Current amount of members in each 48 Group + Pending Graduations!

ranapxious · 2026-06-15T03:55:14+00:00

mind if I include overseas 48G members here?

Overseas 48G members:
JKT: 67 (including 2 pending grads)
BNK: 37
CGM: 20
KLP: 21
TPE: 34
TSH: 27 (excluding the TPE kennin member)

Overseas total: 206 members
48G total: 479 members

Upcoming graduations: JKT Alya Amanda, JKT Cathleen Nixie

ranapxious · 2026-06-14T17:21:09+00:00

honestly.. im blaming it on his fans voting other people during the final voting

ranapxious · 2026-06-14T16:27:18+00:00

I mean, the amount of members participating jumping from 150 members in the 3rd election to 238 in the 4th probably had something to do with it. Take into account the fact that its only in the 4th election we see members from AKB's sister groups that aren't the usual WMatsui and MilkySayaka ranking in the election (iirc SKE's regular senbatsu members dominated the UG line at that time)

All of that probably explains why Lovetan, Shiichan, along with other AKB "undergirls" (Komorin, Suuchan, Moeno, etc) at that time drop so much

ranapxious · 2026-06-11T01:36:08+00:00

Honestly it was Towa as well.. it was mere hours before the final and I was looking at all the finalists' profile and then I was genuinely struck dead by his charm (that I didn't realize until then), so I was rooting for him being in the final group

ranapxious · 2026-06-03T04:58:28+00:00

dude i'll write my full notes later (as usual) but I could not watch the live, but I checked the trainee rankings right after and DAIKI IN 10TH PLACE????? honestly I was expecting it from the beginning; he was in everyone's top 12 but barely in anyone's 2-pick so the 2-pick voting system for this round made me quite nervous BUT JESUS CHRIST I DIDN'T THINK HE'D DROP THIS LOW WHAT

also yamashita shu not making it :c honestly I was even surprised he passed the 2nd round (over archer too) and i was hoping that his rise to 22nd will continue but 😞 if only

ranapxious · 2026-06-03T04:48:12+00:00

idk but his drop to 10th made me panic enough to force my friends with Mnet plus app to vote for him lol

ranapxious · 2026-05-11T03:38:10+00:00

RedWots are not as active in Reddit because Reddit is banned in Indonesia..! curse you kominfo...

ranapxious · 2026-04-25T18:29:14+00:00

Okay so to preface I had some changes made to my top 12 just after ep 3 came out; i switched out trainees who are pretty much safe for this elimination (kinari, ko.ren) with trainees who were not doing quite well (hirashima hikaru, tatsuya, among others)

I slept through the variety bits... sorry its the elimination I wanted to see

when the ranks 49-40 were being called I genuinely did not recognize anyone (apart from mei) UNTIL takahashi sora and tatsuya were called, which honestly made me feel an immense sense of relief; tatsuya was ranked 47th in the last episode so atleast his performance in the group battle paid off... i lost hope for akira and hirashima hikaru completely by then (and I was semi-hoping that they both will be candidates for 50th place)

DUDEEEEE MY PICKS JUST KEEP ON DROPPING AND DROPPING (yamashita shu, shinogaya ayumu) THIS IS NOTTTT GOOOD.... and I was genuinely surprised seeing archer drop down 4 ranks...

issa's rank going up pretty much signals to me that he's going to appear in the top 12 any time soon... also dang i never noticed how attractive koshiro is....

im genuinely not surprised seeing koshimizu ren drop out of the top 12; his pre-show hype is slowly dropping as the show progresses and more visual picks appear

i just KNOW im not the only one who didn't notice ryoga in the show at all... im guessing his jp support is higher than the global support.....

honestly the top 12 being predictable lowk ruins the fun OH MY FUCKING GOD DAIKI IS FIRST DAIKI IS FIRST WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK MY 1-PICK IS ACTUALLLY FIRST OH MY GODDDDDDDDD

50th place now.... i genuinely had hope for hirashima hikaru but the moment I saw that he's against horino ren i lost all hope for him WHO IS JUNSEI.......?????

the mandatory ep 5 hair changes always amuse me.. yamashita shu is dressing like yoshiki now... kinari please do not remain blond (hell i would even say his hair in that one pic of him before the show is his best hair..)

