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* In 2023, the NHK Party in Japan rebranded as the Seijika Joshi 48 (Politician Women 48) party, with a pink color scheme and female former entertainers as candidates, including former Music/HKT48 member Mao Yamamoto at one time.

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* In 2023, the NHK Party in Japan rebranded as the Seijika Joshi 48 (Politician ([=SJJ48=], "Politician Women 48) 48") party, with a pink color scheme and female former entertainers as candidates, including former Music/HKT48 member Mao Yamamoto at one time.
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* In 2023, the NHK Party in Japan rebranded as the Seijika Joshi 48 (Politician Women 48) party, with a pink color scheme and female former entertainers as candidates, including former Music/HKT48 member Mao Yamamoto at one time.

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* A ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapter makes a reference to a detective contest called "Detective 48". Gosho Aoyama also created the ''[=AKB48=] Satsujin Jiken'' manga.



* ''Anime/KingOfPrism: Shiny Seven Stars'' introduces [=YMT29=], a male example from protagonist school Edel Rose's natural enemy Schwartz Rose. All members are broken up into several subunits, and part of an even larger unit called The Shuffle.

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* ''Anime/KingOfPrism: ''Anime/KingOfPrism'': Shiny Seven Stars'' introduces [=YMT29=], a male example from protagonist school Edel Rose's natural enemy Schwartz Rose. All members are broken up into several subunits, and part of an even larger unit called The Shuffle.Shuffle.
* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.
* ''[[Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals]]'': In Episode 2-A, Lee, Neji, and Tenten dress up as 'Idols', despite the uniform they wear being exactly like the one for [=AKB48=].



* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.
* A ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapter makes a reference to a detective contest called "Detective 48". Gosho Aoyama also created the ''[=AKB48=] Satsujin Jiken'' manga.

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* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.
* A ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapter makes a reference to a detective contest called "Detective 48". Gosho Aoyama also created the ''[=AKB48=] Satsujin Jiken'' manga.



* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'', the downloadable IdolSinger costumes are divided up into Team D, Team O, and Team A.



* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'', the downloadable IdolSinger costumes are divided up into Team D, Team O, and Team A.



** LifeImitatesArt as ''Series/Produce101'' and ''Series/Produce48'' aired years after the game's launch, and those shows even used a purplish pink color scheme.

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** LifeImitatesArt as ''Series/Produce101'' and ''Series/Produce48'' aired years after the game's launch, and those shows even used a purplish pink color scheme.scheme.
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* After AKB's run away success, many different prefectures have had their own takes on the group, to varying levels of success. The "official rival", of sorts, to the group is Music/{{Nogizaka46}}.
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* A ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapter makes a reference to a detective contest called "Detective 48". Gosho Aoyama also created the ''[=AKB48=] Satsujin Jiken'' manga.
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** LifeImitatesArt as ''Series/Produce101'' and ''Series/Produce48'' aired years after the game's launch. The latter, in which many 48 Group members took part, even used a purplish pink color scheme.

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** LifeImitatesArt as ''Series/Produce101'' and ''Series/Produce48'' aired years after the game's launch. The latter, in which many 48 Group members took part, launch, and those shows even used a purplish pink color scheme.
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* In a ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'' substory, a producer named Fuyumoto (''fuyu'' is winter and ''aki'' is autumn) invites Haruka to a live idol contest called [=SBR99=] (Sotenburi 99, after the game's version of the Dotonbori area in Osaka). Fuyumoto himself lampshades this by admitting that many thought [=SBR99=] is an idol ''group''. [=SBR99=]'s regular contestants also wear plaid costumes very similar to AKB's iconic "Iiwake Maybe" one, but purple instead of red.

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* In a ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'' substory, a producer named Fuyumoto (''fuyu'' is winter and ''aki'' is autumn) invites Haruka to a live idol contest called [=SBR99=] (Sotenburi 99, after the game's version of the Dotonbori area in Osaka). Fuyumoto himself lampshades this by admitting that many thought [=SBR99=] is an idol ''group''. [=SBR99=]'s regular contestants also wear plaid costumes very similar to AKB's iconic "Iiwake Maybe" one, but purple instead of red.red (maybe a subtle shoutout to rival group Music/Nogizaka46).
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* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': One of the stories in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has [[VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade Hata no Kokoro]], a MindHive of the spirits of 66 theatre masks, rebrand herself as "[=KKR48=]" and put on a 48-mask play titled "Ningyo-yaki in Love" (a parody of [=AKB48's=] "Fortune Cookie in Love").

