SGO48

SGO48 (read S.G.O. Forty-Eight) is a Vietnamese idol girl group based in Saigon, officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The group is the sixth international sister group of AKB48, proceeding AKB48 Team TP, debuted on December 22, at Crescent Mall, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.[1] Originally consisted of 29 founding members, known as the first generation, the group is currently consisted of 23 members as of August 2020, thus becoming the Vietnamese girl group with the most members.[2]

SGO48
Background information
Origin	Ho Chi Minh City,  Vietnam
Genres	Pop, V-pop, J-pop, Teen Pop, Bubblegum Pop
Years active	2018–present
Labels	YAG Entertainment
Associated acts	AKB48 Group
Website	sgo48.vn
Members	SGO48 Members
Past members	See more...

History

2018–2019: Formation, recruitment and first generation debut

On June 21, 2018, AKS Co. announced the formation of SGO48, based in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam,[3][4] with the joint venture between CTCP Tập đoàn Yeah1 (Yeah1 Group) (YEG) and Geo Brain Corporation, and formed the YAG Entertainment company. After the recruitment announcement on August 3 by both the AKB48 and YAG Entertainment team, audition process for the group's first generation on August 10, 2018, consisted of three separate rounds: online registration, interview, and lastly, final round.[5] A concept for a SGO48 theater was brought up to conversation during the first livestream meeting with Japanese investors.[6][7] Within the first round, candidates had to apply online on the company's website by filling out personal information, with more than 8,000 applications sent and of whom 350 candidates were selected to advance to the interview round. The candidates then performed and answered questions from the judges on the interview round, where 120 candidates were chosen to proceed to the final round. They then had their own talent performance for the training and selection round, where the judges would proceed to select the final members to officially join the group.[7] The label then announced the 29 official members for the first generation of SGO48 on November 17, 2018, followed by their first live performance with AKB48's Team 8 a day after in Hanoi, Vietnam, as part of the "Kizuna Ekiden 2018" event.[8][9][10][11]

Following the withdrawal of member BunnyV on December 13, SGO48 officially debuted on December 22, 2018 through their Dream Performance concert at Crescent Mall Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, where the group performed a total of four Vietnamese-adapted AKB48 songs, including “Shonichi”, “Aitakatta”, “Shoujotachi Yo”, and “SGO48”.[12] Over 1,500 fans attended the concert, exceeding expectations for the newly-formed idol group.[13] Shortly after, the group then had their first international performance at the 2019 Asia Festival, presented by SHANDA GAMES, in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 27, 2019.[14][15]

2019–2020: Line-up changes, first releases and Senbatsu Battle

With member Yuumi graduating May 31, 2019, YAG Entertainment announced that SGO48 would release their first single on July 17, 2019, revealing the title to be “Heavy Rotation”.[16] The accompanying music video was later premiered through their official Youtube channel on August 1, 2019, followed by several appearances on their native television programs and events to perform the song live, as well as the group's first reality program Pinker School. On August 19, member Kaycee was announced as the group's first captain at their Hanoi meeting.[17] The group then joined their sister groups at the AKB48 Group Asia Festival in Shanghai on August 24, 2019, where they co-performed “Heavy Rotation”, “Namida Surprise!”, “Kokoro No Placard” in Japanese, “Ponytail to Shushu”, and “365 Nichi no Kamihikouki”. SGO48 then announced their second single to be "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" on December 7, 2019 at the group's Koisuru Xmas Party mini show, where their native label announced the upcoming plan to recruit the second generation for the group. An accompanying music video for the song was premiered during the event, and later released on December 12, 2019.[18] Member Anna then attended the 70th Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2019, becoming the first Vietnamese idol member to join the other 48 sister groups for performance.[19][20]

Following the dismissal of member Sachi on May 24, 2020, as well as the graduation of member Elena and Celia two days later, YAG Ent. announced the premiere of Senbatsu Battle, the group's second reality program on June 8, 2020, focusing on the members' practice process to select the final sixteen members - known as the regular senbatsu line-up for their upcoming third single.[21]

On 22 August 2020, Captain Kaycee told on Kenh14 that there would be an MV featuring 23 members.[22] This is the first time for the first generation to appear fully as a way to thank fans for supporting them since debut. YAG later teased a poster for their MV, Shonichi (Ngày Đầu Tiên - The first day), which is a B-side from the first single, "Heavy Rotation". On 18 September 2020, the MV is released on SGO48's Youtube Channel.

