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AKB48

AKB48 (short for Akihabara48), is a Japan idol girlgroup, produced by Yasushi Akimoto and signed to two label’s, You, Be Cool! and KING RECORDS.

AKB48 holds several Guinness World Records, including being recognized on December 1, 2010 as the “largest pop group” when it numbered 48 members. It set a record for “most number of same-product television endorsements within 24 hours” on February 28, 2012, after 90 group members appeared in 90 different commercials aired in the Kanto, Kansai and Tokai regions of Japan.

Yasushi Akimoto criated a idol girlgroup with own teather with the purpose to perfoming daily (unlike pop groups performing occasional concerts and seen on television). They located on the 8th floor of Don Quijote (Akihabara, Tokyo). AKB48 included 134 members on December, 2018, with the concept of “Idols you can meet”.