AKB48 Team TP

AKB48 Team TP
AKB48 Team TP
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Background information
Also known as	TPE48
Origin	Taipei, Taiwan
Genres	Pop; J-pop;
Years active	2017–present
Labels	TPE48 Entertainment (former); Muses & Nymph Entertainment
Members	See list of members
Past members	See list of former members

AKB48 Team TP, formerly known as TPE48, is a Taiwanese idol girl group and the fourth international sister group of AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48, China's SNH48 (currently replaced by AKB48 Team SH), Thailand's BNK48 and Philippines' MNL48 . The group is named after Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.

History

TPE48

The creation of the TPE48 was announced on October 10, 2011 in AKB48's Official Blog.^[1] At that time, AKS cooperated with Yoshimoto Kogyo Taipei Branch 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.

In April 2015, AKS held the "AKB48 Taiwan Audition" to recruit Taiwanese AKB48 members during the HKT48's Taiwan concert. In August of same year, the final results of the election were announced and the winners formed "AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei", and including the first foreign member of AKB48, Ma Chia-ling.

On March 26 2016, AKS announced the creating of TPE48 again at the Minami Takahashi's graduation concert,^[2] and recruited of 1st generation members on September 1 to October 1, 2017.^[3]

AKB48 Team TP

On June 16, 2018, TPE48 Entertainment, TPE48's management company, suffered a financial crisis, members and staff didn't get paid about 3 months ago.^[4] On July 30, 2018, AKS had canceled a joint venture and license agreement with TPE48 Entertainment and created AKB48 Team TP.^[5]^[6]

Members

Current members

Member list as of September 1, 2018:^[7]

Name	Date of birth (age)	Notes
Yuzuka Honda (本田柚萱)	(2006-03-15) March 15, 2006 (age 18)
Tik-kei Sin (冼迪琦)	(1999-02-13) February 13, 1999 (age 25)
Chieh Lin (林倢)	(2001-02-14) February 14, 2001 (age 23)
Pin-han Chiu (邱品涵)	(1999-12-24) December 24, 1999 (age 24)
Maria Abe (阿部瑪利亞)	(1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 (age 28)	Transferred from AKB48 Team K on December 1, 2017^[8]
Shin-yu Kuo (國興瑀)	(2002-10-11) October 11, 2002 (age 22)
Yu-ling Chang (張羽翎)	(2003-07-11) July 11, 2003 (age 21)
Shih-ya Chen (陳詩雅)	(1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 (age 29)
Shih-yu Tseng (曾詩羽)	(1995-02-12) February 12, 1995 (age 29)
Yu-ching Liu (劉語晴)	(1996-07-14) July 14, 1996 (age 28)
Jie-ming Liu (劉潔明)	(1997-04-19) April 19, 1997 (age 27)
Tzi-yi Pan (潘姿怡)	(1996-07-28) July 28, 1996 (age 28)

Trainees

The following members are denoted trainees:^[9]

Name	Date of birth (age)	Notes
Mirei Oyama (小山美玲)	(2002-06-28) June 28, 2002 (age 22)
Yi-chia Wang (王逸嘉)	(2001-11-18) November 18, 2001 (age 22)
Jia-li Lee (李佳俐)	(2001-11-05) November 5, 2001 (age 23)
Meng-chun Lee (李孟純)	(2002-06-04) June 4, 2002 (age 22)
Cai-Jie Li (李采潔)	(2004-03-15) March 15, 2004 (age 20)
Jia-yu Zhou (周佳郁)	(1997-11-19) November 19, 1997 (age 26)
Yi-yun Lin (林易沄)	(2000-11-21) November 21, 2000 (age 23)
Chia-ying Lin (林家瑩)	(2000-12-04) December 4, 2000 (age 23)
Yu-hsin Lin (林于馨)	(2002-01-14) January 14, 2002 (age 22)
Chieh-hsin Lin (林潔心)	(2003-03-27) March 27, 2003 (age 21)
Ling Po (柏靈)	(1999-09-13) September 13, 1999 (age 25)
Yun-jue Gao (高云珏)	(2001-10-20) October 20, 2001 (age 23)
Yen-chen Kao (高硯晨)	(2006-07-16) July 16, 2006 (age 18)
Fa-fa Chang (張法法)	(2001-12-27) December 27, 2001 (age 22)
Zih-syuan Tung (董子瑄)	(2003-12-04) December 4, 2003 (age 20)
I-chen Chia (賈宜蓁)	(1999-08-18) August 18, 1999 (age 25)
Hiu-ching Lau (劉曉晴)	(2000-08-02) August 2, 2000 (age 24)
Ya-en Tsai (蔡亞恩)	(2000-10-21) October 21, 2000 (age 24)
Yi-jou Tsai (蔡伊柔)	(2001-07-15) July 15, 2001 (age 23)
Yu-wei Cheng (鄭妤葳)	(2003-11-11) November 11, 2003 (age 21)
Chia-yu Cheng (鄭佳郁)	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 20)
Jui-ting Lo (羅瑞婷)	(2004-08-06) August 6, 2004 (age 20)
Mayu Fujii (藤井麻由)	(1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 (age 25)

