AKB48 (short for Akihabara48) is a Japanese idol girl group of originally 48 members produced by Yasushi Akimoto.
The group consists of 48 members divided into three teams (Team A, Team K and Team B), and each team contains 16 members. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 is theatre-based and have their own theatre in the Akihabara district of Tokyo where they perform once every weekday, and twice on both Saturday and Sunday.