![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_001.jpg)
Over the weekend, the 48 Group held their first ever Summer Festival ( Natsu Matsuri ) that also coincide with the Janken Taikai Preliminary Round and the National Handshake Event.
The Janken Taikai Preliminary was to select members from AKB48 Kenkyuusei, Team 8, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 to decide who will proceed to the “Real” event itself that will be held in Budokan.
All AKB48 members and concurrent members of AKB48 are automatically qualified for the Janken Taikai.
Team 8 and Kenkyuusei
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Team 8 and KKS](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Team-8.png)
– Ota Nao ( Kyoto representative )
– Gyouten Yurina ( Kagawa representative )
– Honda Hitomi ( Tochigi representative )
AKB48 Kenkyuusei:
– Iino Miyabi
SKE48
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - SKE48](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SKE48.png)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - SKE48](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SKE48.png)
– Arai Yuki
– Ishida Anna
– Uchiyama Mikoto
– Ego Yuna
– Kato Tomoko
– Goudo Saki
– Takatsuka Natsuki
– Takagi Yumana
NMB48
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - NMB48](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NMB48.png)
– Azuma Yuki
– Ishizuka Akari
– Okita Ayaka
– Kinoshita Haruna
– Kono Saki
– Yabushita Shu
– Watanabe Miyuki
HKT48
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - HKT48](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HKT48.png)
– Ueki Nao
– Umemoto Izumi
– Okada Kanna
– Kumazawa Serina
– Matsuoka Natsumi
48G, the headline makers!
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai - Luck of the draw](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_jurina-001.jpg)
After the members from the sister groups have been decided, AKB48 members & qualified members took turns to draw a random number to assign them to slots to decide who they will be up against.
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai - Luck of the draw](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_002.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai - Luck of the draw](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_board-001.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai - Luck of the draw](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_board-002.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai - Luck of the draw](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_full-board-001.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Takamina vs Sayanee](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/takamina-sayanee-2014-5th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_01.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Takamina vs Sayanee](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/takamina-sayanee-2014-5th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_02.jpg)
Takahashi Minami vs Yamamoto Sayaka… (*゚∀゚) pic.twitter.com/CpElEbB0eE
— crescentsaber (@crescentsaber) August 9, 2014
Yokoyama Yui vs 2013 Janken Queen Matsui Jurina… Nah, everyone wants to see both in Senbatsu… >∧< pic.twitter.com/Mc6DrLoLNe
— AKB48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) August 9, 2014
Ikoma Rina faces Kojima Haruna in 2014 Janke first round match. Good luck! http://t.co/5tNxLCiwBS pic.twitter.com/gVGawEoejo
— AKB48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) August 9, 2014
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Watanabe Mayu](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_mayuyu-001.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Shimazaki Haruka](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_paruru-001.jpg)
![AKB48 5th Janken Taikai (Tournament) Qualifying Preliminaries - Kashiwagi Yuki](http://www.akb48wup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-6th-akb48-janken-taikai-tournament_yukirin-001.jpg)
Whose luck do you think will be good enough to be able to hold the Janken Cup up high this year?
Let us know in the comments section!