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Akari Takeuchi (竹内朱莉, Takeuchi Akari, born November 23, 1997)[1] is a Japanese singer. She is a second-generation member and the leader of the Japanese idol pop group Angerme.

Akari Takeuchi 竹内朱莉
Born	(1997-11-23) November 23, 1997 (age 24)
Origin	Saitama, Japan
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Hachama, Zetima

Biography

Akari Takeuchi was on November 23, 1997, in Saitama, Japan.[1]

In 2008, Takeuchi joined Hello! Project as a Hello! Pro Egg member alongside Mizuki Fukumura and Rie Kaneko. In 2009, she was chosen as a member of Minimoni's revival unit, Shin Minimoni, with fellow Hello! Pro Egg member Karin Miyamoto, S/mileage member Kanon Fukuda and Morning Musume member Linlin.[2]

In June 2011, Takeuchi took part in auditions to find second-generation members for the Hello! Project group S/mileage. On August 14, at the last performance of the Hello! Project 2011 Summer concerts, Takeuchi as well as Kana Nakanishi, Fuyuka Kosuga, Rina Katsuta and Meimi Tamura were announced as sub-members of S/mileage.[3] On October 16, at the launch event of S/mileage's seventh single "Tachiagirl", Tsunku announced the sub-members' promotion to official members of the group.[4]

In October 2012, Takeuchi joined the Hello! Project and Satoyama movement unit Harvest with Morning Musume members Erina Ikuta, Ayumi Ishida, and Masaki Satō.[5]

Takeuchi succeeded Ayaka Wada as the leader of Angerme on June 19, 2019.[6]

Discography

For Akari Takeuchi's releases with Angerme, see Angerme#Discography.

References

External links

• Akari Takeuchi on Instagram

Honorary titles
Preceded by Ayaka Wada	Leader of Angerme 2019–present	Incumbent

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