BNK48 is a Thai idol group and the third international sister group of the Japanese idol group AKB48, based in Bangkok, Thailand.
The original members of the group were recruited in mid-2016 and announced in early 2017, comprising a total of 30 people. For the second generation, 27 additional members were announced on 29 April 2018. On 9 August 2020, 19 third-generation members were announced, and on 30 October 2022, 11 fourth-generation members were revealed. Some members have left the group in a process known as graduation. As of April 2025, the group consists of 38 members, of whom 8 constitute Team BIII, 7 constitute Team NV, and the rest categorised as trainees.
The first captain of the group is Cherprang, who also serves as general manager (shihainin).. Popper is the vice - general manager now. Hoop is the current captain of BNK48.
Team BIII
The first formation of Team BIII (read B Three) was announced on 24 December 2017, originally consisting of 24 members, with Pun as captain and Jennis as vice captain. There was also a team shuffle announcement on 16 November 2019, through which some members were moved to Team NV and some trainees were promoted to Team BIII. After Pun, Jennis and Miori left the group, Earn is serving as the team captain and no any members is serving as the team vice captain.
After graduation of some members and team shuffling, the team now consists of 12 members as follows:
Team NV
Team NV (read N five) formation was announced during Pun's birthday stage on 16 November 2019. Initially, Tarwaan was the team captain while Pupe was vice captain. After Tarwaan, Pupe and Nine left the group, Kaofrang is serving as the team captain and no any members is serving as the team vice captain.
The team now consists of 9 members as follows:
Trainees
The members that are not promoted to any team are categorised as trainees (Japanese: 研究生 kenkyūsei). There are now 14 trainees as follows:
Former members
Like its sister group, the leaving of the group is known as graduation. The graduated members are as follows:
Membership timeline
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