Members not participating this year's AKB48 Sousenkyo

*Member name and (last year position) (-) if didn't participate last year (X) if didn't rank

*Remember that this year JKT,BNK and TPE participate too! but I won't list them here because really few girls appliedand in JKT case no one lol.

Ogata Haruna announced graduation

Ogata Haruna has announced her graduation from Morning Musume'18.

Wants to focus on studies,since she couldn't balance both.

Nakano Reina,Yamada Marina & Tano Yuuka announced graduation

NMB48 Team M Nakano Reina announced her graduation to focus on studies.

HKT48 Team H member Yamada Marina will graduate to become a seiyuu.

AKB48 Team K member Tano Yuuka will graduate. What she will be up to after her graduation is unknown.

Naatan Coromushi announced withdrawal

CY8ER red member Naatan Coromushi has announced her withdrawal from the group.