Members' Nicknames: Who's who?

Reading a blog entry or watching an AKB show and have no idea who a person is referring to? Here's a list of some of their nicknames.

In alphabetical (english) order, since the Budokan shuffle will confuse things. Listed are lastname first. These are only those whose nicknames I am aware of and those that have been used somewhere. Those not listed here means I don't know their nicknames, or have never seen them referred to anything other than their real names, or have already graduated (some graduates are in the list though). List only includes members of Teams A, K and B (for now).

The first list is nickname to real name (some have more than one nickname); the second (below) is from real name to nicknames.


LIST BY NICKNAMES

Aamin - Maeda, Ami

Acchan - Maeda, Atsuko

Akicha - Takajyo, Aki
Aminyan - Sato, Amina

Ayarin - Kikuchi, Ayaka
Chii - Nakata, Chisato

Chiichan - Nakata, Chisato
Chikarina - Chikano, Rina
CinDy - Urano, Kazumi (pronounced Shindi by Japanese, the 4th letter is always uppercased)
Erepyon - Ono, Erena
Gussan - Noguchi, Reina
Haachan - Katayama, Haruka
Harugon - Nakagawa, Haruka
Harukyan - Ishida, Haruka
Kitarie - Kitahara, Rie
Kojiharu - Kojima, Haruna
Kojipa - Kojima, Haruna

Korisu - Oshima, Yuko (katakanized version of Cris? Actually Japanese for "little squirrel")
Krisu - Nakatsuka, Tomomi

Kyururun - Kohara, Haruka

Lovetan - Ota, Aika

Maachan - Oku, Manami

MaiMai - Oshima, Mai
Maririn - Shinoda, Mariko
Mariyannu - Suzuki, Mariya

Mayuchi - Uchida, Mayumi
Mayuyu - Watanabe, Mayu

Meetan - Ohori, Megumi
Micha - Nonaka, Misato
Miho - Urano, Kazumi (an old nickname she used in her early days in Team A, not to be confused with Miyazaki)

Mii - Minegishi, Minami

Miichan - Minegishi, Minami

Mikachi - Saeki, Mika
Mikapon - Komori, Mika

Mikipomu - Saotome, Miki
Miporin - Urano, Kazumi (a name Mai Oshima uses for her)
Mocchi - Kuramochi, Asuka

Moechin - Nito, Moeno

Myao - Miyazaki, Miho

Nacchan - Hirajima, Natsumi

Nacchi - Sato, Natsuki

Nakayan - Nakaya, Sayaka
Naruppe - Inoue, Naru

Nonti - Noro, Kayo

Nozofisu - Kawasaki, Nozomi
Nyan - Kojima, Haruna
NyanNyan - Kojima, Haruna

Nyaro - Kojima, Haruna (I think only Shinoda calls her Nyaro)

Okutama - Oku, Manami

Pyon - Ono, Erena

Pyonpyon - Ono, Erena

Rabutan - Ota, Aika (Rabutan is the katakanized version of Lovetan)

Reinyan - Fujie, Reina

Saechan - Miyazawa, Sae
Sakippe - Matsui, Sakiko

Sasshi - Sashihara, Rino
Shiichan - Shizuka, Oya
Suuchan - Sumire, Sato

Takamina - Takahashi, Minami

Tanamin - Tanabe, Miku

Tomochin - Itano, Tomomi

Tomo~mi - Kasai, Tomomi (not to be confused with Itano)
Tomomichan - Nakatsuka, Tomomi
Ucchi - Uchida, Mayumi
Ume - Umeda, Ayaka

Umechan - Umeda, Ayaka
Wasamin - Iwasa, Misaki

Yonechan - Yonezawa, Rumi

Yukarin - Sato, Yukari

Yukirin - Kashiwagi, Yuki
Yuttan - Masuda, Yuka

LIST BY REAL NAMES

Chikano, Rina - Chikarina
Fujie, Reina - Reinyan
Hirajima, Natsumi - Nacchan
Inoue, Naru - Naruppe
Ishida, Haruka - Harukyan
Itano, Tomomi - Tomochin
Iwasa, Misaki - Wasamin
Kasai, Tomomi - Tomo~mi (not to be confused with Itano)
Kashiwagi, Yuki - Yukirin
Katayama, Haruka - Haachan
Kawasaki, Nozomi - Nozofisu
Kikuchi, Ayaka - Ayarin
Kitahara, Rie - Kitarie
Kohara, Haruka - Kyururun
Kojima, Haruna - Kojiharu, Kojipa Nyan, NyanNyan, Nyaro (I think only Shinoda calls her Nyaro)
Komori, Mika - Mikapon
Kuramochi, Asuka - Mocchi
Maeda, Ami - Aamin
Maeda, Atsuko - Acchan
Masuda, Yuka - Yuttan
Matsui, Sakiko - Sakippe
Minegishi, Minami - Miichan, Mii
Miyazaki, Miho - Myao
Miyazawa, Sae - Saechan
Nakagawa, Haruka - Harugon
Nakata, Chisato - Chii, Chiichan
Nakatsuka, Tomomi - Tomomichan, Krisu
Nakaya, Sayaka - Nakayan
Nito, Moeno - Moechin
Noguchi, Reina - Gussan
Nonaka, Misato - Micha
Noro, Kayo - Nonti
Ohori, Megumi - Meetan
Oku, Manami - Maachan, Okutama
Ono, Erena - Erepyon, Pyon, Pyonpyon
Oshima, Mai - MaiMai
Oshima, Yuko - Korisu (katakanized version of Cris? Actually Japanese for "little squirrel")
Ota, Aika - Lovetan, Rabutan (Rabutan is the katakanized version of Lovetan)
Saeki, Mika - Mikachi
Saotome, Miki - Mikipomu
Sashihara, Rino - Sasshi
Sato, Amina - Aminyan
Sato, Natsuki - Nacchi
Sato, Yukari - Yukarin (not to be confused with Yukirin)
Shinoda, Mariko - Maririn
Shizuka, Oya - Shiichan
Sumire, Sato - Suuchan
Suzuki, Mariya - Mariyannu
Takahashi, Minami - Takamina (wotagei: Minami, not to be confused with Minegishi)
Takajyo, Aki - Akicha
Tanabe, Miku - Tanamin
Uchida, Mayumi - Ucchi, Mayuchi
Umeda, Ayaka - Umechan, Ume
Urano, Kazumi - CinDy (pronounced Shindi by Japanese, the 4th letter is always uppercased), Miho (an old nickname she used in her early days in Team A), Miporin (a name Mai Oshima uses for her)
Watanabe, Mayu - Mayuyu
Yonezawa, Rumi - Yonechan



AKB48 members whom I don't know their nicknames, so will add them to the list above when I find out:
Akimoto, Sayaka
Kobayashi, Kana
Matsubara, Natsumi
Yokoyama, Yui


[Last Updated: January 5, 2011]