AKB48 Team TP

AKB48 Team TP formerly known as TPE48, is a Taiwanese idol group and the fifth international sister group of AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48, Thailand's BNK48, Philippines's MNL48, and China's AKB48 Team SH. The group is named after Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.

AKB48 Team TP
AKB48 Team TP performed at the Cool Japan Fest 2018 on December 8, 2018.
Background information
OriginTaipei, Taiwan
Genres
Years active2018–present
LabelsMuses & Nymph Entertainment
Associated actsAKB48 Group
Websitewww.akb48teamtp.com
MembersList of members
Past membersList of former members

History

2011–2012: Creation

On October 10, 2011, AKB48 announced the creation of TPE48, and will build the theater next year summer.[1] At that time, AKS cooperated with Yoshimoto Kogyo and expected to start audition work in 2012. However, the two sides failed to reach a consensus in the preparation work, and thus they were discontinued after the second half of 2012.

2014–2015: AKB48 Taiwan Audition
Ma Chia-ling

December 7, 2015, during HKT48's Taipei concert, AKB48 said that it will hold an audition for members of the AKB48 in Taiwan someday, but there is unclear whether the audition is related to TPE48. Subsequently, AKB48 officially announced its will hold the "AKB48 Taiwan Audition" on April 1, 2015, which is the first AKB48 audition event held besides Japan. From 2,152 who auditioned, 17 were chosen as member of the "AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei" (AKB48台灣研究生) to have completed the audition on August 17, 2015.

Ma Chia-ling was passed the audition and debuted on December 2015 in AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen (AKB48紅白対抗歌合戦). February 21, 2016, she promoted as the "Taiwan Ryugakusei" (台灣留學生) to AKB48 Team B, and becomes first foreign member of AKB48 and the fastest AKB48 member to be promoted.

2016–2017: Resume

March 26, 2016, the creation of TPE48, BNK48 and MNL48 was announced at the Takahashi Minami's concert.[2]

Later on July 9, 2017, AKB48 announced specially will hold audition for 1st graduation members of TPE48 in September during the Kizaki Yuria, Yokoyama Yui and Shimada Haruka's event "AKB48 Fan Meeting in TAIWAN". September 1, TPE48 runs audition[3] and all members of AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei were become the seed members in audition. The same day, Abe Maria, a member of AKB48 Team K, says will transfer form AKB48 to TPE48. In the end, on November 30, 2017, Abe Maria performed the final performance at AKB48 Theater and officially transferred to TPE48 next day.

2018–present

February 4, 2018, 72 girls were selected for the final round, next 45 girls were revealed for 1st graduation members. But at the end, only 40 girls were formally joined into the group, 13 of whom were official members and 27 were trainees. In 2019, their TTP Festival and 看見夕陽了嗎？(Kan chien hsi yang le ma) rank No.1 and No.4 in Guangnan 2019 yearly chart[4] and No.6 and No.11 in Fivemusic yearly chart.[5]

Financial crisis and group restructure

On June 16, 2018, TPE48 Entertainment (熙曜娛樂), TPE48's management company, suffered a financial crisis, members and staff didn't get paid about 3 months ago.[6] On July 30, 2018, AKS had canceled a joint venture and license agreement with TPE48 Entertainment and created AKB48 Team TP.[7][8]

Members

Member list as of December 21, 2019:[9]

Daisy
Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Date of promotion Notes
Official members Chen Shih-ya (陳詩雅) (1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 Taipei AKB48 Taiwan Audition Captain
Unit Daisy leader
Official members Pan Tzi-yi (潘姿怡) (1996-07-28) July 28, 1996 Taipei 1st
Official members Sin Tik-kei (冼迪琦) (1999-02-13) February 13, 1999 Hong Kong 1st
Official members Po Ling (柏靈) (1999-09-13) September 13, 1999 Taipei 1st October 9, 2020
Official members Tsai Ya-en (蔡亞恩) (2000-10-21) October 21, 2000 Keelung City 1st January 19, 2020
Official members Kuo Shin-yu (國興瑀) (2002-10-11) October 11, 2002 Taipei AKB48 Taiwan Audition
Official members Lee Meng-chun (李孟純) (2002-06-04) June 4, 2002 Pingtung County 1st October 9, 2020
Trainees Chia I-chen (賈宜蓁) (1999-08-18) August 18, 1999 Hsinchu City 1st
Trainees Lin Chieh-hsin (林潔心) (2003-03-27) March 27, 2003 New Taipei 1st
Trainees Tung Zih-syuan (董子瑄) (2003-12-04) December 4, 2003 Taipei 1st Former member of Unit Bellflower
Trainees Li Cai-Jie (李采潔) (2004-03-15) March 15, 2004 Taipei 1st
Trainees Miyata Ruka (宮田留佳) (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 Yamanashi, Japan 2nd
Trainees Wu Wan-ling (吳婉淩) (2004-08-10) August 10, 2004 Taipei 2nd
Trainees Lin Chia-ni (林佳霓) (2005-01-16) January 16, 2005 New Taipei 2nd

