The fifth group was NGT48, but am not covering them today...
It will be posting how many international group but I will not post information about them, after its just a history of 48Group...
During the time in between HKT48 and NGT48 there was a now defected SHN48 due to some issues in 2016...
That was not the only international group...
There was TPE48 which was supposed to be second to debut as international group, but now defacted meaning BNK48 was still the third group seen TPE48 debuted first...
There also another group that was announced MNL48, and the least MUM48...
All groups has members in it with the exception of MUM48 do not have any members in it...
Also it seems that there is a new group to replace the now defected group called AKB48 China...
Each group teams as follows...
JKT48: Team J, Team KIII, Team T and Research Team
TPE48: Unknow Team with member been promoted most likely it will called Team TIII, Research Team...
SNH48: Defected, but I will state the reason for missing numbering after all of this...
BNK48: Team BIII, Trainee...
MNL48: Team MII, Team NIV, Team L, and Trainee...
The groups that are taking part in this year Sousenkyou are TPE48 and BNK48...
JKT48 did not take part due to holiday...
There is a reason why there is missing Team NII, due to back when SNH48 was still apart of AKB48Group they took the Team SII, Team NII, Team HII, so whatever group to be found after this and the naming of the team maybe affected by their 'S', 'N', and 'H'...
Kenkyuusei and trainee are both under-member, that has not been promoted to a Team for now, it maybe a long time before one get promoted like the 48Group in Japan...