Photo: Yūko Ōshima at Yamaha Tricity launching event, July 1, 2014.jpg : Norio NAKAYAMA AKB48 20090704 Japan Expo 16.jpg : Okki AKB48 20090704 Japan Expo 09.jpg : Okki YokoyamaYui JapanExpoThailand2018.jpg : Fucchy derivative work: Beyoncetan 2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Not Yet
Group · Japan · formed 2011
Japanese girl group
Also known as 낫 옛
Timeline
8 events+ Member joins 4◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1− Member leaves 1▣ Album 1
2010s
· Member joins
北原里英 joins the band
original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
大島優子 joins the band
original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
指原莉乃 joins the band
original
source: musicbrainz
· Debut release
Debut release: 週末Not yet
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
横山由依 joins the band
original
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
指原莉乃 leaves the band
original
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography165 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1231849055
Biography
Not Yet (stylized as Not yet, pronounced as Notto Yetto (ノット・イェット)) was a sub-unit of the all-female Japanese pop group AKB48.
History
The formation of Not Yet was announced at AKB48's Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011 on January 21, 2011. Their producer Yasushi Akimoto, who is also the producer of AKB48, revealed he named the group "Not Yet" because the members' dancing and singing skills were, as he described, not very good yet. They released their debut single "Shūmatsu Not Yet (週末Not yet; "Weekend Not Yet") on March 16, 2011. The song, written by Akimoto, is about lovers who cannot wait for the weekend. Their album already
alreadySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11週末Not yet4:512波乗りかき氷4:123ペラペラペラオ4:254西瓜BABY4:115ヒリヒリの花5:026ひらひら3:507ハグ友4:218海鳴りよ4:129次のピアス4:1010味方4:3411元カレが結婚する時4:4012希望の花4:5813爆発プロフェッサー4:1714guilty love4:2715May3:5716世界の風を僕らは受けて4:0117Already4:54Disc 21世界の風を僕らは受けて (Music Clip)2Not yetによる、Not yet的な、Not yetのココがイイ3Not yetインタビュー〜それぞれの想い〜4「ヒリヒリの花」プレミアムイベント, released on April 23, 2014, reached number one on the Weekly Oricon Albums Chart, selling 68,111 copies.
They performed the Japanese credits song for Hop (film) called "Hug Tomo".
Members
Yui Yokoyama (AKB48's Team A, NMB48)
Rino Sashihara (AKB48's Team B, HKT48)
Yuko Oshima (AKB48's Team K)
Rie Kitahara (AKB48's Team A, Team B, Team K, SKE48, NGT48)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2014 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:15:02
Disc 11週末Not yet4:512波乗りかき氷4:123ペラペラペラオ4:254西瓜BABY4:115ヒリヒリの花5:026ひらひら3:507ハグ友4:218海鳴りよ4:129次のピアス4:1010味方4:3411元カレが結婚する時4:4012希望の花4:5813爆発プロフェッサー4:1714guilty love4:2715May3:5716世界の風を僕らは受けて4:0117Already4:54Disc 21世界の風を僕らは受けて (Music Clip)2Not yetによる、Not yet的な、Not yetのココがイイ3Not yetインタビュー〜それぞれの想い〜4「ヒリヒリの花」プレミアムイベント
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 週末Not yetSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 25:12Disc 1 1週末Not yet4:51 2ひらひら3:51 3笑うがいい3:55 4週末Not yet (off vocal ver.)4:51 5ひらひら (off vocal ver.)3:51 6笑うがいい (off vocal ver.)3:53 Disc 21「週末Not yet」Music Clip（入江悠 監督 ver.） 2ショートフィルム 3メイキング映像 4メンバーインタビュー（大島・北原・指原・横山） 5それぞれのNot yet「北原里英」（ドキュメント映像） 6それぞれのNot yet「指原莉乃」（ドキュメント映像） | 16 March 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 波乗りかき氷Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 26:33Disc 1 1波乗りかき氷4:11 2フェルメールの手紙4:47 3ハグ友4:19 4波乗りかき氷 (off vocal ver.)4:11 5フェルメールの手紙 (off vocal ver.)4:47 6ハグ友 (off vocal ver.)4:18 Disc 21「波乗りかき氷」Music Clip 2「週末Not yet」 プレミアムイベント（ダイジェスト映像） 3優子の相談部屋「横山篇」「指原篇」「北原篇」 | 6 July 2011 | ||
| 2011 | ペラペラペラオSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 26:29Disc 1 1ペラペラペラオ4:24 2海鳴りよ4:10 3元カレが結婚する時4:41 4ペラペラペラオ (off vocal ver.)4:24 5海鳴りよ (off vocal ver.)4:10 6元カレが結婚する時 (off vocal ver.)4:40 Disc 21「ペラペラペラオ」Music Clip 2特典映像「パジャマでお鍋会」 3「波乗りかき氷」イベント よみうりランド編（ダイジェスト映像） 4「波乗りかき氷」イベント 幕張メッセ編（ダイジェスト映像） 5「ペラペラペラオ」Music Clip（LIP ver.） 6「ヨンパラ」似顔絵編 | 16 November 2011 | ||
| 2012 | 西瓜BABYSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 27:29Disc 1 1西瓜BABY4:10 2希望の花4:58 3不毛な夜4:37 4西瓜BABY (off vocal ver.)4:10 5希望の花 (off vocal ver.)4:58 6不毛な夜 (off vocal ver.)4:36 Disc 21西瓜BABY (Music Clip) 2Not yet の「はじめてのスイートルーム♪」 | 30 May 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ヒリヒリの花Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 27:29Disc 1 1ヒリヒリの花5:03 2次のピアス4:10 3もしも、手を繋いでいたら4:32 4ヒリヒリの花 (off vocal ver.)5:03 5次のピアス (off vocal ver.)4:10 6もしも、手を繋いでいたら (off vocal ver.)4:31 Disc 21ヒリヒリの花 (Music Clip) 2「ヒリヒリアルバイト」大島編・北原編 | 25 September 2013 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Not Yet head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 北原里英 | January 2011 | present | original |
| 大島優子 | January 2011 | present | original |
| 指原莉乃 | January 2011 | 16 June 2012 | original |
| 横山由依 | 16 March 2011 | present | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Not_Yet_members.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac67395d-fe9d-497a-9b64-38894b1a3ee3discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac67395d-fe9d-497a-9b64-38894b1a3ee3core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181913genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181913seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Yet_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Yet_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Yūko Ōshima at Yamaha Tricity launching event, July 1, 2014.jpg : Norio NAKAYAMA AKB48 20090704 Japan Expo 16.jpg : Okki AKB48 20090704 Japan Expo 09.jpg : Okki YokoyamaYui JapanExpoThailand2018.jpg : Fucchy derivative work: Beyoncetan 2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q181913 · MusicBrainz: ac67395d-fe9d-497a-9b64-38894b1a3ee3
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