Bellflower
Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Date of promotion Notes
Official members Liu Yu-ching (劉語晴) (1996-07-14) July 14, 1996 Taoyuan 1st Unit Bellflower leader
Official members Fujii Mayu (藤井麻由) (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 Osaka, Japan 1st October 9, 2020
Official members Chiu Pin-han (邱品涵) (1999-12-24) December 24, 1999 New Taipei City AKB48 Taiwan Audition
Official members Lin Chieh (林倢) (2001-02-14) February 14, 2001 Hsinchu County AKB48 Taiwan Audition
Official members Lee Jia-li(李佳俐) (2001-11-05) November 5, 2001 Taipei 1st January 19, 2020
Trainees Tsai Yi-jou (蔡伊柔) (2001-07-15) July 15, 2001 New Taipei 1st
Trainees Gao Yun-jue (高云珏) (2001-10-20) October 20, 2001 Taichung 1st
Trainees Wang Yi-chia (王逸嘉) (2001-11-18) November 18, 2001 Chiayi City 1st
Trainees Chang Fa-fa (張法法) (2001-12-27) December 27, 2001 Taipei City 1st Former member of Unit Daisy
Trainees Cheng Yu-we (鄭妤葳) (2003-11-11) November 11, 2003 Tainan 1st
Trainees Lo Jui-ting (羅瑞婷) (2004-08-06) August 6, 2004 Taipei 1st
Trainees Weng Tung-hsun (翁彤薰) (1997-05-19) May 19, 1997 Taipei 2nd Currently on hiatus since July 29, 2020[10]
Trainees Chou Chia-an (周家安) (2003-10-09) October 9, 2003 Taichung 2nd Former AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei (Dropout during the debut)

Sakura
Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Date of promotion Notes
Official members Tseng Shih-yu (曾詩羽) (1995-02-12) February 12, 1995 Yunlin County 1st
Official members Zhou Jia-yu (周佳郁) (1997-11-19) November 19, 1997 Taipei 1st October 9, 2020
Official members Lau Hiu-ching (劉曉晴) (2000-08-02) August 2, 2000 Hong Kong 1st June 15, 2019[11] Unit Sakura leader
Official members Lin Yu-hsin (林于馨) (2002-01-14) January 14, 2002 Yilan County 1st June 15, 2019[12] Former AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei (Dropout during the debut)
Official members Chang Yu-ling (張羽翎) (2003-07-11) July 11, 2003 Hualien County AKB48 Taiwan Audition
Official members Honda Yuzuka(本田柚萱) (2006-03-15) March 15, 2006 Hsinchu City 1st Currently on hiatus since December 9, 2018 due to health problem[13]
Trainees Lin Yi-yun (林易沄) (2000-11-21) November 21, 2000 New Taipei 1st
Trainees Lin Chia-ying (林家瑩) (2000-12-04) December 4, 2000 New Taipei 1st Currently on hiatus since November 17, 2020[14]
Trainees Oyama Mirei (小山美玲) (2002-06-28) June 28, 2002 Fukuoka, Japan 1st
Trainees Cheng Chia-yu (鄭佳郁) (2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 Taipei 1st
Trainees Kao Yen-chen (高硯晨) (2006-07-16) July 16, 2006 New Taipei 1st
Trainees Wu Chi-hui (吳騏卉) (1998-10-25) October 25, 1998 Taipei 2nd
Trainees Yuan Tzu-chu (袁子筑) (1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 New Taipei 2nd
Trainees Lin Ting-li (林亭莉) (1999-06-01) June 1, 1999 Taoyuan 2nd Currently on hiatus in public event since December 6, 2020 due to working arrangement[15]

