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MNT48 (said as "Mont-forty-eight") is a Canadian idol group headquartered in and named after Montreal, Quebec. It was launched in 2016 as the first North American spinoff group of AKB48. The group performs at the MNT48 Theater (Théâtre MNT48) at Stade Vidéotron. The group is a joint-venture between AKS and DHX Media and are promoted as "Canadian idols you can meet". The group performs English and French versions of songs by AKB48 and it's sister groups. They are signed to Audiogram.

History

2015

The formation of MNT48 was announced in a surprise press conference in June 2015 held outside the Montreal Biodome.

2016

In April, the group's first music video, a bilingual cover of "Skirt, Hirari", had it's world debut on Much. The center performers were Rhonda Straßburger and Alexa Françoise Jones.

Members

Regular Members

Name	Birth date (age)	Election rank
		9	10
Josephine Arceneaux	June 28, 2001	N/A	N/A
Anne-Sophie Balabanovic	November 2, 1999	N/A	N/A
Maurecia Geaney	August 2, 1998	N/A	N/A
Sammy Ahenakew	January 17, 2002	N/A	N/A
April Kinsolving	September 2, 2003	N/A	N/A
Géraldine Vaillancourt	November 20, 2000	N/A	N/A
Clœlia Saint-Yves	January 2, 1999	N/A	N/A
Samantha Tonkovich	June 25, 2001	N/A	N/A
Liliana Ormazábal	July 2, 2000	N/A	N/A
Kaitlyn Bamberger	April 2, 1997	N/A	N/A
Rachelle Thévenoud	December 19, 2000	N/A	N/A
Amanda Krisher	June 2, 1998	N/A	N/A
Lucienne Truffaut	August 15, 2004	N/A	N/A
Annick Lefrançois	December 22, 2001	N/A	N/A
Gaby Niakaté	April 8, 2000	N/A	N/A
Janine Antikainen	June 17, 2003	N/A	N/A
Claudine Streiff	December 3, 2000	N/A	N/A
Nicole Scheepers	January 1, 1996	N/A	N/A
Agnès Desjardins	September 2, 2004	N/A	N/A
Alexandra d'Estienne d'Orves	October 7, 2000	N/A	N/A
Miryam Guéymard	February 23, 2003	N/A	N/A
Marie-Françoise Conceição	February 4, 2003	N/A	N/A
Rhonda Straßburger	August 6, 1999	N/A	N/A
Marie-Thérèse Mourlon	December 1, 1999	N/A	N/A
Pénélope Le Tonnelier	August 21, 2002	N/A	N/A
Bunny Rose	March 12, 2004	N/A	N/A
Pascaline Messier	July 2, 2001	N/A	N/A
Sabrina Renaudin	September 2, 2004	N/A	N/A

Research Students

Name	Birth date (age)	Election rank
		10
Aïcha Reason	August 9, 2003	N/A
Jenny Moustakas	May 2, 2004	N/A
Élisabeth Saunier	July 13, 2003	N/A
Ariane Lamboley	November 16, 1999	N/A

Concurrent Members

Name	Birth date (age)	Election rank
		10
Tammy! (EKC48)	June 2, 1999	N/A

Former Members

Name	Birth date (age)	Election rank		Graduation
		9	10
Alexa Françoise Jones	December 18, 2000	N/A	N/A	Graduated in March 2018