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We cannot escape talking about Team 8. With Abe Mei, Okabe Rin, Okubora Chinatsu, Nagano Serika, Fujimura Natsuki, Onishi Momoka, Kuranoo Narumi, Shitao Miu, Cho Kurena, Hamamatsu Riona, Fukuchi Rena, Honda Hitomi, Yokomichi Yuri, the other Yokoyama Yui, Yoshino Miyu, Oda Erina, Oguri Yui, Yoshikawa Nanase, Hayasaka Tsumugi, Hirose Natsuki, Iwasaki Moeka, and Yaguchi Moka, Takahashi Ayane joined AKB48 in 2014!
Along with Yui, Erina, and Nanase, Ayane was one of the first Team 8 members to appear on stage, appearing as a backup dancer in early June for the Team A Renai Kinshi Jourei revival before going to appear with the rest of her new team for PARTY ga Hajumaru yo and the later revival of Aitakatta a year later in 2015. Working as part of Team 8 as they toured Japan throughout 2016, and appearing during her time as a member of the team in Kumamoto, Sapporo, Gunma, Aichi, and Niigata, so the wiki tells me, the first big shake up came in 2017 with the announcement of her concurrent membership in Team 4, then under Takahashi Juri, with Murayama Yuiri announced as the next incoming captain. She stayed in the team for what could be considered a long time in AKB years, surviving three further shuffles until, at last, in 2023, she was moved to Team K, the last shuffle of members before the dissolution of the teams came into effect.
Like Iwatate Saho, Ayane was in the line-up for Lion wo Nerae! Also like Sahho, Ayane is one of those girls who have appeared on a lot of B sides—beginning with Theme 8 theme tune, 47 no Suteki na Machi e on Kokoro no Placard, missing out on appearing on B sides for Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai and Halloween Night, and then returning now and then until Nemohamo Rumor, where she has remained ever since. Your time will come, Ayane! You deserve to be in the senbatsu! I hope stupid posts like this will encourage people to... actually, without the general elections, I have to confess that I have no idea how the senbatsu is picked now. I assume it's all just management making choices based on who they feel is popular. Ah, go to the theatre and shout Ayane's name, I guess, you guys!
Ayane has a really cute look and a new haircut for 2026! She has always insisted that despite how young she looks, despite how her younger sister might now be taller than her, she's the dependable one and that one of her strongest features is that she "don't care about how bad things are" [sic]. I really like that! We definitely need more girls like Ayane! Keep fighting, Ayane! You'll be in the senbatsu soon!
Along with Yui, Erina, and Nanase, Ayane was one of the first Team 8 members to appear on stage, appearing as a backup dancer in early June for the Team A Renai Kinshi Jourei revival before going to appear with the rest of her new team for PARTY ga Hajumaru yo and the later revival of Aitakatta a year later in 2015. Working as part of Team 8 as they toured Japan throughout 2016, and appearing during her time as a member of the team in Kumamoto, Sapporo, Gunma, Aichi, and Niigata, so the wiki tells me, the first big shake up came in 2017 with the announcement of her concurrent membership in Team 4, then under Takahashi Juri, with Murayama Yuiri announced as the next incoming captain. She stayed in the team for what could be considered a long time in AKB years, surviving three further shuffles until, at last, in 2023, she was moved to Team K, the last shuffle of members before the dissolution of the teams came into effect.
Like Iwatate Saho, Ayane was in the line-up for Lion wo Nerae! Also like Sahho, Ayane is one of those girls who have appeared on a lot of B sides—beginning with Theme 8 theme tune, 47 no Suteki na Machi e on Kokoro no Placard, missing out on appearing on B sides for Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai and Halloween Night, and then returning now and then until Nemohamo Rumor, where she has remained ever since. Your time will come, Ayane! You deserve to be in the senbatsu! I hope stupid posts like this will encourage people to... actually, without the general elections, I have to confess that I have no idea how the senbatsu is picked now. I assume it's all just management making choices based on who they feel is popular. Ah, go to the theatre and shout Ayane's name, I guess, you guys!
Ayane has a really cute look and a new haircut for 2026! She has always insisted that despite how young she looks, despite how her younger sister might now be taller than her, she's the dependable one and that one of her strongest features is that she "don't care about how bad things are" [sic]. I really like that! We definitely need more girls like Ayane! Keep fighting, Ayane! You'll be in the senbatsu soon!
