List of AKB48 Units exclusively made by either fans, or members aside from officially known Sub-Units, Single Coupling Units, or Project Units. These Unit Names contain terms like "Team", "Unit", "Group", "Combi", "Club", or "Alliance".
List of Member-derived Units[]
Dona-dona-Donuts (ドナドナドーナツ?) - a combi-unit proposed on the Team A 1st Stage's MC portion.
- Unit members: Maeda Atsuko, Takahashi Minami
Team Saitama (チームさいたま?) - a combi-unit formed by two AKB48 1st Generation members from Saitama.
- Unit members: Kojima Haruna, Komatani Hitomi
Umeshima Natsuyo (
- Unit members: Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳?), Oshima Yuko (大島優子?), Matsubara Natsumi (松原夏海?), Noro Kayo (野呂佳代?)
Twin Towers (ツインタワー?) - a unit in Team K comprised of two of its tallest members, was also informally named Fours Towers (フォースタワー?) with the addition of another two new members.
- Unit members: Akimoto Sayaka, Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Sakiko (Fours Tower), Nonaka Misato (Fours Tower)
Nachinon (なちのん?) - a combi-unit fromed by AKB48's Variety Duo. They also had experience in M-1 and was an active unit in some of AKB48's guest appearances.
- Unit members: Sato Natsuki (Nachi), Noro Kayo (Non)