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HKT48 Is A Japanese Female Pop Group Based In Fukuoka. The Group Is Produced By Yasushi Akimoto And It Is The Third Sister Group To AKB48 After SKE48 And NMB48 .The Group's 21 First-Generation Members Were Announced On October 23 2011 And Their Debut Performance Take Place At The End Of 2011. HKT48 Is Named After The Hakata-Ku Fukuoka Japan Where Yasushi Akimoto Originally Intended To Base The Group.HKT48's Theater Is Located In Hawks Town Mall In Chuo-Ku Fukuoka. Plans For A Group Entitled HKT48 Were First Revealed By AKB48 Producer Yasushi Akimoto On November 19 2008.HKT48 Was Officially Announced On May 1 2011 At An AKB48 Handshake Event.The Group Is The Third AKB48 Sister Group To Be Launched After The Groups SKE48 And NMB48.The Group Takes Its Name From Its Proposed Base Location Of Hakata-Ku Fukuoka.Instead Of The Previously Targeted Hakata HKT48 Will Instead Be Based At A Theater In The Hawks Town Mall In Neighboring Chuo-Ku Fukuoka.This Location Is Next To The Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome.In Addition It Was Announced That The Group Would Be Accepting Applications From Girls Aged Between 11 And 22.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. HKT48's 21 First-Generation Members Were First Revealed At An AKB48 Handshake Event On October 23 2011.Of These 21 Members 17 Are Junior High School Students Or Below And Two Are Elementary-School Students. The Youngest Member Of The Group Natsumi Tanaka Was 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". The Oldest Member Is Yoko Sugamoto Who Was 17 Years Old At The Time Of The Announcement. Members 1st Generation Kenkyuusei Anai Chihiro 穴井 千尋 Chii-Chan ちーちゃん January 27 1996 In Fukuoka Prefecture Abe Kyoka 安陪 恭加 Kyoka きょうか July 17 1997 In Fukuoka Prefecture Imada Mina 今田 美奈 Mina みな March 5 1997 In Fukuoka Prefecture Ueki Nao 植木 南央 Nao なお August 12 1997 In Fukuoka Prefecture Eto Sayaka 江藤 彩也香 Sāyan さあやん September 9 1997 In Ōita Prefecture Kumazawa Serina 熊沢 世莉奈 Serii-Nu せりーぬ April 17 1997 In Fukuoka Prefecture Kodama Haruka 兒玉 遥 Haru-Run はるるん September 19 1996 In Fukuoka Prefecture Komori Yui 古森 結衣 Yui ゆい December 2 1997 In Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimono Yuki 下野 由貴 Shina-Mon しなもん April 2 1998 In Fukuoka Prefecture Sugamoto Yuko 菅本 裕子 Yukosu ゆうこす May 20 1994 In Fukuoka Prefecture Tanaka Natsumi 田中 菜津美 Natsu-Min なつみん August 10 2000 In Fukuoka Prefecture Taniguchi Airi 谷口 愛理 Airisu あいりす March 14 1999 In Fukuoka Prefecture Nakanishi Ayaka 仲西 彩佳 Ayakyan-Man あやきゃんまん March 23 1996 In Fukuoka Prefecture Nakanishi Chiyori 中西 智代梨 Chori ちょり May 12 1995 In Fukuoka Prefecture Fukagawa Maiko 深川 舞子 Maiko-Mu まいこむ July 5 1999 In Fukuoka Prefecture Matsuoka Natsumi 松岡 菜摘 Natsu なつ August 8 1996 In Fukuoka Prefecture Miyawaki Sakura 宮脇 咲良 Sakura さくら March 19 1998 In Kagoshima Prefecture Murashige Anna 村重 杏奈 An-Nya あーにゃ July 29 1998 In Yamaguchi Prefecture Motomura Aoi 本村 碧唯 Aoi あおい May 31 1997 In Fukuoka Prefecture Moriyasu Madoka 森保 まどか Madoka まどか July 26 1997 In Kagoshima Prefecture Wakatabe Haruka 若田部 遥 Wakaharu わかはる September 26 1998 In Fukuoka Prefecture Official Site Http //www.Hkt48.Jp/ read less