TPE48, formerly known as AKB48 Team TP, is a Taiwanese idol group and the sixth international sister group of AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48, China's SNH48 (former), Thailand's BNK48, Philippines's MNL48, and China's TSH48. The group is named after Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.
History
2011–2012: Creation
On October 10, 2011, AKB48 announced the creation of TPE48, and will build the theater next year summer. At that time, AKS cooperated with Yoshimoto Kogyo and expected to start audition work in 2012. However, the two sides failed to reach a consensus in the preparation work, and thus they were discontinued after the second half of 2012.
2014–2015: AKB48 Taiwan Audition
On December 7, 2014, during HKT48's Taipei concert, AKB48 announced that they will hold an audition for members of the AKB48 in Taiwan someday, but it was unclear whether the audition is related to TPE48. Subsequently, AKB48 officially announced its will hold the "AKB48 Taiwan Audition" on April 1, 2015, which is the first AKB48 audition event held besides Japan. From 2,152 who auditioned, 17 were chosen as member of the "AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei" () to have completed the audition on August 17, 2015.
Ma Chia-ling was passed the audition and debuted in December 2015 in AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen (). February 21, 2016, she promoted as the "Taiwan Ryugakusei" () to AKB48 Team B, and becomes first foreign member of AKB48 and the fastest AKB48 member to be promoted.
2016–2017: Resume March 26, 2016, the creation of TPE48, BNK48 and MNL48 was announced at the Takahashi Minami's concert.
Later on July 9, 2017, AKB48 announced specially will hold audition for 1st generation members of TPE48 in September during the Kizaki Yuria, Yokoyama Yui and Shimada Haruka's event "AKB48 Fan Meeting in TAIWAN". September 1, TPE48 runs audition and all members of AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei were become the seed members in audition. The same day, Abe Maria, a member of AKB48 Team K, says will transfer form AKB48 to TPE48. In the end, on November 30, 2017, Abe Maria performed the final performance at AKB48 Theater and officially transferred to TPE48 next day.
2018–present February 4, 2018, 72 girls were selected for the final round, next 45 girls were revealed for 1st generation members. But at the end, only 40 girls were formally joined into the group, 13 of whom were official members and 27 were trainees. In 2019, their TTP Festival and 看見夕陽了嗎？(Kan chien hsi yang le ma) rank No.1 and No.4 in Guangnan 2019 yearly chart and No.6 and No.11 in Fivemusic yearly chart.
Financial crisis and group restructure On June 16, 2018, TPE48 Entertainment (), TPE48's management company, suffered a financial crisis, members and staff didn't get paid about 3 months ago.TPE48出道難產？台灣營運方遭爆欠薪300萬! – Yahoo! Taiwan On July 30, 2018, AKS had canceled a joint venture and license agreement with TPE48 Entertainment and created AKB48 Team TP.AKB48運営会社が「TPE48」の契約解消 「AKB48 Team TP」発足へ In January 2026, it was announced that the group would return to its original name, TPE48.
Members Unit T and Unit P were debuted on January 15, 2023, after Unit Daisy, Unit Bellflower and Unit Sakura disbanded. The full name of two units Unit TIC TAC TOE and Unit Peek A Boo were announced on February 18, 2023. Team TIII and Team P will debut on August 1, 2026, after Unit TIC TAC TOE and Unit Peek A Boo disband. Member list as of August 25, 2026:
Unit TIC TAC TOE The unit color is blue (R=60, G=168, B=201) The captain is Lau Hiu-ching
Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Date of promotion Notes Former Unit Official members Lau Hiu-ching () Hong Kong 1st June 15, 2019 Unit TIC TAC TOE CaptainFormer Unit Sakura CaptainOldest MemberAnnounced graduation on June 28, 2026 Sakura → Peek A Boo Official members Lin Yu-hsin () Yilan County 1st June 15, 2019 Former AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei (Dropout during the debut) Sakura Official members Huang Yi-lin () 3rd April 5, 2026 Official members Meng Ting-yun () 4th April 3, 2026 Official members Yi Pin () 4th May 24, 2025 Official members Chang Shao-tong () 3rd May 24, 2025 Trainees Chen Zhao-Ni () 4th Trainees Tang Ching () 5th Trainees Lin Wei-ting () 5th Currently on hiatus since December 22, 2025【成員相關】 Trainees Chen Tai-ling () 5th Trainees Chen Jia-yi () 5th Trainees Yang Ya-yun () 5th
Unit Peek A Boo The unit color is red (R=220, G=72, B=58) The captain is Tsai Ya-en
Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Date of promotion Notes Former Unit Official members Lin Yi-yun () New Taipei 1st January 22, 2022 TPE48 Captain Sakura → TIC TAC TOE Official members Tsai Ya-en () Keelung City 1st January 19, 2020 Unit Peek A Boo Captain Daisy → TIC TAC TOE Official members Chang Yu-ling () Hualien County AKB48 Taiwan Audition Sakura Official members Chen Ying-zhen () 4th December 19, 2025 Trainees Huang Yu-yan () Keelung City 3rd Trainees Su Heng-yu () New Taipei City 3rd Trainees Chen Yi-ling () 4th Trainees Tsai Chiao-yin () 5th Trainees Chen Chiao-yi () 5th Trainees Liu Zi-fei () 5th
6th generation trainees Official members／Trainees Name Date of birth (age) Place of birth Generation Notes Trainees Lin Yun-Hsi () 6th Trainees Hu Yung-Ching () 6th Trainees Yang Chia-Yi () 6th Trainees Xu Chun-Yuan () 6th Trainees Yu Zi-Lei () 6th Trainees Chang Hsin-Chiao () 6th Trainees Lu Hsin-En () 6th Currently on hiatus since January 1, 2026 due to academic purposes【成員】呂昕恩活動暫停通知 Trainees Liu Yan-Ning () 6th Youngest member
Former members