SNH48 PROFILE

SNH48 (S.N.H. Forty-eight) is an idol group based in Shanghai, China. It is AKB48’s second sister group outside of Japan. Following AKB48's creator Yasushi Akimoto's concept of "idols you can meet", the group features dozens of female members around the age of 20, who perform regularly in the group's own theater and interact with fans predominantly via handshake events.The first generation of members was announced on October 15, 2012 and included 26 native members and AKB48's Sae Miyazawa andMariya Suzuki as temporary Japanese members. The group is owned by Chinese companies NineStyle and Star48.

History

2012

• April 21, AKS Co., Ltd. and Chinese company Ninestyle jointly announced the establishment of SNH48.
• August 24, AKB48 announced the transfer of Miyazawa Sae and Suzuki Mariya to SNH48 during the "AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~" concert.
• October 14, 26 first generation members are announced.
• October 27, construction of the SNH48 theater in Shanghai begins.
• December 21, Two first gen members Hu Meiting and Yu Ting'er left the group

2013

• January 12, SNH48 debuted in the show "Give Me Power!", with 16 selected members on stage performing the Chinese version of "Heavy Rotation", "River" and "Ponytail to Shushu".
• January 13, SNH48's first handshake events are held in Shanghai and Taipei on the same day, with 6 members in Shanghai and 5 in Taipei.
• March 31, SNH48 held another handshake in Mercedes-Benz Arena and announced their new song "Let's Become Cherry Blossom Trees" (Chinese: 化作櫻花樹, Pinyin: Huà Zuò Yīnghuā Shù), a Chinese version of the AKB48 song Sakura no Ki ni Narō.
• April 17, 18 official members are chosen from the 1st gen members, and 6 more 1st gen members are chosen as Research students.
• April 22, released MV "River".
• April 30, participated in second major event "2013 Shanghai Strawberry Music Festival".
• May 2, 2 1st gen members, He Yichen and Wang Feisi, left the group.
• May 25, held the show "Blooming for You" in Shanghai.
• June 6, released the MV of "Let's Become Cherry Blossom Tree.
• June 13, released first EP "Heavy Rotation" (Chinese: 無盡旋轉, Pinyin: Wújìn Xuánzhuǎn).^[10] This EP consists of 3 songs translated from Japanese to Mandarin, including "Heavy Rotation" (Chinese: 無盡旋轉, Pinyin: Wújìn Xuánzhuǎn), "River" (Chinese: 激流之戰, Pinyin: Jīliú Zhī Zhàn) and "Let's Become Cherry Blossom Trees" (Chinese: 化作櫻花樹, Pinyin: Huà Zuò Yīnghuā Shù).
• June 22, first oversea performance in the Singapore "Asia Style Collection" Show with AKB48
• July 2, announced the filming of MV for their new song "Flying Get", which is a Chinese translated version of the original song by AKB48. The MV will be filmed in the Shanghai World Financial Center and fans are welcome to join the filming if they wear a "Flying Get" T-shirt of SNH48 on that day.
• July 29, released MV for a song "Ponytail and Scrunchie" (Chinese: 馬尾與髮圈, Pinyin: Mǎwěi yǔ fā quān) that will be included in their next EP.
• Aug 2, released 2nd EP "Flying Get" (Chinese: 飞翔入手, Pinyin: Fēixiáng rùshǒu).
• Aug 30, SNH48's theater, the Star Dream theater, is opened.
• Sep 5, SNH48 annnounced the result of their second audition, and 31 new members were added into the group.
• Oct 11, Mariya Suzuki and Sae Miyazawa made their theater debut after receiving working visa from the Chinese government.
• Nov 2, second generation member began their first theater performance "SNH48 2nd gen. 1st stage 'Theater no Megami'".
• Nov 11, members were divided into "Team SII" and "Team NII".
• Nov 16, held a concert in Guangzhou with 10,000 audience.
• Nov 25, released 3rd EP "Fortune Cookie of Love" (Chinese: 爱的幸运曲奇, Pinyin: Ài de xìngyùn qū qí) in Shanghai, and in Beijing 3 days later.
• Dec 15, joined China's Got Talent (5th season)

2014

• Jan 18, held their first "Hongbai Gehui" (known as "Kouhaku Utagassen" in AKB48) in Shanghai^[21] and began their third generation member audition.
• March 12, released 4th EP "Heart Electric" (Chinese: 心电感应, Pinyin: Xīndiàn gǎnyìng).
• Apr 1, announced that a "general election" will be held in May, which will decide the lineup of the group's next CD release through votes from fans.
• May 10, the first ever annual "General Election" of the group started, running for 76 days as total. On the same day, the first album called "一心向前" released, sold online for voting only. The general album released one week later.
• July 26, the winner of the "General Election" announced - Wu Zhehan; the lineup of the group's 5th single determined.
• August 8, the fourth audition kicked off. The next set of members will enter the group next year.
• August 21, it was announced that the theater will be shortly closed for upgrading reasons. The theater will be reopened at September 5, 2014, with the Top 16 of the annual election's brand-new show.
• September 5, it was announced by A Ji, the presenter of SNHello, that the third generation (except for one) was split into three teams - Team SII, Team NII, and brand-new Team HII. The split result was determined and announced right after the special stage show featuring the 2014 General Election's top 16.
• October 12, released the fifth single "UZA". The "Request Time" live concert will be held on January 31, 2015 in Shanghai Indoor Stadium. All the song appeared on that live concert are determined by televoting.
• December 18-28, Team SII and Team NII took a national tour, including five major Chinese cities - Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

2015

• January 5, established the official mobile app "Pocket 48".
• January 8, according to the official website, Xu Yanyu was expelled from SNH48, her job as Captain was suspended. Xu was the first ever captain to be expelled due to breaking the rules of SNH48 members.
• January 31, held a concert in Shanghai Indoor Stadium entitled "SNH48 Request Time BEST 30".
• February 13, Team NII and Team HII's new captains revealed in the SNH48 Theatre - Feng Xinduo and Wang Lu, with co-captains Huang Tingting and Wu Yanwen in the respective teams. At the same time, 2014 General Election winner, after Team NII's Li Xuan's branch of the rules of SNH48 members, Wu Zhehan (scored out below) was expelled from Team SII, dropped out to 4th Generation members and became the second SNH48 member who had private contact with fans. She is also the first General Election winner ever in 48-group history to be transferred to Kenkyusei.