Members

Originally debuted with a 29-member line up on December 22, 2018, the group is currently consisting of 23 first-generation members as of July 24, 2020.[23][24] The first and current captain of the group is Kaycee, announced on August 19, 2019 at the SGO48 Party in Hanoi meeting.[17]

Stage name	Birth name	Date of birth (age)	Place of birth
Tiên Linh	Lê Phạm Thủy Tiên	May 24, 1998	Bình Thuận
Như Thảo	Lê Nguyễn Như Thảo	May 15, 2000	Cần Thơ
Minxy	Đặng Thị Huỳnh Như	September 16, 1999	Tây Ninh
Hikari	Châu Ngọc Đoan Thảo	July 11, 1998	Ho Chi Minh City
Lệ Trang	Nguyễn Thị Lệ	October 13, 2001	Bắc Ninh
Mochi	Nguyễn Thanh Hoàng My	May 9, 2004	Lâm Đồng
DONA	Nguyễn Thị Nhi	August 18, 2001	Đắk Lắk
Ashley	Trần Lý Minh Thư	May 23, 2000	Ho Chi Minh City
Anna	Trần Cát Tường	September 24, 2000	Bình Dương
Tammy	Nguyễn Thị Minh Thư	November 12, 2003	Đồng Nai
Phụng Nhi	Lê Nguyễn Phụng Nhi	October 23, 2004	Long An
Trúc Phạm	Phạm Lâm Ánh Trúc	September 4, 1997	Ho Chi Minh City
Thu Nga	Lê Thị Thu Nga	December 25, 2003	Ho Chi Minh City
Sunny	Lê Sunny	October 30, 2003	Ho Chi Minh City
Mẫn Nghi	Lê Mẫn Nghi	November 25, 2005	An Giang
Ánh Sáng	Nguyễn Lê Ngọc Ánh Sáng	January 13, 2006	Ho Chi Minh City
Kaycee	Võ Phan Kim Khánh	October 18, 1997	Ho Chi Minh City
Janie	Nguyễn Trương Tường Vy	January 3, 2002	Ho Chi Minh City
Linh Mai	Vương Mai Linh	May 1, 1997	Nghệ An
Trùng Dương	Nguyễn Hồ Trùng Dương	December 3, 1999	Bình Dương
Xuân Ca	Võ Ngọc Xuân Ca	September 20, 2001	Bình Thuận
Mon	Huỳnh Ngô Kim Châu	February 2, 2001	Ho Chi Minh City
Ni Ni	Ngô Thị Cẩm Nhi	August 12, 2000	Hậu Giang

Members timeline

Former members

Stage name	Birth name	Date of birth (age)	Place of birth	Graduation date	Note
BunnyV	Trần Nguyễn Phương Vy	June 28, 1997	Ho Chi Minh City	Dec 18, 2018	Withdrew from SGO48 for personal reasons.
Yuumi	Koseki Yuumi (こせき ゆうみ)	August 30, 2004	Japan	May 31, 2019	Graduated to continue her study at high school in Japan.
Gia Nghi	Thái Gia Nghi	December 6, 2004	Ho Chi Minh City	Dec 7, 2019	Withdrew to focus on studies.
Sachi	Nguyễn Quế Minh Hân	June 25, 2003	Ho Chi Minh City	May 26, 2020	Removed from the group due to secret dating.[25][26][27]
Elena	Nguyễn Lê Thuỳ Ngọc	February 22, 1999	Đồng Nai	May 28, 2020	Graduated due to personal health reasons[28]
Celia	Nguyễn Thị Thúy Nga	August 25, 2002	Ho Chi Minh City		Graduated due to upcoming studying abroad plan[28]