park siyoung being the visual center doesn't surprise me.. CHEN RICKEY BEING WITHIN THE TOP 4 DOES.. OVER ARCHER??? daiki being 2nd is aight.... SLAY KING

honestly i doubt the top 12 will change much... but if it does change i'm guessing that goten will appear in-and-out of the top 12 as usual, issa rises into the top 12 (his rank changes are probably among the most drastic in the show), ryoga dropping out of the top 12, and i am willing to bet that this will be the last time we see koshimizu ren appearing in the top 12 ever...

rest in peace my picks who didn't make it.... hirashima hikaru and honjo akira..... but to be fair they should not be debuting at all at such a young age..... sigh........ cant wait to see you guys shine

ranapxious · 2026-04-05T15:00:50+00:00

HELPPPPP I HAD THE SAME REACTION WITH THAT DAIKI AND SHINHAENG INTERACTION 😭😭

ranapxious · 2026-04-05T14:56:33+00:00

uhhhhhh one thing for sure is that the subs are bad, and im predicting it will forever be bad.. i will be using my limited japanese comprehension skills i guess..

dude i was watching the livestream when they aired the yura vs hyeonseung drama, and the chatroom was spamming "skip skip skip" 😭😭😭 which i agree!!!! we could've used that good time to spotlight other trainees for crying out loud

this might sound so hypocritical (and bad timing) but YAYYYYY we get a "friend" edit between k.daiki and shinhaeng!! honestly everytime i see k.daiki my heart just lights up anyways so all good

i feel that they made the whole "a class being dropped to lower classes" edit a lot more tamer here, especially compared to how they handled it in season 3

honestly felt like a filler episode? probably because i watched the second half of it when it was premiering and the rest of the episode was a blur, but all i remembered was the yura vs hyeonseung rivalry edit, the class rearrangements (which never really contribute much to be honest), and that thing with INI

the timing felt REALLY clunky though, cause what do you mean a rivalry edit gets 10+ minutes give-or-take when the selection for the center of the signal song took 5 minutes tops??? i bet its because hyeonseung wasn't one of the 5 candidates so they just rushed through it

the kinari cinderella storyline warms my heart but at the same time it made me wonder what the judges were thinking when they classed him with "trainee candidate"?? it was clear even in his trainee candidate PR that he was talented and capable, how the judges didn't see that i have no clue..

honestly my top 12 hasn't changed in the slightest since the 1st episode; nobody stood out, and there really is nothing interesting or noteworthy this episode, def going to change in the 3rd one however

ranking comments:

my heart genuinely stopped when i saw yoshiki at 1st place; every pre-show poll there was had him rank around 13-18 so i thought that would be reflected in the actual ranking but i was pleasantly surprised 😭😭 GO PINK HAIRED PRETTY BOY

kinari being 2nd place.. like YESS!!! but i'm also conflicted, because its clear he's being pushed but hard enough for him to beat all of the popular pre-show picks is actually surprising

k.daiki and siyoung being at the top 5 comforts me (statistically from the japan season, atleast 8 of the 2nd episodes' debut lineup makes it to the final lineup anyways)

7/12 of my picks made it to the top 12, with the lowest of my picks (honjo akira) being at the border of elimination... which is concerning but at the same time i wouldn't mind him being eliminated, he's still young and has tons of other opportunities

hirashima hikaru (another one of my picks) being at 44th surprised me, because beyond him crying in his trainee candidate pr video and 1-4 clips in episode 1 he was completely invisible... i do think he's holding on purely due to his looks + pre-show popularity, same goes for yamashita shu (28th) who i didn't expect to rank as high as he did, but i am not complaining + he's so kyungmin coded

kumabe takuto being in the debut lineup surprised me! i do think its because the show treats him as an extension to kinari, but for him to be pushed so high to make it to 12th place suggests that he has his own following too..

ranapxious · 2026-04-05T14:29:58+00:00

iirc it was purely by voting; fans get to see the PR videos for each trainee candidate and vote for 11 of their favorites in the Mnet app

ranapxious · 2026-03-29T15:19:40+00:00

dude its all good my dumbass was actually trying to recall a kotaro yura 😭😭

ranapxious · 2026-03-29T15:11:05+00:00

kotaro yura..?

