JKT48
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• Forty-eight") is an Indonesian idol group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48
• Formed in 2011, it is the first AKB48 sister group outside Japan and adopts the concept of "idols you can meet"
• Fans can attend daily performances at the group's theater, which was built as a close replica to the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara
• Producer Yasushi Akimoto decided to bring the AKB48 concept to Indonesia because the group had begun to develop a fan base in the country
• Indonesia's growing economy was seen as a potential market by many Japanese companies, and Akimoto established a franchising partnership with Dentsu Media Group Indonesia to replicate the AKB48 business model
• Dentsu Media Group Indonesia then cooperate with the country's largest media conglomerate Global Mediacom (MNC Media) as JKT48 official media partner
• While JKT48 does not restrict membership by nationality, applicants must be residents of Indonesia
• The group has 50 members team + 10 trainees + 16 trainee candidates (as of Augustus 2016) members and released its first studio album Heavy Rotation on 16 February 2013 via Hits Records, a division of MNC subsidiary PT Star Media Nusantara