Former members

Former members of the group as listed on Facebook:^[10]

Shih-yuan Chen (陳詩媛) (2018)
Chen-si Lee (李晨熙) (2018)
Li-fei Wen (翁立霏) (2018)
Lin Chen (陳琳) (2018)
Yen-ting Liu (劉姸廷) (2018)

Filmography

Television shows

TPE48 Village (梯批壹村) (April 26, 2018–July 7, 2018)

Commercials and endorsements

Aikatsu! (Sega Amusements Taiwan, 2018-present)

References

^ "『ＴＰＥ４８』プロジェクト発足！" (in Japanese). October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ "New AKB48 sister groups to be formed in Manila, Bangkok and Taipei". japantoday.com. March 28, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
^ "AKB台灣姊妹團「TPE48」徵選開跑　不怕韓團來勢洶洶" (in Traditional Chinese). 蘋果日報. September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
^ TPE48出道難產？台灣營運方遭爆欠薪300萬! - Yahoo! Taiwan
^ AKB48運営会社が「TPE48」の契約解消　「AKB48 Team TP」発足へ
^ "TPE48有救了！AKS霸氣聲明重組「AKB48 Team TP」". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 聯合新聞網. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
^ AKB48 Team TP [@akb48teamtp] (September 1, 2018). "🌸AKB48 Team TP 正規メンバー🌸 – 前列：本田柚萱　張羽翎　邱品涵　陳詩雅　潘姿怡　曾詩羽 – 後列：林倢　劉潔明　劉語晴　阿部瑪利亞　冼迪琦　國興瑀 – 😘インスタもフォローしてくださいね♥ – http://www.instagram.com/akb48teamtp/ – #AKB48TeamTP https://twitter.com/akb48teamtp/status/1035870375387619329/photo/1pic.twitter.com/jZ3SWKpz7f" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2018 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ 阿部瑪利亞 (2017-11-10). "重大発表". 阿部瑪利亞官方部落格 Powered by Ameba. Ameba. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
^ AKB48 Team TP (2018-09-01). "9月第1天無獎徵答　答案揭曉". AKB48 Team TP 官方臉書. Retrieved 2018-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ AKB48 Team TP (2018-09-02). "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 2018-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Official website ^{[dead link]} Template:Zh icon
AKB48 Team TP on Facebook Template:Zh icon

[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 Traditional Chinese). 蘋果日報. September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

[4] TPE48出道難產？台灣營運方遭爆欠薪300萬! - Yahoo! Taiwan

[5] AKB48運営会社が「TPE48」の契約解消　「AKB48 Team TP」発足へ

[6] "TPE48有救了！AKS霸氣聲明重組「AKB48 Team TP」". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 聯合新聞網. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.

[7] AKB48 Team TP [@akb48teamtp] (September 1, 2018). "🌸AKB48 Team TP 正規メンバー🌸 – 前列：本田柚萱　張羽翎　邱品涵　陳詩雅　潘姿怡　曾詩羽 – 後列：林倢　劉潔明　劉語晴　阿部瑪利亞　冼迪琦　國興瑀 – 😘インスタもフォローしてくださいね♥ – http://www.instagram.com/akb48teamtp/ – #AKB48TeamTP https://twitter.com/akb48teamtp/status/1035870375387619329/photo/1pic.twitter.com/jZ3SWKpz7f" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2018 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[8] 阿部瑪利亞 (2017-11-10). "重大発表". 阿部瑪利亞官方部落格 Powered by Ameba. Ameba. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

[9] AKB48 Team TP (2018-09-01). "9月第1天無獎徵答　答案揭曉". AKB48 Team TP 官方臉書. Retrieved 2018-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[10] AKB48 Team TP (2018-09-02). "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 2018-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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