NGT48

NGT48
Origin Niigata, Japan
Genres J-pop
Years active Since October 2015
Associated acts AKB48
Website ngt48.jp
Members Team NIII

NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol girl group formed in October 2015 in Niigata produced by Yasushi Akimoto.[1] The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth floor of the LoveLa2 shopping mall in Niigata city.[2][3]

History

The creation of the group was announced on January 25, 2015 on the final, fifth day of a traditional series of AKB48 concerts entitled AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015.[4]

In October 2015, the Niigata-based company Kuriyama Beika Co., Ltd. (栗山米菓) appointed NGT48 a "bakauke PR ambassador", a PR ambassador for its product named bakauke.[5]

As of December 2015, NGT48 is collaborating with McDonalds on a 48-piece bucket of Chicken McNuggets sold in Japan. Each bucket features photos of NGT48[6][7][8] and comes with a collectable card with a photo of a random member of the group.[9]

NGT48's own theater opened in Niigata on January 10, 2016.[3][10][11]

The group's members will be part of the cast of an upcoming television series adaptation of Higurashi When They Cry,[12] to be premiered from May 20 on BS Sky PerfecTV!.[13][14] The group also recorded the theme song for the series. It is titled "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" and will be included on the Theater Edition of the 44th single by AKB48, "Tsubasa wa Iranai", to be released on June 1, 2016.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Members

As of March 2016, according to the official website.[19]

Team NIII

Rie Kitahara is the captain of NGT48.[20]

Name Birth date (age) Election rank
1
Yuka Ogino (荻野由佳) February 16, 1999
Tsugumi Oguma (小熊倫実) December 15, 2002
Yuki Kashiwagi (柏木由紀) July 15, 1991
Minami Katō (加藤美南) January 15, 1999
Rie Kitahara (北原里英) June 24, 1991
Anju Satō (佐藤杏樹) November 5, 2001
Riko Sugawara (菅原りこ) November 23, 2000
Moeka Takakura (高倉萌香) April 23, 2001
Ayaka Tano (太野彩香) July 20, 1997
Rika Nakai (中井りか) August 23, 1997
Marina Nishigata (西潟茉莉奈) October 16, 1995
Rena Hasegawa (長谷川玲奈) March 15, 2001
Hinata Honma (本間日陽) November 10, 1999
Fūka Murakumo (村雲颯香) July 5, 1997
Maho Yamaguchi (山口真帆) September 17, 1995
Noe Yamada (山田野絵) October 7, 1999

Trainees

See also

References

  1. ↑ 新潟にNGT48誕生 10・1新劇場オープン (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ 新潟）「NGT48」劇場オープン 公演にファンら来場：朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. 1 2 NGT48、劇場オープン3ヶ月延期 来年1月10日に (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. ↑ "新グループはNGT48、新潟に新劇場オープン" (in Japanese). Natalie. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  5. ↑ "NGT48が「ばかうけ」PR大使に、新味開発も" (in Japanese). 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  6. ↑ "NGT48: McDonald's Japan Has a 48-Piece Chicken McNugget Meal". Fortune. 2015-11-24.
  7. ↑ "NGT48がチキンマックナゲットボックスを飾る - AKB48 : 日刊スポーツ". Nikkan Sports.
  8. ↑ "マクドナルド史上最多48ピースのナゲット発売! NGT48と新潟県限定コラボ". Navi News. 2015-11-30.
  9. ↑ "［マクドナルド］NGT48のカード付きナゲット48ピースが販売地域拡大 AKBグループと初コラボ". Navi News. 2015-12-14.
  10. ↑ "人口100万未満の新潟で軌道に乗れるか ＮＧＴ48 ：日本経済新聞".
  11. ↑ "【本格始動】NGT48、劇場初公演を詳細レポート かとみなの「側宙」が見られるのはNGT48劇場だけ！". T-SITE NEWS. 2016-01-19.
  12. ↑ "NGT48 Idols Star in Live-Action When They Cry - Higurashi Horror Show". Anime News Network. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "NGT48、新曲の「君はどこにいる？」が出演ドラマ『ひぐらしのなく頃に』主題歌に決定". Musicman-NET. 2016-04-13.
  14. 1 2 "NGT48、ドラマ『ひぐらしのなく頃に』主題歌に". Barks Music News. 2016-03-14.
  15. ↑ "NGT48の新曲、ドラマ版『ひぐらしのなく頃に』主題歌に". Oricon. 2016-04-13.
  16. ↑ "ドラマ「ひぐらしのなく頃に」主題歌にNGT48の新曲「君はどこにいる？」 5月20日より放送開始". Anime! Anime!. 2016-04-13.
  17. ↑ "実写版ドラマ「ひぐらしのなく頃に」新キービジュアル公開。主題歌はAKB48新シングル収録曲NGT48「君はどこにいる？」". E-TALENTBANK co.,ltd. 2016-04-13.
  18. ↑ "NGT48「君はどこにいる？」がドラマ『ひぐらしのなく頃に』主題歌に決定 秋元康がドラマにあわせ書き下ろし". Real Sound. 2016-04-13.
  19. ↑ "NGT48 Official Site - Profile" (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  20. ↑ ［北原里英］年女の2015年「飛躍の1年になった」 「NGT48」キャプテンの自覚も (in Japanese). Mynavi Corporation. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

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