[News] AKB48's sister group in Indonesia announced: Jakarta48

[LarcKen]

Sharing my pics from the event 






She's soo damn gorgeous in person   
My jaw kept falling to the floor back there and my Takamina fever won't go down yet 

[YKT]

Japan's wildly popular all-girl idol franchise starts to expand overseas
Indonesian girls vie to join AKB48 overseas sister group
By CHRISTINE T. TJANDRANINGSIH
Kyodo

JAKARTA — An AKB48 song blares from a hall in central Jakarta, as 44 girls inside wearing colorful gym clothes and cute sport shoes follow the instructions and movements of their performance instructor.

The song, "Heavy Rotation," is the 17th single by all-girl group AKB48, one of Japan's most popular idol groups. The girls in the park are auditioning for JKT48, which by the end of the year will be formed in Jakarta and become the teen idols' first official overseas sister group.

Billed as a "unique idol group with Indonesian culture," the auditions for JKT48 have attracted hundreds of girls, some as young as 13, while others are in their 20s.

Ayana Shahab, 14, whose mother is Japanese and father Indonesian of Arab descent, has been a fan of AKB48 for years.

"AKB48 are my idols, because they are cool . . . and nice to their fans," Shahab, one of the finalists for JKT48, said during a break in her training.

"I want to be like them and that's why I applied to become a member of JKT48," said Shahab, a junior high school student.

Delima Rizki, 14, and Pamela Chelsea Taroreh, 13, hadn't heard of AKB48 before the sister group plan was announced, but saw the auditions as an opportunity to experience new things and make new friends.

"Actually, I had no knowledge of AKB48, so I thank God a lot that I was selected to be one of the finalists," Rizki said.

Her friend, Taroreh, laughed and echoed the same view, saying: "I didn't know the group was very popular around the world. I only learned it was popular when I joined the auditions."

After exhaustive auditions that included singing, dancing and interviews, 48 applicants were chosen as finalists in late September.

Four of the finalists dropped out soon after, but the remaining 44 girls have to take gym and performance classes from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, before the final audition in early November.

"It sounds tiring, but as I love singing and dancing, I enjoy it," said Zipora, 21, who like many Indonesians goes by a single name.

She had also never heard of AKB48 until her elder brother told her about the group and encouraged her to audition for JKT48.

"I often go to Singapore, to the AKB48 Official Cafe, to see their concerts," said her 26-year-old brother, Audi. "I really love their songs and especially how they dance and entertain the audience. I've collected their CDs and everything about them."

The AKB48 cafe in Singapore is the first overseas site where the group's fans can get together for a drink or a meal, and, if they're lucky, even get to meet their idols. Since opening in July, the cafe has attracted fans from across Asia.

"When I heard they were going to launch JKT48, I immediately encouraged my sister to join because she's a talented dancer and singer," Audi said.

He is a founder of the AKB48 Indonesia Fans Club, which has about 500 — mostly male — members, ranging from about 10 to 30 years old.

When AKB48 member Minami Takahashi participated in a publicity event at a Jakarta shopping mall in early October, the audience was made up of mostly boys and young men.

"I hope JKT48 can create new, real Indonesian idols who will be internationally recognized like AKB48," said Agus Suryadi, a 20-year-old university student and a fan of AKB48 since 2009.

At the event in the shopping mall, he danced wildly and joined the other fans in singing the lyrics to the group's latest song: "I feel you! I touch you! I hold you!"

AKB48 was formed in 2005 by TV and music producer Yasushi Akimoto, based on the concept of "idols you can meet every day."

AKB48 consists of more than 60 girls who perform in three separate teams, and the group stages almost daily shows at its own theater in Tokyo's Akihabara district. AKB48 has also performed around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow, Singapore and Shanghai.

Three domestic sister groups have alerady been formed — SKE48 in Nagoya, NMB48 in Osaka and HKT48 in Fukuoka.

The first JKT48 team, comprising 16 girls, is expected to debut around the end of the year, with Akimoto as producer.

A second overseas sister group, to be formed in Taiwan and dubbed TPE48, is expected to start performing next summer.
The Japan Times: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20111018f1.html

[YKT]

This just in:





Earlier...

On November 2nd, the final audition for JKT48, the first sister group of AKB48 based overseas, in Jakarta, Indonesia, was held at a hotel in Jakarta. At the audition, the 28 first generation members for this new group have been selected.

Akimoto Yasushi, the judge and the general producer, commented at the press conference, “Though there are many differences in cultures, languages, customs, and national characters (in comparison to Japan), I felt the certainty of success at the audition today.”  He continued, “Japan is having a hard time because of the Tohoku earthquake, but I believe JKT48 can be the bridge between the two countries.”

