HKT48 kick off their first one-man tour with Morning Musume’s “The☆Peace!” and Announce New Team

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On January 11, HKT48 kicked off their tour ‘HKT48 Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Tabi wo Saseyo~‘ at iichiko Grand Theater in Oita Prefecture.

For this tour, HKT48 is scheduled to perform a total of 12 shows in 7 locations. The group started their first show of the tour with a cover of Morning Musume‘s “The☆Peace” and surprised the audience. During the show, the girls did a parody ‘Majisuka Gakuen’, a drama that starred the members of AKB48. They also performed songs from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and Nogizaka46. As Oita Prefecture is member Sashihara Rino’s birthplace, she called out, “I’m home!!”, to which the crowd responded, “Welcome home!”

During the encore, Sashihara appeared on stage wearing a tuxedo top and announced, “I will announce a new class.” Among the commotion, she announced the creation of Team KIV and the promotion of 17 Kenkyuusei.

Anai Chihiro will remain the captain of Team H, while Ota Aika will be the captain for Team KIV. Sashihara said, “I was really surprised at this announcement. This isn’t a formation of a cabinet, but rather a positive thing called a class shuffle. Members whose named weren’t called this time, think about what will happen from now on, and do your best with a positive attitude!”

Team H

Anai Chihiro (Team H captain)
Kodama Haruka
Sashihara Rino
Tanaka Natsumi
Nakanishi Chiyori
Matsuoka Natsumi
Wakatabe Haruka
Akiyoshi Yuka (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Inoue Yuriya (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Umemoto Izumi (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Okamoto Naoko (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Kojina Yui (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Komada Hiroka (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Sakaguchi Riko (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Tashima Meru (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Yamada Marina (promoted from Kenkyuusei)

Team KIV

Ueki Nao
Ota Aika (Team KIV captain)
Kumazawa Serina
Shimono Yuki
Miyawaki Sakura
Murashige Anna
Motomura Aoi
Moriyasu Madoka
Imada Mina (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Okada Kanna (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Goto Izumi (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Tanaka Yuka (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Tani Marika (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Tomiyoshi Asuka (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Tomonaga Mio (promoted from Kenkyuusei)
Fuchigami Mai (promoted from Kenkyuusei)

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