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* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': One of the stories in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has [[VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade Hata no Kokoro]], a MindHive of the spirits of 66 theatre masks, rebrand herself as "[=KKR48=]" and put on a 48-mask play titled "Ningyo-yaki in Love" (a parody of [=AKB48's=] "Fortune Cookie in Love").Love").
* In a ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'' substory, a producer named Fuyumoto (''fuyu'' is winter and ''aki'' is autumn) invites Haruka to a live idol contest called [=SBR99=] (Sotenburi 99, after the game's version of the Dotonbori area in Osaka). Fuyumoto himself lampshades this by admitting that many thought [=SBR99=] is an idol ''group''. [=SBR99=]'s regular contestants also wear plaid costumes very similar to AKB's iconic "Iiwake Maybe" one, but purple instead of red.
-->'''Haruka:''' [=SBR99=]? Oh, I've heard of that! But I didn't know it was the name of an event.\\
'''Fuyumoto:''' Yes. Many people are under the mistaken impression that it's the name of a group. Anyway, I'm glad you've heard of it.
** LifeImitatesArt as ''Series/Produce101'' and ''Series/Produce48'' aired years after the game's launch. The latter, in which many 48 Group members took part, even used a purplish pink color scheme.
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* In the ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' anime, Jibanyan is a huge fan of the girl group [=NyaaKB48=] (Next Harmeowny in the dub)

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* In the ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' anime, Jibanyan is a huge fan of the girl group [=NyaaKB48=] (Next Harmeowny in [=NyaaKB48=]. In the dub)dub, they're known as Next Harmeowny, a spoof of Music/FifthHarmony.
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* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.

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* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.
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* ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'': One of the stories in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has [[VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade Hata no Kokoro]], a MindHive of the spirits of 66 theatre masks, rebrand herself as "[=KKR48=]" and put on a 48-mask play titled "Ningyo-yaki in Love" (a parody of [=AKB48's=] "Fortune Cookie in Love").

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* ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'': ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': One of the stories in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has [[VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade Hata no Kokoro]], a MindHive of the spirits of 66 theatre masks, rebrand herself as "[=KKR48=]" and put on a 48-mask play titled "Ningyo-yaki in Love" (a parody of [=AKB48's=] "Fortune Cookie in Love").
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* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' features [=ANM48=], an idol group made up of LittleBitBeastly girls used to show that the comparatively more "[[CuteMonsterGirl monstrous]]" members of the MC's harem will have a harder time being accepted by human society. However, [=ANM48=] don't appear again after the first chapter.
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* A YaoiGenre [[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4893937596 anthology published by Poe Backs]] is titled [=BLT48=], down to using the same font stylization for the logo. However, it does not reference {{Idol Singer}}s.

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* A YaoiGenre [[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4893937596 anthology published by Poe Backs]] is titled [=BLT48=], ''[=BLT48=]'', down to using the same font stylization for the logo. However, it does not reference {{Idol Singer}}s.
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* A YaoiGenre [[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4893937596 anthology published by Poe Backs]] is titled [=BLT48=], down to using the same font stylization for the logo. However, it does not reference {{Idol Singer}}s.
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* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' features a raunchy parody of the group called Galaxy Kingdom Bitches 48 (or [=GKB48=] for short), a group formed from the prettiest girls from across the galaxy, whose popularity is owed to their simulating sexual favors for their fans. [[spoiler:They're also a ruthless invading force who have brainwashed most of their fans and have destroyed countless planets.]]
* ''Anime/KingOfPrism: Shiny Seven Stars'' introduces [=YMT29=], a male example from protagonist school Edel Rose's natural enemy Schwartz Rose. All members are broken up into several subunits, and part of an even larger unit called The Shuffle.
* ''Anime/WakeUpGirls'' features a rival group to the titular unit, called I-1 Club, that they face in the first two seasons.
* In the ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' anime, Jibanyan is a huge fan of the girl group [=NyaaKB48=] (Next Harmeowny in the dub)

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* After AKB's run away success, many different prefectures have had their own takes on the group, to varying levels of success. The "official rival", of sorts, to the group is Music/{{Nogizaka46}}.

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* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', one of the presents Joker can buy for a girl is a CD titled ''Best of [=KGB49=]''.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'', the downloadable IdolSinger costumes are divided up into Team D, Team O, and Team A.
* ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'': One of the stories in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has [[VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade Hata no Kokoro]], a MindHive of the spirits of 66 theatre masks, rebrand herself as "[=KKR48=]" and put on a 48-mask play titled "Ningyo-yaki in Love" (a parody of [=AKB48's=] "Fortune Cookie in Love").

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