[Event] AKB48グループドラフト会議 指名結果 AKB48 Groups Draft Meeting Results

After a roller coaster of a ride for 4 hours (3 pm ~ 7 pm JST) yesterday afternoon / night (depending on which side of the hemisphere you're in XD), members of the highly anticipated 48 group Draft Meeting Event were chosen right in front of fans. It was an exciting and new experience for all fans, with Aki-p planning to make this an annual event, setting this up to par with the General Election as well as Janken Taikai.

The results are as follows: (in order as they were selected)

AKB48*
Team A (2 members, increasing total up to 21 members)

西山 怜那
Nishiyama Rena

田北 香世子
Takita Kayoko

Team K (2 members, increasing total up to 22 members)

後藤 萌咲
Gotou Moe

下口 ひなな
Shimoguchi Hinana

Team B (2 members, increasing total up to 24 members)

横島 亜衿
Yokoshima Aeri

川本 紗矢
Kawamoto Saya

SKE48
Team S (1 member, increasing total up to 17 members)

松本 慈子
Matsumoto Chikako

Team KII (5 members, increasing total up to 21 members)

神門 沙樹
Godou Saki

髙塚 夏生
Takatsuka Natsuki

鈴木 寧々
Suzuki Nene

荒井 優希
Arai Yuki

惣田 紗莉渚
Souda Sarina

Team E (3 members, increasing total up to 19 members)

小石 公美子
Koishi Kumiko

髙寺 沙菜
Takatera Sana

福士 奈央
Fukushi Nao

NMB48

Team N (1 member, increasing total up to 17 members)

須藤 凛々花
Sutou Ririka

Team M (1 member, increasing total up to 16 members)

武井 紗良
Takei Sara

Team BII (2 members, increasing total up to 18 members)

磯 佳奈江
Iso Kanae

内木 志
Naiiki Kokoro

HKT48

Team H (1 member, increasing total up to 18 members)

山本 茉央
Yamamoto Mao

NESS: Overall the results are pleasing (to me, since most of the members that I follow got selected^^), however it would've been much better, for the candidates' sake if some of the teams didn't end their selection so early (the first one to close was Team N and the last was Team KII), so then more girls could've been chosen, especially Team A who has a shortage of members compared to other Teams rather than seeing some disappointed and teary faces.
RUBS: I'm glad Namba didn't accept that many members and that they remembered they have a chockful of KKS in the rear end. I'm happy Hinana and Moe are together in a very suitable Team. Yuko mentioned they seemed like sisters and they were both 12, so she wanted to put them together. Great choice captain squirrel! Two classy beauties, Rena and Kayoko will be going to Team A which is exactly what I want for my Oshi-Team. As for Sakae, I'm ecstatic that my favourite, Team E will be undertaking Nao and Kumiko! Now there will be two Naos.
TAKA: I'm really glad for the members that got chosen and sad at the same time for those that didn't... (Hope they get through the next audition!!!) Looking at the members that the captains/leaders chose, they made really good choices!! I'm happy that most of the members I like got in!! I'm not surprised that Aeri got into Team B since she has that idoly feel, even though I want her more in SKE. Talking about SKE.... Nao got chosen!! and will be able to wear the costumes that she always wanted to wear!! I'm so happy for her~

NESS: But I have to admit that these group of girls are really quick learners as from following their progress of their training on YouTube, I can see that their RIVER and Aitakatta performances have IMPROVED, A LOT, especially how most of the members had zero dancing experience. Singing wasn't the best I'll admit but (as RUBS mentioned to me) AKB lip syncs to basically 90% of their performances.
RUBS: I on the other hand, admired that they sung live instead of lip-synching as per 48G norm, as we, and the Team captains were able to see their true stamina and who were giving it their all. There's a reason why Aki-p doesn't get 500 girls to sing live at concerts.
TAKA: Singing live while dancing is always hard to do (because I have tried to sing Aitakatta while dancing to it and I failed completely LOL!) The draft members have really improved a lot (especially Natsuki) since RIVER is such a hard song to dance to, and I'm impressed at how they can perform in front of the team captains,popular members, managements and audiences, including audiences that are watching live at home (like us) with only them dancing AND singing LIVE on stage.

NESS: Anyways last but not least, I MUST SAY I AM REALLY REALLY REALLY happy for Nao to make it into SKE^_^ GO NAO~! And I look forward to seeing news + videos of the Draft members raining, performing and also making appearances on AKBingo or AKB48 Show.
TAKA: GO NAO!!!!!!! GO EVERYONE!!! GO AKB...SKE...NMB...HKT...48!!! *starts playing RIVER*

Note: 
- These results are not confirmed till Draft Members have officially accepted their membership within groups. They have 1 year waiting period to decide. 
- Draft Members not chosen are able to re-audition as KKS with the advantage of skipping first few rounds, heading straight to the final round.

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