Possibility of Vietnamese sister groups

According to the group's native label YAG Entertainment, the success of SGO48 would spawn such potential sister groups like HNO48 (Hà Nội) and DNA48 (Đà Nẵng), depending on how well the group has achieved.[29][30]

Discography

Singles

Year	Name	Date of release
2019	Heavy Rotation	August 25, 2019
	Koisuru Fortune Cookie - Thất Tình Tích Cực	December 12, 2019
2020	RIVER	December 20, 2020

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Ref.
2019	Heavy Rotation	Kim Sin Wook	[31]
	Koisuru Fortune Cookie (Thất Tình Tích Cực)	Vo Thanh Hoa, Do Vu	[32]
2020	Shonichi (Ngày Đầu Tiên)	To Buu Phat	[33]
	RIVER	Khuong Vu

Filmography

TV shows

Year	Name	Channel	No. of Episodes	Members	Date	Note
2018	Giọng ải giọng ai (Hidden Singer Vietnam)	HTV7	1 (E14)	Tiên Linh	February 3	Contestant
2019	Bí mật chuyện sao (Star Secret)	HTV9	1	Ánh Sáng, Kaycee, Linh Mai, Lệ Trang, Sachi, Tiên Linh	January 21	–
	2IDOL	Yeah1TV	2	All	March 26–27	–
	Siêu bất ngờ	HTV7	1		April 21	S4 E24
	Bữa trưa vui vẻ (Happy Lunch)	VTV6		Lệ Trang, Minxy, Sachi, Thu Nga, Trùng Dương	August 10	–
	Đại tiệc FA	Anna, Dona, Hikari, Janie, Kaycee, Lệ Trang, Linh Mai, Mon, Minxy, Sachi, Sunny, Thu Nga, Tiên Linh, Trúc Phạm, Trùng Dương, Xuân Ca		August 11	Guest
Một trăm triệu một phút (Million Dollar Minute Vietnam)	VTV3	Ánh Sáng, Kaycee, Thu Nga	December 22	Contestants

Films

Year	Name	Channel	Platform	Members	Note
2018	Tình đầu đại ca	DIEN QUAN Film	Youtube	Tiên Linh	Before joining SGO48
2019	La la school S4: Trại hè âm nhạc (Music Camp)	LA LA School	Youtube	Linh Mai, Trùng Dương, Thu Nga, Anna, Ánh Sáng, Mochi, Lệ Trang, Ni Ni, Tammy, Dona	-