Former members
Name Date of birth (age) Notes
Chen Shih-yuan (陳詩媛) (1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 Left in August 2018 before the AKB48 Team TP debuted[16]
Lee Chen-si (李晨熙) (2000-07-25) July 25, 2000
Wen Li-fei (翁立霏) (2000-02-11) February 11, 2000
Chen Lin (陳琳) (2006-01-03) January 3, 2006
Liu Yen-ting (劉姸廷) (2003-10-13) October 13, 2003
Maria Abe (阿部瑪利亞) (1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 Graduated from AKB48 and AKB48 Team TP on AKB48 in Taipei 2019 event: "Are You Ready For It?"[17]
Liu Jie-ming (劉潔明) (1997-04-19) April 19, 1997 Currently on hiatus since January 30, 2020[18][19]
The personal profile on the official website had been deleted on September 10, 2020

Discography

Singles
No. Year Title Details
1 2018 Yungwang chihch'ien (勇往直前)
Yinghua pan (櫻花瓣)
2 2019 Lu ts'aoti shang te ch'ichi (綠草地上的奇蹟)
  • Released date: April 15, 2019
  • Label: Universal Music Taiwan
TTP Festival
  • Released date: July 26, 2019
  • Label: Universal Music Taiwan
LOVE hsiuhsing (LOVE修行)
3 2019 Kan chien hsi yang le ma？ (看見夕陽了嗎？)
Only Today
Hsin hsing ping tu (心型病毒)
4 2020 Uh Ho Uh Ho Ho (嗚吼嗚吼吼)
Pen p'ao pa ch'i e (奔跑吧！企鵝)
Hallo CENTER(哈囉CENTER)

Filmography

Television and radio shows
  • Team TP Youth Weekly (Team TP 青春週記) (KKBox, March 14, 2019 – present)

Commercials and endorsements

References
  1. 『ＴＰＥ４８』プロジェクト発足！ (in Japanese). October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  2. "New AKB48 sister groups to be formed in Manila, Bangkok and Taipei". japantoday.com. March 28, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  3. "AKB台灣姊妹團「TPE48」徵選開跑 不怕韓團來勢洶洶" (in Chinese). 蘋果日報. September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  4. "guangnan yearly chart 2019".
  5. "fivemusic 2019".
  6. TPE48出道難產？台灣營運方遭爆欠薪300萬! – Yahoo! Taiwan
  7. AKB48運営会社が「TPE48」の契約解消　「AKB48 Team TP」発足へ
  8. "TPE48有救了！AKS霸氣聲明重組「AKB48 Team TP」". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese). 聯合新聞網. July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  9. "2020年三月起，AKB48 Team TP將以分組模式活動". AKB48 Team TP官方臉書 (in Chinese). December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  10. "【成員】翁彤薰 活動暫停告知". AKB48 Team TP官方網站. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  11. "AKB48 Team TP 研究生升格公告" (in Chinese). AKB48 Team TP官方臉書. June 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. "AKB48 Team TP 研究生升格公告" (in Chinese). AKB48 Team TP官方臉書. June 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  13. "⚠️AKB48TeamTP-本田柚萱暫停活動-通知" (in Chinese). AKB48 Team TP官方臉書. December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  14. "【成員】林家瑩 活動暫停通知" (in Chinese). AKB48 Team TP官方網站. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  15. "【成員】林亭莉 公開活動暫停通知" (in Chinese). AKB48 Team TP官方網站. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  16. AKB48 Team TP (September 2, 2018). "雖然不想說，但還是必須說....這次，有一位正式成員、四位研究生選擇了另一條路。". AKB48 Team TP 官方臉書. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  17. Abemaruchan (October 19, 2019). "きょうまでわたしを応援してくださった全ての皆さんありがとうございました😊！これからグループから離れて一人で台湾を拠点に活動していきます💭🌟AKB48、そしてTeam TPで活動できて本当に本当によかったなぁ💛最後にいままで出会った全ての人に感謝の気持ちを捧げます。ありがとうございました！！". Abemaruchan. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  18. "⚠️ AKB48 Team TP 正式生 – 劉潔明 暫停活動公告". AKB48 Team TP官方臉書. January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  19. "【聲明書】針對成員劉潔明提出聲明一事，我方已協同律師提出聲明如下". AKB48 Team TP官方臉書 (in Chinese). February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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