6 AKB48 Kenkyuusei to be Promoted

Also announced during the handshake event of AKB48's latest single 'Manatsu no Sounds good!' in Saitama Super Arena earlier today, 6 Research Students of AKB48 were promoted to become official AKB48 members. It was not mentioned as to what Team will they be entering but it is pretty obvious to me that they will be forming Team 8.

The promoted Kenkyuusei members are:

Izuta Rina (10th Gen)

Kobayashi Marina (10th Gen)

Fujita Nana (10th Gen)

Kojima Natsuki (11th Gen)

Natori Wakana (11th Gen)

Morikawa Ayaka (11th Gen)

Source: tokyohive/Mantan Web/AKB48 Official Site

5 Promoted to Team 4 & Announcement of Team 8

Also announced at the Saitama Super Arena concert (Day 2) earlier today, 5 Research Students are promoted to Team 4 - Kato Rena, Kawaei Rina, Iwata Karen, Tano Yuuka, and Takahashi Juri.

加藤 玲奈

Kato Rena

所属事務所: AKS

ニックネーム: れなっち

生年月日: 1997年7月10日

出身地: 千葉県

川栄 李奈

Kawaei Rina

所属事務所: AKS

ニックネーム: りっちゃん

生年月日: 1995年2月12日

出身地: 神奈川県

岩田 華怜

Iwata Karen

所属事務所: AKS

ニックネーム: カレン

生年月日: 1998年5月13日

出身地: 宮城県

田野 優花

Tano Yuuka

所属事務所: AKS

ニックネーム: たのちゃん

生年月日: 1997年3月7日

出身地: 東京都

高橋 朱里

Takahashi Juri

所属事務所: AKS

ニックネーム: じゅり

生年月日: 1997年10月3日

出身地: 茨城県

Profiles taken from AKB48 Official Site

Congratulations on their promotion!! \(^o^)/

Due to concerns of many Research Students still not promoted, Akimoto Yasushi Producer announced on Google+ later in the day that 'Team 8' will be formed. More details are yet to be revealed.

Hmm... So Team 4 isn't a temporary group and as expected in my post last time, Team 8 will be created.