event, it was announced that the Team 8 members are to hold concurrent positions () with one of the other AKB48 Teams A, K, B, and 4. The team was sponsored by Toyota from 2014 to 2021. Members of Team 8 are colloquially referred to as "Eighters." As of December 2022, they have 29 active members. Trainees Trainees or () is a group of members who just coming into the group but haven't assigned or promoted to a fixed team. Currently the group trainees are 17th generation-members who introduced on May 4, 2022. Membership Timeline See also List of former members of AKB48 References AKB48 AKB48 AKB48