Pokemon Red/Blue would be my first JRPG, RPG in general, but I always credit FF IX for pulling me into the genre because thanks to IX for the first time I was truly engrossed in story and characters in a video game. I only played IX for a while though after which I had to return the discs to my cousin, I did get FF VIII soon after that which to my surprise was shockingly different, so you could say VIII had its hands in it as well.