SDN48 (’SaturDay Night 48′), the sister group of AKB48, announced that the group will graduate all of the SDN48 members at their farewell concert on March 31, 2012.

The announcement was made on the SDN48 official blog on October 15th:

“It has been 2 years and 2 months since SDN48 was formed and we would like thank all of our fans for the support and warmhearted messages we’ve received since the beginning.

In order for each SDN48 member to focus on their career paths, we will graduate all of the members together.

On March 31, 2012, at the farewell concert, the first chapter of SDN48 will come to an end.

…Though we will all be fulfilling our dream on a new stage, please continue to support us.”

At this point, there are no details on whether or not SDN48 is completely disbanding or if a 2nd group of girls will be chosen to keep the group going.

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