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AKB48 is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Mariya Suzuki, Seifuku ga Jama o Suru, Vernalossom, The Alfee and Nogizaka46. Those roots explain a lot about how AKB48 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as STU48, Sakurazaka46, Buono!, E-girls and Momoiro Clover Z, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into JKT48, BNK48, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, NGT48 and Nogizaka46, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around AKB48, reaching back through Mariya Suzuki and forward to JKT48. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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AKB48 connections
AKB48 grew out of Mariya Suzuki, Seifuku ga Jama o Suru, Vernalossom and The Alfee, shares an orbit with STU48, Sakurazaka46, Buono! and E-girls, went on to shape JKT48, BNK48, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia and NGT48. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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