The votes are in. The stage is set at the HARD OFF ECO Stadium Niigata. Fans sit in anticipation, soon to be joined by the girls vying for the elusive Senbatsu. It’s AKB48 Sousenkyo time. The AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo ~Bokutachi wa Dare ni Tsuiteikeba ii~ (45thシングル 選抜総選挙~僕たちは誰について行けばいい?~) was held on June 18th, 2016. This was the 8th annual AKB48 Group members election, where fans vote for their favorite members. Fans could cast their votes through anyone of 20 different methods (including buying the 44th single, "Tubasa wa Iranai”). Out of the 271 girls who entered themselves into the running, 80 will participate on the single as one of 5 groupings which were distributed as follows: 1st-16th place: Senbatsu (A-side or main song) 17th-32nd place: Undergirls (B-side 1) 33rd-48th place: Next Girls (B-side 2) 49th-65th place: Future Girls (B-side 3) 65th-80th place: Upcoming Girls (B-side 4) (results and more after the break) This year's results were full of surprises, as always as well as a graduation announcement from Team A member Kojima Haruna. This announcement, however, was not one of the surprises as Kojima (known to fans as "Kojiharu" and "Harunyan") is currently the oldest member of the group as well as one of the two remaining members that were with the group when it debuted (the other being Minegishi Minami). Her entrance into the Sousenkyo this year was under the alias "Nyan Nyan Kamen" and included a skit with graduated member, Oshima Yuko. Graduation was also brought up by a few other members, but none were planning to announce in the near future. The 80 rankings can be seen below Senbatsu 1. Sashihara Rino 2. Watanabe Mayu 3. Matsui Jurina 4. Yamamoto Sayaka 5. Kashiwagi Yuki 6. Miyawaki Sakura 7. Suda Akari 8. Shimazaki Haruka 9. Kodama Haruka 10. Muto Tomu 11. Yokoyama Yui 12. Kitahara Rie 13. Mukaichi Mion 14. Okada Nana 15. Takahashi Juri 16. Nyan Nyan Kamen* *Actually Kojima Haruna
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