Minami Takahashi 高橋 みなみ

At 33 years old, Minami Takahashi 高橋 みなみ has this physical status:

Minami Takahashi (高橋 みなみ, Takahashi Minami, born 8 April 1991) is a Japanese singer, tarent and a former member of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48.

She is in Team A of AKB48.She became the first General Director (総監督, sōkantoku) of AKB48 and its sister groups.

In an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto says she is the "eldest daughter of the 48 sisters".

She is also regarded as "soul of AKB", and her motto "Making efforts will be paid" has inspired many members of AKB48.

She is commonly part of the main lineup of AKB48 singles.

She is a member of the AKB48 sub-group no3b, along with AKB48 member Minami Minegishi and ex-member Haruna Kojima.

Personal life

On 1 May 2019, Takahashi announced her marriage to a non-celebrity man 15 years her senior.

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Career

Takahashi was born in Hachi (Tokyo). She became one of the 30th HoriPro Talent Contest's top 15 candidates in August 2005, but she did not win the competition's Grand-Prix Award. She attended the first AKB48 audition in 2005 and defeated 7,924 other applicants to be selected as one of the group's 24 founding members. According to Tomonobu Togasaki, the artistic director of AKB48, she had two unofficial advantages going for her, including the number "48" on her birthday (8 April; 1991-04-08) and her height (148 cm). On December 8, 2005, she made her debut with Team A.

No3b members, including Takahashi, appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Men Dol in 2008. In this television series, Nami/Kai appeared.

Takahashi was officially announced as the captain of AKB48's Team A on August 23, 2009.

Minami Takahashi was promoted to be the General Director of the entire AKB48 company, including all sister companies, three years later, on August 24, 2012, with Mariko Shinoda replacing her as the captain of Team A.

Takahashi is one of the group's most popular artists and appears in the AKB48 singles regularly. In addition, Minami regularly appears on television shows, including Music Station and other of the company's publicity activities. She was also scheduled to participate in the AKB48's three-day live concert series "Takamina tsuite ikimasu" (lit. The 2011 Tsunami earthquake and tsunami had been scheduled to follow Takamina"), which had been supposed to take place in the Yokohama Arena on March 25, 2011, but it was postponed due to the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami.

Takahashi would make her solo debut with the company on August 25th, the second day of AKB48's Tokyo Dome Concert, according to Max Hole. "Jane Doe," the single, was released on April 3, 2013. It's the opening theme song for the Fuji Television television drama Saki, starring Yukie Nakama.

On December 8, 2014, the 9th Anniversary of AKB48 Theater, Takahashi herself, announced that she would officially leave AKB48 exactly one year later, on December 8, 2015, the 10th Anniversary of the AKB48 Theater. Yui Yokoyama will then take over AKB48's General Director.

The details of AKB48's 42nd Single and Request Hour 2016, which had been announced on October 25, 2015, during a handshake and autograph exchange at Pacific Yokohama. On December 9, 2015, the 42nd Single will be published. She will be the center of the AKB48 single, marking her last appearance on the AKB48 single.

"Congratulation Takahashi Minami Graduation" in Yokohama Stadium, March 26, 2016 Yokohama Stadium, was held on Saturday, April 26, 2016.

"Minami Takahashi 26th Birthday Celebration Live 2017" was held on April 8, 2017: 999.20301226 members of no3b reunited.

Takahashi has been hosting her own radio show "Takahashi Minami no [Korekara Nanisuru?] since her graduation. "What are you going to do now?" says Takahashi Minami. On Tokyo FM, the show is available every Monday-Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:55 p.m., as well as having a solo artist career.

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