{{Short description|Japanese singer (born 1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Akari Takeuchi | native_name = 竹内朱莉 | native_name_lang = ja | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|23|mf=y}} | death_date = | origin = Saitama, Japan | genre = Pop | occupation = Singer | years_active = 2008–present | label = Hachama, Zetima | associated_acts = Angerme, S/mileage, Hello Pro Egg, Minimoni, Hello! Project Mobekimasu | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Akari Takeuchi'''|竹内朱莉|Takeuchi Akari|born November 23, 1997}}<ref name="birth date and place">{{cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/128872/|title=アンジュルム竹内朱莉が"20問20答"でハロプロ愛を語る！【ハロプロ誕生20周年記念連載】|website=The TV|date=November 24, 2017}}</ref> is a Japanese singer. She is a former second-generation member and the leader of the Japanese idol pop group Angerme.

==Biography== Akari Takeuchi was on November 23, 1997, in Saitama, Japan.<ref name="birth date and place"/>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://realsound.jp/2020/04/post-532638.html|title=宮本佳林、6月でJuice=Juiceを卒業へ 参加楽曲は全部で何曲？|website=Real Sound|date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2000745/full/|title=スマイレージ、新メンバー発表&お披露目! 一挙5人加入で9人に|website=Oricon News|date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/58137|title=スマイレージ、サブメン4人正メンバー昇格＆12月新曲発売|website=Natalie|date=October 16, 2011}}</ref>

In October 2012, Takeuchi joined the Hello! Project and Satoyama movement unit Harvest with Morning Musume members Erina Ikuta, Ayumi Ishida, and Masaki Satō.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000083930|title=アップフロントの「SATOYAMA movement」からGREEN FIELDSとハーベストが誕生。全4組でCDデビューも決定|website=Barks|date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>

Takeuchi succeeded Ayaka Wada as the leader of Angerme on June 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1560913851717/|title=アンジュルム・和田彩花「私も第2章に歩いていきます」 卒業公演で第1章に幕引き|website=Excite|date=June 19, 2019}}</ref>

On December 20, 2022, Takeuchi announced her graduation from Angerme and Hello! Project to happen in Spring 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2261569/full/|title=アンジュルム リーダー竹内朱莉が卒業発表 芸能活動継続も「書道で世界を回りたい」【コメント全文】|website=Oricon|date=December 20, 2022}}</ref>

On June 20, 2023, she officially graduated from Angerme and Hello! Project with a concert dedicated for her graduation held at Yokohama Arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2283732/full/|title=アンジュルム竹内朱莉、涙と笑顔の卒業公演 15年のアイドル人生に幕「書道で世界を目指します」|website=Oricon|date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>

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

==Bibliography== ===Books=== *{{nihongo|''Jinsei Sumi Mamire''|人生墨まみれ}} (July 13, 2023, Shufu no Tomo, {{ISBN|978-4074540433}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scawaiiweb.com/articles/detail/51656?n=2&e=51580|title=【お知らせ】「竹内朱莉 人生墨まみれ」書真集を７月に発売決定！|website=S Cawaii|date=June 16, 2023|lang=ja}}</ref>

===Photobooks=== *''Roundabout'' (May 25, 2023, Odyssey Books, {{ISBN|978-4-8470-8490-4}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ototoy.jp/news/112069|title=竹内朱莉ソロ写真集『roundabout』発売記念イベント開催決定|website=Ototoy|date=May 11, 2023|lang=ja}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Instagram|akari_takeuchi.official}}

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{{S/mileage}} {{Hello! Project}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Akari}} Category:Angerme members Category:Japanese female idols Category:Japanese women pop singers Category:Minimoni members Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Singers from Saitama Prefecture