JKT48 will make their debut within the year, and another overseas sister group TPE48 which is based in Taipei, Taiwan, is scheduled to debut next summer.  According to Akimoto, he is also planning to create more sister groups based out of Singapore and Thailand as well.

There were about 1,200 applicants/inquiries for the audition, and they reduced them to 50 girls after the selection and the interview.  The judging for dance and singing, as well as the interview were all held at the final audition.

Congratulations to the 28 members!

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/11/first-generation-members-of-jkt48-selected/

Mainichi Japan November 3, 2011

AKB48 Indonesian sister group JKT48 introduces first 28 members

Music producer Yasushi Akimoto, center, stands with the 28 new members of AKB48's Indonesian sister group JKT48 at a news conference in Jakarta on Nov. 2. (Mainichi)
JAKARTA -- JKT48, the first ever foreign sister group to Japanese pop ensemble AKB48, unveiled its inaugural intake of 28 young women at a news conference here on Nov. 2.

"We want to be like AKB48!" enthused newly selected Ghaida Farisya, 16, and 13-year-old Rena Nozawa, a Japanese resident of Jakarta.

The lucky 28 were chosen from a field narrowed down to 51 by a paper application screening. Though the group is Indonesia-based -- the letters "JKT" are drawn from the city name "Jakarta" -- tryouts were open to all nationalities as long as the applicant lived in Indonesia.

"Even if you don't understand the words, if you sing hard you can sing as one," Yasushi Akimoto, the producer behind both AKB48 and JKT48, said at the news conference. "JKT48 will become a bridge between Indonesia and Japan."

Headshots and mini-biographies of the 28 girls were posted to the JKT48 website on Nov. 3.

Related links

JKT48 on the Web
http://www.jkt48.com/memberlist-id.html#top

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20111103p2a00m0na003000c.html

[LarcKen]

JKT48 発表 インドネシアでもAKB大人気
JKT48 ジャカルタで誕生、JKT48。

[sayumi_fan]

So...  not only live performances which have been appearing on YouTube for a while, but now a full PV of Heavy Rotation in Indonesian, as per:

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=44457

I searched for a thread in jphip mentioning this but couldn't find it...  please direct me if I'm being thick again and have missed it someplace;  but a few queries:

- Anyone know whether this is their first official single release?
- Is it available for sale online any place?  YesAsia and CDJapan don't throw up any results for JKT48
- Has anyone found any HD stuff of JKT48 - much of what's on YT is fairly low grade, with the abovelinked torrent being better than most but still only 480p
- Am I missing something major of discussion about JKT48 here at jphip?

Thanks, folks!

[LarcKen]

So...  not only live performances which have been appearing on YouTube for a while, but now a full PV of Heavy Rotation in Indonesian, as per:

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=44457

I searched for a thread in jphip mentioning this but couldn't find it...  please direct me if I'm being thick again and have missed it someplace;  but a few queries:

- Anyone know whether this is their first official single release?
- Is it available for sale online any place?  YesAsia and CDJapan don't throw up any results for JKT48
- Has anyone found any HD stuff of JKT48 - much of what's on YT is fairly low grade, with the abovelinked torrent being better than most but still only 480p
- Am I missing something major of discussion about JKT48 here at jphip?

Thanks, folks!

Better late than never,i guess..
- There's no mention about Heavy Rotation being their first single,so i think not.
- There's currently no JKT48 goods on sale
- For HD stuff, your best bet is on their official YT channel. Though most of the 1080p videos is their member profile videos
- Well, JKT48 has already performed a collaboration concert in Jakarta with their sister AKB48 on 25 February last week, though the concert was dominated by AKB48. 

[aruka]

Now JKT48 on Google+

https://plus.google.com/108126532079328214151/posts

and to add more info

<< LIMITED LIVE STREAM TODAY!! >>

Saturday March 3rd starting @19:00(Japan time)

The most talked about, and very first joint live concert of AKB48 and JKT48, "JAPAN POP CULTURE FESTIVAL" from Sat February 25th will be streamed full from 19:00 - 20:30.
Limited time only!


Also, check out the HANGOUTS session @18:30 by JKT48 members just before the live stream!
Watch the digest of the concert and hear about the back stage stories.


The live stream is available from AKB48 Official Channel on YouTube
Or click on → http://www.youtube.com/user/AKB48

・18:30- JKT48 hangouts interview
・19:00- The live performance



The JKT48 Management Team

Source

[yic17]

[Concert] AKB x JKT In Jakarta (2012.02.25)

AKB48 Concert 2012.02.25 - AKB x JKT In Jakarta

Notes:

- I edited out the JKT introduction part to fit the video to 60 minutes DailyMotion's time limit.
- Beginner and Ponytail to ShuShu are not available due to stream problems.

[blackspidy]

so jkt48 n akb48 is family....