Next HarMEOWny

is an idol unit, and Jibanyan's favorite musical group. They are featured prominently in several episodes of the anime.

Overview
NextHarMEOWny's members are entirely young girls dressed in cat-themed attire, which is one of the many reasons why Jibanyan has placed them as his favorite idol group. They are a parody of the real-life idol group AKB48.

Among the members of their fan club, Jibanyan stands out for being one of the few members with a single digit number - he has a 7, a fact which he's complimented out by the classic Yo-Kai Boyclops, Pallysol, and Lady Longnek, which are also fanclub members but with numbers compossed by more digits. Jibanyan struggles to obtain all the merchandising of MeowKB, such as wall posters and even some dirty magazines, and hopes he will get some pettings from them, specially from the leading member. His admiration from them is so high, he went distressed when they supposedly announced their retirement - albeit this was under the effects of Failian - and reacted in similar manner when they played an April Fool's joke by announcing they would become a dog-themed group.

In episode 44, it is revealed that some of its members are somehow able to see Yo-kai - albeit they do not refer to them with said term-, as seen when the leader of the group approached Jibanyan to thank him for helping her little sister. Also, in episode 51, the group approached Pandanoko and offered him to do a collaboration with them, which also helped the snake Yo-kai to reach a decision into what would become.

Defictionalization
At the 4th  Red and White Competition Song Battle event at the Tokyo Dome City Hall, it was announced that Haruka Shimazaki and members of AKB48 and their sub-units SKE48 AND HKT48 would form a subgroup named "NyaKB with Tsuchinoko Panda" in order to compose the third ending song for the anime series.

The group is composed by:
 * Haruka Shimazaki (nicknamed Paruru)
 * Jurina Matsui (nicknamed Jurina)
 * Sakura Miyawaki (nicknamed Sakura)
 * Rina Kawaei (nicknamed Ricchan)
 * Yuria Kizaki (nicknamed Yuria)
 * Rena Kato (nicknamed Renacchi)
 * Mako Kojima (nicknamed Kojimako)

Trivia

 * The Japanese name "NyaKB" is comes from and The English names "Next HarMEOWny" can come from Fifth Harmony.
 * It is stated in episode 44 that the lead singer is able to see yo-kai.

In other languages

 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: Miao Armoniche
 * Korean: