AKB48 timeline

AKB48 is a Japanese girl group. This timeline chronicles its activities.
2005
* July - Audition for AKB48 held.
* December 8 - AKB48's debut performance held at the AKB48 Theater.
2006
* January - Mariko Shinoda added as a member.
* February 1 - 1st indie single "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" released.
* March 31 - Yuki Usami graduated.
* April 1 - Team K's debut performance held at the AKB48 Theater.
* June 7 - 2nd indie single "Skirt, Hirari" released.
* June 17 - Ayako Uemura graduated.
* August - Major record contract with DefStar Records signed.
* October 25 - 1st major single "Aitakatta" released.
* October - Audition for Team B announced.
* November 3-4 - AKB48's first concert held at Nippon Seinenkan.
2007
* January 31 - 2nd single "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" released.
* March 2 - AKB48's second photobook AKB48 Jump & Cry released.
* March 10 - AKB48's second concert tour AKB48 Haru no Chotto dake Zenkoku Tour: Madamada daze AKB48! starts.
* April 18 - 3rd single "" released.
* July 18 - 4th single "" released.
* August 8 - 5th single "" released.
* October 31 - 6th single "YÅ«hi o Miteiru ka?" released.
* December 31 - AKB48 appears at the 58th .
2008
* January 23 - 7th single "Romance, Irane" released.
* February 27 - 8th single "" released.
* June 13 - 9th single "Baby! Baby! Baby!" released.
* August - AKB48 signs with King Records.
* October 22 - 10th single "" released.
* November 1 - Album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006-2007 released.
* November 3 - Rina Nakanishi, Hitomi Komatani, Tomomi Ohe, Risa Narita, and Tojima Hana graduated.
2009
* February 11 - Reina Noguchi, Yuki Matsuoka and Nozomi Kawasaki graduate.
* March 4 - 11th single "10nen Sakura" released.
* April 26 - Mai Oshima and Kaoru Hayano graduated.
* May 24 - Risa Naruse graduates.
* June 24 - 12th single "" released.
* July 2-5 - AKB48 appears at Japan Expo in Paris.
* August 26 - 13th single "Iiwake Maybe" released.
* September 27 - AKB48's debut US concert held at Webster Hall in New York.
* October 21 - 14th single "River" released.
2010
* February 17 - 15th single "Sakura no Shiori" released.
* April 7 - Album Kamikyokutachi released.
* April 27 - Performance at Anime Expo in the United States announced.
* May 26 - 16th single "Ponytail to Shushu" released.
* July 1 - Performance at Anime Expo, at Nokia Theatre.
* July - Erena Ono's graduation announced.
* July 14 - Album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006-2007 re-released as Set List: Greatest Songs Kanzenban.
* August 18 - 17th single "Heavy Rotation" released.
* September 27 - Erena Ono graduated.
* October 23 - AKB48 performs at the 7th Asia Song Festival, held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.
* October 27 - 18th single "Beginner" released.
* November 20 - AKB48 performs in Moscow, Russia at the Japanese Pop Culture Festival.
* December 8 - 19th single "Chance no Junban" released.
2011
* February - Graduation announcement of YÅ«ki Kanazawa and Manami Oku.
* February 16 - 20th single "" released.
* February 21 - Album Koko ni Ita Koto announced to be released on April 6.
* April 1 - Charity single "Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)" released.
* April 8 - Manami Oku graduated.
* May 5 - Announcement of creation of sister group HKT48.
* May 25 - 21st single "Everyday, Katyusha" released.
* June 7 - Team 4 announced.
* June 8 - Album Koko ni Ita Koto released.
* June 11 - Aimi Eguchi's joining AKB48 announced.
* June 19 - Trainees Nau Yamaguchi and Sara Ushikobu leave the group.
* June 28 - Nogizaka46's creation announced.
* July 23 - Mina Oba becomes captain of Team 4. Trainees Maria Abe and Anna Iriyama join Team 4.
* August 24 - 22nd single "Flying Get" released.
* September 20 - 2nd AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament held.
* October 26 - 23rd single "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" released.
* December 7 - 24th single "Ue kara Mariko" released.
* December 30 - AKB48 wins the 53rd Japan Record Awards Grand Prix for the song "Flying Get".
2012
* February 5 - Rumi Yonezawa & Natsumi Hirajima left AKB48
* February 15 - 25th single "" released.
* March 24 - Yasushi Akimoto announced on his decision to create Team 8.
* March 25 - Atsuko Maeda announced her decision to graduate.
* March 26 - AKB48 27th senbatsu election announced.
* April 4 - Atsuko Maeda announced her withdrawal from AKB48 27th single senbatsu election.
* May 23 - 26th single "" released.
* June 20 - Rino Sashihara transferred to HKT48
* August 24/25/26 - AKB48 1st Tokyo Dome Concert (1830m no Yume) - 2nd AKB48 Team Shuffle: Team 4 disbanded, Minami Takahashi became AKB48 Group General Director (Soukantoku).
* August 27 - Atsuko Maeda graduated.
* August 29 - 27th single Gingham Check released.
* October 31 - 28th single Uza released.
* November 1 - Aika Ota transferred to HKT48, Aki Takajo & Haruka Nakagawa transferred to JKT48, Sae Miyazawa & Mariya Suzuki transferred to SNH48
* November 30 - Natsuki Sato graduated
* December 5 - 29th single Eien Pressure released.
* December 17 - Yuka Masuda left AKB48
* December 30 - AKB48 wins the 54th Japan Record Awards Grand Prix for the song "".
2013
* February 1 - Tomomi Itano announced her decision to graduate, Minami Minegishi demoted to Kenkyuusei
* February 20 - 30th single released.
* March 6 - Sayaka Nakaya graduated.
* May 3 - Tomomi Kasai graduated.
* June 3 - Mika Komori graduated.
* June 4 - Natsumi Matsubara graduated.
* June 8 - Mariko Shinoda announced her graduation.

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