Kenkyuusei / Research Student / Preparation Students / Trainee / 研究生 / 预备生队

• When girls pass auditions and enter the group, they work as a Kenkyuusei until they are promoted to a team.
• Kenkyuusei recieve many of the same perks as promoted members do, but their appearances are usually limited.
  • They usually only perform during the "Kenkyuusei-only theater shows" and as understudies for promoted members when needed be.
• When a girl graduates from the group, a Kenkyuusei has a chance to be promoted to her spot.

Group Kenkyuusei:

• SNH48 Kenkyuusei:
  • Cheng Jue (成珏)
  • Huang TongYang (黃彤揚)
  • Li QingYang (李清杨)
  • Liu Ying (刘瀛)
  • Lv MengYing (吕梦莹)
  • Pan YanQi (潘燕琦)
  • Wen JingJie (温晶婕)
  • Zhang WenJing (张文静)
• BEJ48 Kenkyuusei:
  • Fu YiXuan (付奕萱)
  • Gao WeiRan (高蔚然)
  • Li QingYu (李清雨)
  • Lou Shu (楼澍)
  • Peng JiaMin (彭嘉敏)
  • Qu MeiLin (曲美霖)
  • Xiong Xin (熊鑫)
  • Yang YuXin (杨宇馨)
  • Zhang DanDan (张丹丹)
  • Zhou Xiang (周湘)
• GNZ48 Kenkyuusei:
  • Cheng ZiYu (程子钰)
  • Deng HuiEn (邓惠恩)
  • Fu BingBing (符冰冰)
  • Guo YiNing (郭铱宁)
  • Li ChenXi (李晨曦)
  • Liang Jiao (梁娇)
  • Luo KeJia (羅可嘉)
  • Liang Qiao (梁乔)
  • Lin Zhi (林芝)
  • Men XiuTian (门秀天)
  • Shu Xiang (舒湘)
  • Wang MuYuan (汪慕远)
  • Wang MengYuan (王梦媛)
  • Xie FeiFei (谢菲菲)
  • Xu JiaYin (徐佳音)
  • Xiao WenJing (肖文静)
  • Zhu YiXin (朱怡欣)
  • Zhang ZeTing (章泽婷)
  • Zhang ZiYing (张紫颖)
• SHY48 Kenkyuusei:
  • NONE
• CKG48 Kenkyuusei:
  • Dai ZiWei (戴紫薇)
  • Wu XiaoTong (吴晓桐)
  • Yu MengLu (余梦露)
  • Zou BingQing (邹冰清)
  • Zhou TongRan (周桐冉)