Minami Takahashi

Minami Takahashi

Template:Japanese name Minami Takahashi (高橋みなみ, takahashiminami, born April 8, 1991 in Tokyo Prefecture), is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48.

• She is in Team A and is one of the most prominent members of the group, appearing as lead singer in all of the singles to date.
• She is leader of AKB48 and is captain of Team A.
• Her nickname is Takamina/Minachan and she is right-handed.
• She is part of the "Senbatsu" group in the most recent singles.

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• She is so highly regarded as the best singer in AKB48.She has a powerful voice and outstanding singing ability.
• Despite her so great dance performance, she cannot skip at all.
• She loves Japanese comics such as One Piece(ワンピース),Dragon Ball(ドラゴンボール),NARUTO(ナルト)and so on.When it comes to these,she is so excited and becomes so immersed in them.
• She is so respected by almost all members of AKB48 because of not only her singing and dancing abilities but her devoting herself to her work and lessns.
• She is said to be The Soul Of AKB48 by members of AKB48 and their fans.

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Audition

Maeda joined AKB48 in 2005 as part of the AKB48 1st Member with the audition. In this audition, 24 members were elected from 7024 candidates.

Major Debut

AKB48 released "AITAKATTA" from the major label "DefSTER Records Inc.". (Before this disk, two disks were released as indies disks.) In this song, 20 members are selected from the 36 members (in TeamA & TeamK). Maeda is one of this selected member, and she performed leading role in the promortion video in this song.

Unit Shuffle

The news of shuffling AKB48 units was announced in the final day of AKB48 1st Concert"AITAKATTA-There is no poles"in NIHON SEINENKAN. In this announcement, members were separate into "Team Roses" and "Team Lilies" taking the place of "TeamA "and "TeamK". Maeda is the member of "Team Lilies".

Appearances

Single

• Sakura no Hanabiratachi
• Skirt, Hirari
• Aitakatta
• Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru
• Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou
• BINGO!
• Boku no taiyou
• Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
• Romance, Irane
• Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008
• Baby! Baby! Baby!
• Oogoe Diamond
• 10nen Sakura
• Namida Surprise!
• Iiwake Maybe
• RIVER

Stage Units

• Team A 1st Stage: Skirt, Hirari
• Team A 1st Stage: Hoshi no Ondo (2nd Unit)
• Team A 2nd Stage: Nageki no Figure
• Team A 2nd Stage: Garasu no I Love You
• Team A 2nd Stage: Senaka Kara Dakishimete
• Team A 2nd Stage: Rio no Kakumei
• Team A 3rd Stage: Bird
• Team A 3rd Stage: Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru
• Team A 4th Stage: Junai no Kuresshendo
• Himawari-gumi 1st Stage: Higurashi no Koi
• Himawari-gumi 2nd Stage:Bye Bye Bye
• Team Kenkyusei 08 Stage:Junai no Kuresshendo
• Team A 5th Stage: Renai Kinshi Jorei

Filmography

Movies

Year	English Title	Japanese Title	Role
2007	Densen Uta	伝染歌

Dramas

Year	English Title	Japanese Title	Role
2006	Densha Otoko Deluxe	電車男デラックス	self
2007	Joshi Deka!	ジョシデカ！	arcade girl
2008	Saitosan	斉藤さん	Niimi Kei
2008	Mendol	メン☆ドル	Kawachi Nami
2008	Morimuraseiichi	森村誠一の棟居刑事	Mizuki Natsuki