19 Facts About JKT48

JKT48 is an Indonesian-Japanese idol girl group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48.

On 16 February 2013, JKT48 released its first studio album Heavy Rotation via Hits Records, a division of MNC subsidiary PT Star Media Nusantara.

JKT48 takes its name from the group's base city of Jakarta, Indonesia.

On 11 September 2011, the formation of JKT48 was announced at an AKB48 event held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

JKT48 has performed in Japan alongside other AKB48 sister groups.

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JKT48 was scheduled to release its debut album in January 2013, but production was hampered because of flooding in Jakarta.

On 28 January 2014, JKT48 announced the names of 63 finalists who were vying to become JKT48 trainees in the third generation.

On 26 April 2014, JKT48 finished its first annual senbatsu election, with the 16 ranked members going to appear in JKT48's 6th single, Gingham Check, released on 11 June 2014.

On 20 February 2015, JKT48 held a collaboration concert with AKB48 in Jakarta.

On 2 May 2015, JKT48 held its second senbatsu election, with the 16 ranking members are featured in the group's 10th single Kiboteki Refrain, Jessica Veranda displaced Melody Laksani to win the election.

On 26 August 2015, JKT48 released its 11th single, Halloween Night, the third consecutive year of concurrent single release with AKB48.

JKT48 announced that it had got the green light for its first original single during their 7th anniversary concert on 22 December 2018, and the selected members were chosen nearly a year later through the annual election.

In November 2020, JKT48 announced it would forcibly mass-graduate its members and staffs following the group's crisis due to the pandemic.

JKT48 follows its Japanese sister group AKB48 in order to boost the record sales through a variety of marketing strategies.

JKT48 is billed as a "unique idol group with Indonesian culture".

On 25 February 2012, JKT48 held a joint concert with AKB48 at the Japan Pop Culture Festival at Balai Kartini in Jakarta.

JKT48 appeared in television shows almost daily after its debut and in television advertisements by Japanese companies that intend to capture a share of the rapidly growing Indonesian market.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical hired JKT48 to promote the company's Pocari Sweat beverages one month after the group's first members were announced.

Sharp Corporation selected JKT48 to appear at the company's promotional events, and Yamaha Motor Company hired the group in order to promote its line of fuel efficient Mio J scooters to Indonesian teens.