TPE48


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, 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？ 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. On July 30, 2018, AKS had canceled a joint venture and license agreement with TPE48 Entertainment and created AKB48 Team TP. On 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.
  • Member list as of January 24, 2026:

    Unit TIC TAC TOE

  • The unit color is blue
  • The captain is Lau Hiu-ching
Official members／TraineesNameDate of birth Place of birthGenerationDate of promotionNotesFormer Unit
Official membersLau Hiu-ching Hong Kong1stJune 15, 2019Unit TIC TAC TOE Captain
Former Unit Sakura Captain
Oldest Member		Sakura → Peek A Boo
Official membersLin Yu-hsin Yilan County1stJune 15, 2019Former AKB48 Taiwan Kenkyusei Sakura
Official membersYi Pin 4thMay 24, 2025
Official membersChang Shao-tong 3rdMay 24, 2025
TraineesHuang Yi-lin 3rd
TraineesMeng Ting-yun 4th
TraineesChen Zhao-Ni 4th
TraineesWong Mann-ling 4thCurrently on hiatus since July 1, 2024 due to academic purposes
TraineesTang Ching 5th
TraineesLin Wei-ting 5thCurrently on hiatus since December 22, 2025
TraineesChen Tai-ling 5th
TraineesChen Jia-yi 5th
TraineesChiu Yi-ching 5thCurrently on hiatus since January 1, 2026 due to academic purposes
TraineesYang Ya-yun 5th

Unit Peek A Boo

  • The unit color is red
  • The captain is Tsai Ya-en
Official members／TraineesNameDate of birth Place of birthGenerationDate of promotionNotesFormer Unit
Official membersLin Yi-yun New Taipei1stJanuary 22, 2022TPE48 CaptainSakura → TIC TAC TOE
Official membersTsai Ya-en Keelung City1stJanuary 19, 2020Unit Peek A Boo CaptainDaisy → TIC TAC TOE
Official membersTsai Yi-jou New Taipei1stNovember 12, 2022Bellflower → TIC TAC TOE
Official membersChang Yu-ling Hualien CountyAKB48 Taiwan AuditionSakura
Official membersChen Ying-zhen 4thDecember 19, 2025
TraineesHuang Yu-yan Keelung City3rd
TraineesSu Heng-yu New Taipei City3rd
TraineesChen Yi-ling 4th
TraineesHsu Pei-wan 4th
TraineesPeng Yu-ting 5th
TraineesTsai Chiao-yin 5th
TraineesChen Chiao-yi 5th
TraineesLiu Zi-fei 5th

6th generation trainees

Former members

Captain history

; Overall team captain
1st2nd3rd
Chen Shih-ya
（August 26, 2018－June 30, 2022）		Liu Yu-ching
（July 1, 2022－July 30, 2023）		Lin Yi-yun
（August 1, 2023－）

; Unit captain
Unit DaisyUnit BellflowerUnit Sakura
Chen Shih-ya
（December 21, 2019－August 28, 2022）		Liu Yu-ching
（December 21, 2019－January 14, 2023）		Lau Hiu-ching
（December 21, 2019－January 14, 2023）

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Television and radio shows

  • ''Team TP Youth Weekly''

    Commercials and endorsements

  • Aikatsu!
  • ''Breeze Nan Shan''