HKT48
| HKT48 | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Universal Sigma |
| Associated acts | AKB48 |
| Website | www.hkt48.jp www.universal-music.co.jp/hkt48 |
| Members | Team H details |
HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group performs at HKT48 Theater at Hawks Town in Fukuoka.[1]
About
HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Yasushi Akimoto originally intended to base the group.[2] HKT48's theater is located in Hawks Town Mall in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka.[3]
History
Plans for a group entitled HKT48 were first revealed by AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto on November 19, 2008.[2] HKT48 was officially announced on May 1, 2011 at an AKB48 handshake event.[1] The group is the fourth AKB48 sister group to be launched, after the groups SKE48, SDN48 and NMB48.[3] The group takes its name from its proposed base location of Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.[2] Instead of the previously targeted Hakata, HKT48 will instead be based at a theater in the Hawks Town Mall in neighboring Chūō-ku, Fukuoka.[3] This location is next to the Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome.[4] In addition, it was announced that the group would be accepting applications from girls aged between 11 and 22.[1] The first round of the first-ever HKT48 audition took place from May 31, 2011, and successful applicants took part in the second round of auditions, consisting of a singing and dancing test, in the first half of July 2011.[1] The final auditions were held at Hliton Fukuoka Sea Hawk Hotel on July 10, and 24 candidates successfully passed the final.[5]
After undergoing dance and vocal lessons, HKT48's 21 first-generation members were first revealed at an AKB48 handshake event on October 23, 2011 at Seibu Dome.[4] Of these 21 members, 17 are junior high school students or below, and two are elementary-school students.[6] The youngest member of the group, Natsumi Tanaka, was born in 2000, and 11 years old at the time of the announcement. She said that "joining AKB48 is my ambition since I was 5 years old, so it feels like a dream to be in this group."[6] The oldest member is Yūko Sugamoto, who was 17 years old at the time of the announcement.[4]
They debuted at HKT48 Theater on November 26, 2011,[7] and have been performing sets of songs entitled "Te o Tsunaginagara", which had been originally performed by SKE48 Team S and KII. On December 31, 2011, 16 members appeared on the stage of the 62nd edition of "NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen", as one of the sister groups of AKB48.[8] On March 4, 2012, the first 16 members were selected to form Team HKT48, and appeared on the stage.[9] On June 20, 2012, Rino Sashihara from AKB48 transferred to HKT48 and is currently HKT48's oldest member.[10]
On June 23, 2012, the final auditions for the second generation were held, and 34 candidates out of 48 finalists has passed the final.[11] On August 18, 2012, the management announced that five members, 3 from Team H - Komori, Sugamoto, and Taniguchi, and 2 Kenkyusei - Eto and A. Nakanishi, would be resigning from HKT48 "due to personal reasons".[12] On August 24, 2012, it was announced on the first day of the AKB48 concert at Tokyo Dome that Aika Ota, one of AKB48 Team A members, would be transferred to HKT48.[13] On September 23, 2012 HKT48's second generation research students were announced.[14]
HKT48 released their debut single, "Suki Suki Skip!" on March 20, 2013 under the Universal Sigma record label.[15][16]
Members
Team H
Chihiro Anai is the captain of Team H.
- Chihiro Anai (穴井 千尋 Anai Chihiro, January 27, 1996)
- Haruka Kodama (兒玉 遥 Kodama Haruka, September 19, 1996)
- Serina Kumazawa (熊沢 世莉奈 Kumazawa Serina, April 17, 1997)
- Natsumi Matsuoka (松岡 菜摘 Matsuoka Natsumi, August 8, 1996)
- Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良 Miyawaki Sakura, March 19, 1998)
- Madoka Moriyasu (森保 まどか Moriyasu Madoka, July 26, 1997)
- Aoi Motomura (本村 碧唯 Motomura Aoi, May 31, 1997)
- Anna Murashige (村重 杏奈 Murashige Anna, July 29, 1998)
- Chiyori Nakanishi (中西 智代梨 Nakanishi Chiyori, May 12, 1995)
- Aika Ōta (多田 愛佳 Ōta Aika, December 8, 1994)
- Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃 Sashihara Rino, November 21, 1992)
- Yuki Shimono (下野 由貴 Shimono Yuki, April 2, 1998)
- Natsumi Tanaka (田中 菜津美 Tanaka Natsumi, August 10, 2000)
- Nao Ueki (植木 南央 Ueki Nao, August 12, 1997)
- Haruka Wakatabe (若田部 遥 Wakatabe Haruka, September 26, 1998)
Kenkyūsei
Kenkyūsei (研究生, "Trainees")
- 1st generation
- Kyōka Abe (安陪 恭加 Abe Kyōka, July 17, 1997)[17]
- Maiko Fukagawa (深川 舞子 Fukagawa Maiko, July 5, 1999)
- Mina Imada (今田 美奈 Imada Mina, March 5, 1997)
- 2nd generation
- Yuka Akiyoshi (秋吉 優花 Akiyoshi Yuka, October 24, 2000)
