Former First Generation JKT48 Member Siti Gayatri Joins Princess
The official Twitter account of Princess, an Indonesian girl group which made its debut on 26 October 2011, announced on Monday that Siti Gayatri Abhirama has joined the group as its fifth standing member. Princess belongs to a management label owned by 23-year-old musician Kevin Aprilio. Prior to the announcement, three members of Princess had left the group on different occasions. Princess bills itself as an elegant adolescent female musical group with focus on Disney pop and K-pop.
2011年10月26日デビューのインドネシアのガールズ・グループ、Princessの公式Twitterアカウントは、シティ・ガヤトリ・アブヒラマが5人目の正メンバーとしてグループに加入したことを月曜日に発表した。Princessは、23歳のミュージシャンKevin Aprilioがオーナーのレーベルに所属している。この発表の前に、Princessの3人のメンバーがそれぞれの理由でグループを脱退している。PrincessはディズニーポップとK-Popに特化し、洗練された若い女性の音楽グループとして売り出している。
Siti Gayatri had been one of the 28 members of JKT48’s first generation which was announced on 2 November 2011. She left the group three months later citing the desire to focus on education as the reason for her departure. However, several months later it was announced that Siti Gayatri had auditioned to become a member of the girl group Cherrybelle, whom many Indonesians consider as a rival group of JKT48.
シティ・ガヤトリは、2011年11月2日に発表されたJKT48の一期生28人の1人だった。彼女はその3ヶ月後、学業専念を再出発の理由として脱退、しかしその数ヶ月後にはJKT48のライバルとされるガールズグループCherrybelleのメンバーになるためにオーディションに参加したと発表されていた。
9. Siti Gayatri Abhirama, 11 Maret 1993, asal Jakarta, @gayabhirama
— Cherrybelle (Chibi) (@Cherrybelleindo) May 18, 2012
Japanese Translation by Japarta
I don’t really see this as a surprise. NMB48’s member Yamada Nana was also a former member of SI☆NA, part of HelloProject group, who graduated to continue on her studies. (See the same pattern here?). Some of xxx48 group members had also joined another idol group audition before joined xxx48 group. Example : Umeda Ayaka (2004), Kashiwagi Yuki and Sato Sumire (2006), SKE48 member Furukawa Airi (2005), and recently .. Tashima Meru from HKT48, all were auditionees for Morning Musume.
I hope the best for Siti Gayatri Abhirama in her career as Princess member.
But the thing that happened now is reversed from the fact you’ve mentioned,
it’s on the contrary and quite different..
Everyone wants to find the best way for their career, and maybe Siti Gayatri feels that she will have more chance to shine in Princess (it’s a run of the mill GB with 5 members rather than idol group with a lot of members), and honestly maybe it is.
Anyway, best wishes for her!
So much “educational” excuse..
Failed cheribel and now join princess..
Too bad she quit early, JKT need member like her like a knight need butter knife for sword fight
Patrica is hot.
just saying.
yea, why would not she have been auditioning for JKT48?
Haha.
#reallyOOT