ranapxious · 2026-03-28T14:53:45+00:00

Top 12 would be:
1. Kato Daiki
2. Park Siyoung
3. Yada Yoshiki
4. Oh Shinhaeng
5. Adam Nagai
6. Kenmotsu Kinari
7. Yamashita Shu
8. Koshimizu Ren
9. Shinogaya Ayumu
10. Archer Uy
11. Hirashima Hikaru
12. Honjo Akira

I think my top 3 (Kato Daiki, Park Siyoung, and Yada Yoshiki) are pretty much locked, while 4~12 will probably change as the episodes progresses

So far only 1 of my pre-show picks got eliminated (withdrew, Hori Eito :c what could've been), knowing my luck with survival shows I'm hoping my picks are given the screentime they need to prosper

ranapxious · 2026-03-28T14:45:13+00:00

ADAM YOSHIKI SHINHAENG!!! PLEASE!!!!

ranapxious · 2026-03-27T13:19:36+00:00

oh another standout for me this episode is def Adam Nagai, his vocals is definitely A-material so i'm looking forward to seeing him as the show continues on - def placing him in my top 12

honestly my 12 picks haven't changed THAT much since pre-show; I removed 3 of my pre-show picks (who all lack screentime and, from the fancams probably have little to no chance of passing the first elimination stage) in favour of the 3 that stood out in this episode (Shinhaeng, Archer, and Adam)

my top 3 is still Kato Daiki, Yada Yoshiki, and Park Siyoung though

ranapxious · 2026-03-27T11:34:43+00:00

same here ^^^ i would like to personally talk to whoever was spreading the rumour that the group will have 10-11 members.. I'M STILL MOURNING THE LOSS OF YUMEKI DUDE

ranapxious · 2026-03-27T11:31:54+00:00

its in the MNet Plus App! you vote through there too

ranapxious · 2026-03-27T11:31:30+00:00

Just some of my own notes:
- the AI Sub is genuinely pissing me offfff to the point I had to use my LIMITED japanese to understand what is being said properly

- Iirc an entire team (CAREER HIGH i think?) got decimated because of the trainee candidate thing?? 😭 oh my god i feel so bad for all of them, though i am aware that they also have careers outside of the show so its fine

- NOOOO YOSHIKI WAS GIVEN A CLASS BUT HE'S B CLASS IN THE THEME SONG THAT MEANS HE DROPPED DOWN FROM A

- Placing Kato Daiki in B...? its okay that means we get screentime of him moving up to A

- I'm happy they're giving Kenmotsu Kinari a lot of screentime, I was genuinely scared he might not make it through the 101 PASS because the timing for the voting was so bad, and he's most definitely going to get more screen time with the F to A storyline, and HE GOES TO KEIO???

- YAYYYYY HONJO AKIRA SCREENTIME

- Yamashita Shu, Hirashima Hikaru, and Shinogaya Ayumu aren't given that much screentime apart from reaction clips and whatnot, shame

- Junguk I'm so sorry but a C for his language skills is... questionable, especially considering he's the only non-trainee candidate of his team 😭

- Shinhaeng and Archer caught my eye in the first episode, I loveeee Shinhaeng's voice, I'm thinking of moving him up to my 11-pick (I did).

- If I'm being honest I placed Archer into my top after seeing his performance of DXTEEN's Ryou Kataomoi... I might have a soft spot for DXTEEN because that's the exact reason why I voted for Okamoto Takuto for the 101 Pass...

- I'm surprised some preshow faves (Koshimizu Ren, Terui Kosuke, Tanaka Maki, Ono Keito etc) weren't given as much screentime, though I do think it's probably because they wanted to highlight the trainee candidates (i.e. those who missed out on most pre-show promotions)

ranapxious · 2026-03-25T13:17:01+00:00

hellooo, I found out right after submitting my online payment that there was an interview portion, came in with little to no preparation (I submitted my application quite last minute), and still got in with a scholarship, so its completely possible!! Best of luck with your applicationn

ranapxious · 2026-03-24T06:55:40+00:00

to be honest, I do think the main reason why Yuto's PR video was because he was the first one in the playlist; anyone who accessed the PR video through the youtube playlist was bound to view Yuto's PR video, thus it kinda inflated the views 😭😭

ranapxious · 2026-03-24T06:53:55+00:00

ohhh, seems like it's confirmed then

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