- Izumi Gotō (後藤 泉 Gotō Izumi, September 27, 1997)
- Mai Fuchigami (渕上 舞 Fuchigami Mai, September 21, 1996)
- Yuriya Inoue (井上 由莉耶 Inoue Yuriya, June 15, 1999)
- Raira Itō (伊藤 来笑 Itō Raira, October 31, 1998)
- Shino Iwahana (岩花 詩乃 Iwahana Shino, April 1, 2000)
- Manami Kusaba (草場 愛 Kusaba Manami, October 17, 1995)
- Yui Kojina (神志那 結衣 Kojina Yui, January 24, 1998)
- Hiroka Komada (駒田 京伽 Komada Hiroka, November 21, 1996)
- Kanna Okada (岡田 栞奈 Okada Kanna, June 26, 1997)
- Naoko Okamoto (岡本 尚子 Okamoto Naoko, April 4, 1996)
- Riko Sakaguchi (坂口 理子 Sakaguchi Riko, July 26, 1994)
- Meru Tashima (田島 芽瑠 Tashima Meru, January 7, 2000)
- Yūka Tanaka (田中 優香 Tanaka Yūka, June 7, 2000)
- Marika Tani (谷 真理佳 Tani Marika, January 5, 1996)
- Asuka Tomiyoshi (冨吉 明日香 Tomiyoshi Asuka, September 20, 1997)}
- Mio Tomonaga (朝長 美桜 Tomonaga Mio, May 17, 1998)
- Haruka Ueno (上野 遥 Ueno Hrauka, September 20, 1999)
- Mashiro Ui (宇井 真白 Ui Mashiro, January 31, 2000)
- Izumi Umemoto (梅本 泉 Umemoto Izumi, May 15, 1997)
- Marina Yamada (山田 麻莉奈 Yamada Marina, March 24, 1995)
- 3rd generation
- Misaki Aramaki (荒巻 美咲 Aramaki Misaki, January 28, 2001)
- Hazuki Hokazono (外薗 葉月 Hokazono Hazuki, January 17, 1999)
- Sae Kurihara (栗原 紗英 Kurihara Sae, June 20, 1996)
- Erena Sakamoto (坂本 愛玲菜 Sakamoto Erena, September 12, 2000)
- Miku Tanaka (田中 美久 Tanaka Miku, September 12, 2001)
- Riko Tsutsui (筒井 莉子 Tsutsui Riko, February 22, 2000)
- Nako Yabuki (矢吹 奈子 Yabuki Nako, June 18, 2001)
- Emily Yamashita (山下 エミリー Yamashita Emirī, December 19, 1998)
- Yūna Yamauchi (山内 祐奈 Yamauchi Yūna, July 6, 1999)
Former members
Team H
- Yui Komori (古森 結衣 Komori Yui, December 2, 1997); withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Yūko Sugamoto (菅本 裕子 Sugamoto Yūko, May 20, 1994); withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Airi Taniguchi (谷口 愛理 Taniguchi Airi, March 14, 1999); withdrawn on August 18, 2012
Kenkyusei
- Sayaka Etō (江藤 彩也香 Etō Sayaka, September 9, 1997); withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Ayaka Nakanishi (仲西 彩佳 Nakanishi Ayaka, March 23, 1996); withdrawn on August 18, 2012
Discography
Singles
| Release Date | Title | Chart positions | Oricon sales |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart |
First Week | Total sales | ||||
| March 20, 2013 | "Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ！スキ！スキップ！, "Liked! Liked! Skip!") | 1 | 250,147 | 291,876 | N/A | |
| September 4, 2013 [18] | "Melon Juice" (メロンジュース) | 1 | 268,897 | 300,161 | ||
| March 12, 2014 [19] | ||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "FAKB48の妹分・福岡拠点の"HKT48"誕生へ！". Career Oricon (in Japanese). May 1, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ＡＫＢ48がＲ－18、大人相手の深夜ライブ". Nikkan Sports News (in Japanese). November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "HKT48 ：次は福岡発！ AKB48妹プロジェクト始動". Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). May 1, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "HKT48、西武ドームで初代21人お披露目 AKBグループ最年少の平均年齢13.8歳". Oricon, Inc. (in Japanese). October 23, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ "24 girls pass the first stage of auditions for HKT48". tokyohive. July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "HKT48 ：「HKT48」始動ばい！ 平均13.8歳、最年少は小5でファンどよめき". eiga.com (in Japanese). October 23, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ "HKT48 makes their theater debut". tokyohive. November 27, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ↑ "〈速報〉ＡＫＢ！巨大「がんばろう」人文字／紅白". The Asahi Shimbun Company (in Japanese). December 31, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ↑ "HKT48 チームＨお披露目公演終了". HKT48 official blog (in Japanese). March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Sashihara Rino’s last Team A performance to be on June 20th". June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "HKT48 第2期生オーディション最終審査結果". HKT48 Official Website (in Japanese). June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ "5 members resigning from HKT48" (in Japanese). August 18, 2012.
- ↑ "AKB48 announces a big team shuffle!!!". Tokyohive. August 24, 2012.
- ↑ "HKT48 announces their second generation research students". Tokyohive. September 23, 2012.
- ↑ "HKT48 to release debut single". Tokyohive. January 15, 2013.
- ↑ "HKT48's debut single title revealed". Universal Music. February 13, 2013.
- ↑ Graduation scheduled on February 23, 2014
- ↑ "HKT48 2nd Single Release Date decision!!" (in Japanese). June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ "[TOPICS] HKT48九州7県ツアーレポート in 鹿児島 更新" [[TOPICS] HKT48 Kyushu 7-prefecture Tour Report in Kagoshima - revised] (in Japanese). 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Official blog (Japanese)
- HKT48 on Universal Sigma (Japanese)
- HKT48's channel on YouTube
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