Reality shows

Year	Name	Channel	No. of Episodes	Members	Note
2019	Pinker School	Yeah1 TV – VTVCab 17 UM Channel – VTVCab 15	8	E1: Ánh Sáng, Anna, Ashley, Celia, Hikari, Janie, Kaycee, Lệ Trang, Linh Mai, Mochi, Mon, Như Thảo, Sachi, Sunny, Thu Nga, Tiên Linh, Trúc Phạm, Trùng Dương, Xuân Ca E2: Ánh Sáng, Anna, Dona, Gia Nghi, Hikari, Janie, Kaycee, Lệ Trang, Linh Mai, Mochi, Sachi, Sunny, Tammy, Thu Nga, Tiên Linh, Trùng Dương - E3:   Team A: Gia Nghi, Janie, Linh Mai, Tien Linh   Team B: Anh Sang, Anna, Hikari, Sunny   Team C: Dona, Le Trang, Thu Nga and Trung Duong   Team D: Kaycee, Mochi, Sachi, Tammy - E4:   Team 1: Man Nghi, Tammy, Tien Linh and Trung Duong   Team 2: Ashley, Hikari, Le Trang and Sunny   Team 3: Linh Mai, Mochi, Sachi, Thu Nga   Team 4: Anh Sang, Anna, Janie, Truc Pham   Team 5: Dona, Gia Nghi, Ni Ni   Team 6: Elena, Minxy, Phung Nhi - E5: Anh Sang, Anna, Ashley, Celia, Dona, Gia Nghi, Hikari, Janie, Kaycee, Le Trang, Linh Mai, Mochi, Mon, Minxy, Nhu Thao, Sachi, Sunny, Tammy, Thu Nga, Tien Linh , Trúc Phạm, Trùng Dương, Xuân Ca - E6: Ashley, Celia, Dona, Elena, Gia Nghi, Hikari, Le Trang, Minxy, Mon, Nhu Thao, Ni Ni, Phung Nhi, Sunny, Truc Pham, Trung Duong, Xuan Ca - E7:   Team 1: Kaycee (Team Leader), Hikari, Minxy, Tien Linh   Team 2: Sachi (Team Leader), Ashley, Mochi, Thu Nga   Team 3: Anna (Team Leader), Tien Linh, Trung Duong, Truc Pham, Sunny   Team 4: Anh Sang (Team Leader), Janie, Le Trang, Linh Mai, Xuan Ca - E8:   Team 1: Anh Sang, Janie, Sachi, Xuan Ca   Team 2: Anna, Ashley, Mochi, Trung Duong   Team 3: Hikari, Minxy, Thu Nga, Truc Pham, Sunny   Team 4: Kaycee, Le Trang, Linh Mai and Tien Linh	–
2020	Senbatsu Battle	Yeah1 TV – VTVCab 17 SGO48 Youtube	9	E1: Ánh Sáng, Anna, Ashley, Dona, Hikari, Janie, Kaycee, Lệ Trang, Linh Mai, Mẫn Nghi, Minxy, Mochi, Mon, Như Thảo, Nini, Phụng Nhi E2: Sachi, Sunny, Tammy, Thu Nga, Trúc Phạm, Trùng Dương, Tiên Linh, Xuân Ca E3: Team A: Xuân Ca(Leader), DONA, Linh Mai, Mẫn Nghi, Như Thảo, Sunny Team Baby Queen: Sachi (Leader), Ánh Sáng, Hikari, Mon, Thu Nga, Trùng Dương Team Eyeliner: Minxy(Leader), Ashley, Janie, Kaycee, Tammy, Trúc Phạm Team Mỡ: Anna(Leader), Lệ Trang, Mochi, Ni Ni, Phụng Nhi, Tiên Linh E4: Team A: Xuân Ca(Leader), DONA, Linh Mai, Mẫn Nghi, Như Thảo, Sunny Team Baby Queen: Trùng Dương(Leader), Ánh Sáng, Hikari, Mon, Thu Nga Team Eyeliner: Minxy(Leader), Ashley, Janie, Kaycee, Tammy, Trúc Phạm Team Mỡ: Anna(Leader), Lệ Trang, Mochi, Ni Ni, Phụng Nhi, Tiên Linh	[21]

Radio broadcast

Year	Name	Members	Note
2019	SGO48 Radio Show	Mochi, Sachi, Sunny, Thu Nga	Ep 1
		Gia Nghi, Linh Mai, Mon, Xuân Ca	Ep 2
		Ánh Sáng, Kaycee, Lệ Trang, Mochi, Minxy, Tiên Linh	Ep 3
	VOH Radio Online	Ánh Sáng, Anna, Kaycee, Linh Mai	–

Documentaries

Year	Name	Channel	No. of Episodes	Members	Note
2018	Road To The Dream / Hành Trình Vươn Tới Ước Mơ	SGO48	4	Senbatsu	–
2019	Light up your dream / Hành trình bắt đầu		3
	SGO48 2nd Single DOCUMENTARY		7

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External links

• Official website
• SGO48 on Facebook
• SGO48 on Instagram
• SGO48 on YouTube
• SGO48 on TikTok
• SGO48 on V Live