Last Sunday, my promotion post was all about NMB48 members. Today, topic is about JKT48 members, who I can't know much about (because of the language). Although JKT48 is sister group of AKB48, I'm still very surprised about their popular in Indonesian. They received more than one award even though they are with new concept (seems not familiar with Indo-pop). Besides, they (Team J) made me remember about early days of AKB48. I think that's reason why I like them. Here is my Top 5 members in JKT48. They may be not the most popular members. However, they still impresses me.
5, Shinta Naomi (JKT48 GEN 2 - Team KIII Captain)
Naomi is the 1st member of Team KIII got my attentions. Why?! At first, I wondered why she's chosen as Team Captain. I just thought about her as a beautiful member with bright smile. However, she has more than a pretty face. Among all members of this team, she seems more confident with MC role. Maybe that's why they push her a lot.
4, Devi Kinal Putri (JKT48 GEN 1 - Team J Captain)
Whenever I watch DVD of Team J, I think Kinal is the most energetic. Among all girls with slow dance (such as my Rena ><), Kinal brings to us more powerful with her movements. I think that why she's in Takamina position of "RIVER". In the other hand, Kinal voice may be suitable with song that's dark and mystery LOL~ I don't have chance to watch Team J 2nd Stage so I can't know more. However, in "Pajama Drive" stage, she really stood out with "Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc".
3, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani (JKT48 GEN 1 - Team J)
Melody just got my attentions because she was the 1st JKT48 member joined AKB48 single. I fell like she's pushed as JKT48 ACE but I'm not really sure. She isn't center for JKT48 3rd single. So who knows?! Moreover, she's voted as back-up dancers for "Pajama Drive" revival stage. I don't know what happened. JKT48 has more girls and they don't think that they need to push her? No, absolutely not. With me, she's still the most popular member and she is the one brings many oversea to JKT48 (like my classmate ^o^).
2, Nagakawa Haruka ( AKB48 GEN 3 - Team Kaigai / JKT48 GEN 1 - Team J)
Haruka is the most successful girl among all members of AKB48 Team Kaigai. I think although moving to JKT48 isn't a best choice for her, when Haruka decided to dedicate all time for JKT48, it helps her a lot. It's not only showing that she loves her JKT48, but it also proves that she is more mature. Honestly, whenever I saw her saying Indonesian (even though I can't understand this language at all), I still laughed a lot. She has her unique and cute way to communicate. However she didn't have much time to prepare before moving to Indonesia, she still tried to get used with this place. I'm happy to hear that a lot of JKT48 fan support her and they showed by voting for her in "Pajama Drive" revival (She got more than 7000 votes, that's really good number.)
1, Nozawa Rena (JKT48 GEN 1 - Team J / AKB48 Concurrent - Team K)
I hoped that I had chance to watch Rena performance in JKT48 theater (Going to Indonesia seems easier than going to Japan ><). When Rena announced that she wouldn't live in Indonesia anymore, I thought she would graduate or something like that. However, manager said she would be first concurrent member from AKB48 oversea sister group, I knew that they wanted to keep a popular member. Moreover, she is good at languages (learning 4 different languages) and that's good if AKB48 wants to MC oversea without translators. I'm looking forward to see her in AKB48 team and perform in AKB48 theater. She'll shine as she did in JKT48 theater.
Honestly, I didn't like JKT48 Project when I heard about it for the first time. However, day by day, JKT48 girls bring to me more surprise and made me rethink about them. They're just in Indonesia. Maybe they don't have much chance like other AKB48 sister groups in Japan, they're still strong and can get more popular. So why just don't like them because they are Indonesian girls. If you watch, you can see a lot of unique things, which can't be found in Japanese AKB48 sister groups.
P.S: This post is dedicated for JKT48 girls. These members I mentioned just are my favorite girls in this group. You may not agree with me. If you have any comments, please tell me. Thank you so much for spending time to read my promotion. Enjoy!
