The term Kami7 (God 7) describes the 7 most popular members of AKB48. Fans use the rankings of the Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo each year to determine who are the Kami7 of that year. Even if some girls fall out of the top 7 in the Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo, they are still considered a Kami (examples: Itano Tomomi, Kojima Haruna, Takahashi Minami).
Kami7 by Year[]
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 13th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Maeda Atsuko (Team A)
- Oshima Yuko (Team K)
- Shinoda Mariko (Team A)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Takahashi Minami (Team A)
- Kojima Haruna (Team A)
- Itano Tomomi (Team K)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 17th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Oshima Yuko (Team K)
- Maeda Atsuko (Team A)
- Shinoda Mariko (Team A)
- Itano Tomomi (Team K)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Takahashi Minami (Team A)
- Kojima Haruna (Team A)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 22nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Maeda Atsuko (Team A)
- Oshima Yuko (Team K)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Shinoda Mariko (Team A)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Kojima Haruna (Team A)
- Takahashi Minami (Team A)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Oshima Yuko (Team K)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Sashihara Rino (Team A)
- Shinoda Mariko (Team A)
- Takahashi Minami (Team A)
- Kojima Haruna (Team A)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H)
- Oshima Yuko (Team K)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team A)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Shinoda Mariko (Team A)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Matsui Rena (SKE48 Team S)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Matsui Rena (SKE48 Team E)
- Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48 Team N)
- Shimazaki Haruka (Team A)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Takahashi Minami (Team A)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48 Team N)
- Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48 Team KIV)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Sashihara Rino (HKT48, Team H)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48 Team N)
- Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B)
- Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48 Team KIV)
- Suda Akari (SKE48 Team E)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H)
- Watanabe Mayu (Team B)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48 Team KIV)
- Ogino Yuka (NGT48 Team NIII)
- Suda Akari (SKE48 Team E)
- Yokoyama Yui (Team A)
(Based on the ranks of AKB48 53rd Single Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo)
- Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S)
- Suda Akari (SKE48 Team E)
- Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48, Team KIV)
- Ogino Yuka (NGT48 Team NIII)
- Okada Nana (Team 4)
- Yokoyama Yui (Team A)
- Muto Tomu (Team K)
Trivia[]
- Due to their Official Rivals' Shichi Fukujin (Nogizaka46' version of Kami7) changed into Hachi Fukujin for Seifuku no Mannequin, fans often call both of their groups as Kami8 instead.
- In Volume 12, Chapter 100 of the Manga AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, the main character, Urayama Minoru (disguised as the idol Urakawa Minori) was challenged by Akimoto Yasushi to crush the Top 8, which he calls the Kami8.
- The Kami8 (members that ranked #8) of the 10 Senbatsu Sousenkyos are the following: Sato Amina (1st SSK), Kashiwagi Yuki (2nd SSK, later ranked up to Kami 7), Miyazawa Sae (7th SSK), Shimazaki Haruka (8th SSK), Souda Sarina (9th SSK) & Oba Mina (10th SSK).
- Watanabe Mayu is currently the only member who has been a part of Kami 7 for the first 9 Senbatsu Sousenkyo.
- Matsui Rena and Suda Akari are the only Kami 7 members who were never part of AKB48.
- Sashihara Rino was an AKB48 member.
- Matsui Jurina, Yamamoto Sayaka and Miyawaki Sakura held concurrent positions in AKB48.
- Ogino Yuka was part of Baito AKB.
- Ogino Yuka is the fastest member to have ranked within the Kami 7 in a span of 1 year and 10 months.
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