Not Yet (stylized as Not yet, pronounced as ) was a sub-unit of the all-female Japanese pop group

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History

The formation of Not Yet was announced at AKB48's ''Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011'' on January 21, 2011. Their producer

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, who is also the producer of AKB48, revealed he named the group "Not Yet" because the members' dancing and singing skills were, as he described, not very good yet. They released their debut single on March 16, 2011. The song, written by Akimoto, is about lovers who cannot wait for the weekend. Their album ''already'', released on April 23, 2014, reached number one on the Weekly

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, selling 68,111 copies. They performed the Japanese credits song for

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called "Hug Tomo".natalie.mu/music/news/52496

Members

Yui Yokoyama is a Japanese actress, YouTuber and former singer. She is a former member of the idol group AKB48. She was the second General Manager of the AKB48 Group. She had served as the captain of AKB48 Team A, and was a former member of AKB48 sister grou ...

(AKB48's Team A, NMB48) *

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the produc ...

(AKB48's Team B, HKT48) *

Yuko Oshima is a Japanese actress and former member of idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sa ...

(AKB48's Team K) *

Rie Kitahara is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 and former member of AKB48 and SKE48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and was later co-captain of Team K (2014). In March 2015, it was announced Kitahara ...

(AKB48's Team A, Team B, Team K, SKE48, NGT48)

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Not yet Official Site
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