On February 20, AKB48 and JKT48 held a joint concert at Kota Kasablanka Main Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia.
AKB48's last concert in Indonesia was about 3 years ago, when JKT48 made their debut. Including the next general manager Yokoyama Yui, 15 members of AKB48 participated in this concert. In addition, 67 members of JKT48, including Nakagawa Haruka, participated for a total of 82 members. The two groups performed 35 songs.
The groups performed AKB's hit song "Aitakatta" in Indonesian. They also performed AKB's indies debut song "Sakura no Hanabiratachi", plus all members sang to Matsui Sakiko's piano. The venue was unified as the crowd of 3,500 fans sang along to every song in Japanese.
Through her official Twitter, Yokoyama expressed, "It was fun! I love JKT48." Meanwhile, Nakagawa wrote on her Google Plus account, "I will do my best so that JKT48 can have a concert in Japan."
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