In less than a year, the highly renowned girl group IZ*One will be disbanding after their contracts run it’s due date
They originated from a show called Produce 48 which was a collaboration with Produce 101 & AKB48 to create Asia’s next big girl group
3 of the members Miyawaki Sakura, Yabuki Nako, & Honda Hitomi are members of AKB48 (with Sakura & Nako also being from HKT48, the Fukuoka based sister group of AKB48)
Other AKB48 members like Takahashi Juri, now in Woolim’s new girl group Rocket Punch, as well as Takeuchi Miyu, debuting with Mystic Girls, were on the program as well
It is speculated that after IZ*One disbands, AKB48’s management will not be finished with expanding towards Korea, and will make the next big girl group there under the AKB48 franchise
There have been many AKB48 sister groups not only in Japan, but all across Asia. China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, Indonesia, and even India have sister groups. With further expansion, South Korea seems like on of the next choices
Fans speculate that there will be 1-2 sister groups named SOL48 & BSN48, one based in Seoul & one based in Busan (since both are the biggest cities in South Korea, yet are very far apart from each other, making it easier to take over the country)
Look forward to more information on the potential future AKB48 group
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