SKE48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto

Yasushi Akimoto

is a Japanese television writer, lyricist, record producer, professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He also created some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.- Career :...

. The audition was held during the summer and debuted in October 2008. SKE48 performs in the newly built studio in the renovated Sunshine Sakae

Sunshine Sakae

Sunshine Sakae is a building in Sakae, Nagoya. As part of its renovation, a giant ferris wheel was added to the building.The all-female band SKE48 performs in the studios of Sunshine Sakae.- External links :*...

 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, every Saturday. The first SKE48 stage was a revival of Team A's "Party ga Hajimaru yo".

History

Akimoto was offered the chance to start a production in Nagoya along with the renewal of the Sunshine Sakae, when he was thinking of making his "48 project" a nationwide project. He had a couple of offers even from outside of Japan, so he decided to use Nagoya as the place to move on with the project. Akimoto has said that selected members from both AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

 and SKE48 may release a single, rather than releasing two different singles. But they released their first single in 2009.

In AKB48's single "Ōgoe Diamond", Jurina Matsui became the first and only member of SKE48 to be featured on a single cover and in the song itself. Including Matsui, some members of SKE48 have appeared in the PV marking the first collaboration made by the two groups, so far.

On May 28, 2011, Avex picked up SKE48, and will be releasing their debut single under the label called “Pareo no Emerald” on July 27, 2011.

On 25 August 2011, it was announced that SKE48 member Yui Matsushita will graduate from the group at the end of September 2011 due to her ankle injuries.

Team S

Rikako Hirata is leader of Team S.

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