Sony Music Records and Aniplex announced the group name for the new idol group that AKB48 founder and producer Yasushi Akimoto will produce.
Akimoto founded the AKB48 idol group in 2005, with its sixth and latest domestic sister group, STU48, launching this summer.
The website announced 12 successful applicant ID numbers in December, but the names of the final members have yet to be announced.
Sony Music Records and Aniplex received 10,325 applications for the group and held five rounds of auditions.
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