HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka ward 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]
[edit]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 third AKB48 sister group to be launched, after the groups SKE48 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 sister groups of AKB48.[8]
On March 4, 2012, first 16 members were selected to form Team H, and appeared on the stage.[9]
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 1st day of the AKB48 concert at Tokyo Dome that Aika Ota, one of AKB48 Team A members, will be transferred to HKT48.[13]
On September 23, 2012 HKT48's second generation research students were announced.[14]
[edit]Members
[edit]Team H
Team H's captain Chihiro Anai is also the leader of the entire group.
| Name | Birthday | Birthplace | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Chihiro Anai (穴井 千尋) | January 27, 1996 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Nao Ueki (植木 南央) | August 12, 1997 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Serina Kumazawa (熊沢 世莉奈) | April 17, 1997 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Haruka Kodama (兒玉 遥) | September 19, 1996 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃) | November 21, 1992 | Oita | 27 | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| Yuki Shimono (下野 由貴) | April 2, 1998 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Natsumi Tanaka (田中 菜津美) | August 10, 2000 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Chiyori Nakanishi (中西 智代梨) | May 12, 1995 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Natsumi Matsuoka (松岡 菜摘) | August 8, 1996 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良) | March 19, 1998 | Kagoshima | 47 | |||
| Anna Murashige (村重 杏奈) | July 29, 1998 | Yamaguchi | x | |||
| Aoi Motomura (本村 碧唯) | May 31, 1997 | Fukuoka | x | |||
| Madoka Moriyasu (森保 まどか) | July 26, 1997 | Nagasaki | x | |||
| Haruka Wakatabe (若田部 遥) | September 26, 1998 | Fukuoka | x | |||
[edit]Kenkyusei
- 1st Generation
- Kyōka Abe (安陪 恭加) (July 17, 1997 in Fukuoka)
- Mina Imada (今田 美奈) (March 5, 1997 in Fukuoka)
- Maiko Fukagawa (深川 舞子) (July 5, 1999 in Fukuoka)
- 2nd Generation
- Yuka Akiyoshi (秋吉 優花) (October 24, 2000 in Fukuoka)
- Raira Ito (伊藤 来笑) (October 31, 1998 in Ehime)
- Yuriya Inoue (井上 由莉耶) (June 15, 1999 in Fukuoka)
- Shino Iwahana (岩花 詩乃) (April 1, 2000 in Fukuoka)
- Mashiro Ui (宇井 真白) (January 31, 2000 in Fukuoka)
- Haruka Ueno (上野 遥) (September 20, 1999 in Fukuoka)
- Izumi Umemoto (梅本 泉) (May 15, 1997 in Fukuoka)
- Kanna Okada (岡田 栞奈) (June 26, 1997 in Fukuoka)
- Naoko Okamoto (岡本 尚子) (April 4, 1996 in Fukuoka)
- Manami Kusaba (草場 愛) (October 17, 1995 in Fukuoka)
- Yui Kouzina (神志那 結衣) (January 24, 1998 in Fukuoka)
- Izumi Goto (後藤 泉) (September 27, 1997 in Fukuoka)
- Hiroka Komada (駒田 京伽) (November 21, 1996 in Miyazaki)
- Riko Sakaguchi (坂口 理子) (July 26, 1994 in Fukuoka)
- Meru Tashima (田島 芽瑠) (January 7, 2000 in Fukuoka)
- Yuuka Tanaka (田中 優香) (June 7, 2000 in Fukuoka)
- Marika Tani (谷 真理佳) (January 5, 1996 in Fukuoka)
- Asuka Tomiyoshi (冨吉 明日香) (September 20, 1997 in Miyazaki)
- Mio Tomonaga (朝長 美桜) (May 17, 1998 in Fukuoka)
- Mai Fuchigami (渕上 舞) (September 21, 1996 in Fukuoka)
- Marina Yamada (山田 麻莉奈) (March 24, 1995 in Fukuoka)
All members belong to AKS, except Sashihara with Ohta Production and Ota with OgiPro.
Names are not lined up in alphabetical order, but Gojūon ordering by members' last name, as official website does[15]
[edit]Former members
[edit]Team H
- Yui Komori (古森 結衣) (December 2, 1997 in Yamaguchi) withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Yūko Sugamoto (菅本 裕子) (May 20, 1994 in Fukuoka) withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Airi Taniguchi (谷口 愛理) (March 14, 1999 in Fukuoka) withdrawn on August 18, 2012
[edit]Kenkyusei
- Sayaka Etō (江藤 彩也香) (September 9, 1997 in Ōita) withdrawn on August 18, 2012
- Ayaka Nakanishi (仲西 彩佳) (March 23, 1996 in Fukuoka) withdrawn on August 18, 2012
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