AKBingo!

AKBingo!
AKBingo! title logo
Genre	Variety show
Created by	Yasushi Akimoto
Directed by	Koji Fujimoto Takeshi Omata
Starring	AKB48 Bad Boys
Narrated by	Kyotsugu Iwami
Opening theme	Aitakatta by AKB48
Composer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto BOUNCEBACK
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	388 (as of 3 May 2016)
Production
Producer(s)	Shinobu Mori Haneko Murakami Naotaka Maeda Jun Fujii
Running time	30 minutes
Distributor	Nippon Television
Release
Original network	Nippon Television
Original release	October 1, 2008 – Present
External links
Website

AKBingo! is a Japanese television variety show starring Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and hosted by owarai (comedy) duo Bad Boys (バッドボーイズ, Baddo Bōizu). The show is broadcast Wednesdays at 24:59 JST (Thursday 0:59 JST) on Nippon Television. Its opening theme song is the AKB48 single "Aitakatta". In each episode, members from AKB48 and sometimes the sister groups participate in activities that include quizzes, sports and news.

Personnel

• Bad Boys - hosts
• AKB48
• SKE48
• NMB48 (Since February 2, 2011)
• HKT48
• NGT48 (Starting late 2015)

International version(s)

China

The Chinese version is named "SNHello" (fully "SNHello 星萌学院"), consists of the members of SNH48, one of the sister groups of AKB48 outside Japan. The show is telecast online every Friday starting from July 4, 2014, but the network sometimes offers some "sneak peeks", on Thursdays.

Indonesia

The Indonesian version called IClub48, starring idol group JKT48, which is also an AKB48 sister group first outside Japan, and the host, Brandon Nicholas. This show involves talent search and game show and aired in NET. and networks around the Indonesia every Saturday and Sunday at 16:00 WIB to 17:00 WIB.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)