
• Yūki Kanazawa (金沢 有希) (May 1, 1993 in Hokkaido) Left on February 20, 2011.
• Sara Ushikubo (牛窪 紗良) (February 15, 1995 in Tokyo) Left on June 19, 2011.
• Nau Yamaguchi (山口 菜有) (January 19, 1994 in Kanagawa) Left on June 19, 2011.
• Maika Amemiya (雨宮 舞夏) (June 29, 1997 in Tokyo) Left on August 5, 2012.
• Haruna Hasegawa (長谷川 晴奈) (July 1, 1997 in Ibaraki) Left on August 5, 2012.
• Shiori Kita (北 汐莉) (December 1, 1998 in Hyōgo) Left on August 5, 2012.
• Sakura Moriyama (森山 さくら) (April 14, 1998 in Tokyo) Left on August 5, 2012.
• Nene Watanabe (渡邊 寧々) (January 30, 1998 in Fukushima) Left on August 5, 2012.

See also

• List of AKB48 members

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