Akari Takeuchi

Akari Takeuchi
竹内朱莉
Akari Takeuchi 竹内朱莉
Born	November 23, 1997 (age 26)
Origin	Saitama, Japan
Genres	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2008 - present
Labels	hachama, zetima
Website	www.helloproject.com

Akari Takeuchi (竹内朱莉, Takeuchi Akari, born November 23, 1997) is a member of Japanese idol pop group S/mileage. She joined as a sub-member with four other girls and was promoted to an official member two months later.

Biography

In 2008, Akari joined Hello! Project as a Hello! Pro Egg member after passing the Hello! Pro Egg auditions. In 2009, she was chosen to be a member of Minimoni's revival group, Shin Minimoni with fellow Hello! Pro Egg member Karin Miyamoto, alongside S/mileage member Kanon Fukuda and Morning Musume member Linlin. In June 2011, auditions to find 2nd generation members for S/mileage were announced, and Akari took part. On August 14, at the last performance of the Hello! Project 2011 Summer concerts, Akari and 4 other girls were announced to be the 2nd second generation sub-members of S/mileage.

On October 16, at the launch event of S/mileage's 7th single "Tachigaaru", Tsunku announced the 4 sub-members' promotion to official S/mileage members (except Fuyuka Kosuga, who retired).

Personal

Cute and fellow Hello! Project member Maimi Yajima is her cousin.^[1]
She joined Hello! Pro Egg because she admired both Maimi and Cute.

Hello! Project groups and units

Hello! Pro Egg (2009-2011)
Shin Minimoni (2009)
S/mileage (2011–present)
Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)
Harvest (2011–present)

References

^ "モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜もうさちゃんピース）". Nagoya CBC Radio. 2009-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜もうさちゃんピース）". Nagoya CBC Radio. 2009-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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