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", before switching to "idols that will come to meet you" since 8 April 2018.
Fans can attend daily performances at the group's theater, which was built as a close replica to the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara.While JKT48 does not restrict membership by nationality, applicants must be residents of Indonesia.
As of 13 December 2019, the group has 42 individual team members, with one of them performs in two teams.
It also has 28 Class A Academy members – formerly known as trainees – and 13 Class B Academy members.On 16 February 2013, JKT48 released its first studio album Heavy Rotation via Hits Records, a division of MNC subsidiary PT Star Media Nusantara.
It performs songs by AKB48 and other sister groups that are translated into Indonesian.