# Manaka Taguchi

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{{short description|Japanese singer}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Manaka Taguchi
| image              = 
| alt                = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption            = 
| native_name        = 田口 愛佳
| native_name_lang   = ja
| birth_name         = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|2003|12|12}}
| birth_place        = [Kanagawa Prefecture](/source/Kanagawa_Prefecture), Japan
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
| death_place        = 
| nationality        = 
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = 
| years_active       = 2016–present
| agent              = 
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre              = [J-pop](/source/J-pop)
| instrument         = Vocals
| associated_acts    = *[AKB48](/source/AKB48)
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Manaka Taguchi'''|田口 愛佳|Taguchi Manaka|extra=born December 12, 2003 in [Kanagawa Prefecture](/source/Kanagawa_Prefecture)}} is a Japanese singer. She is a member of the [Japanese idol](/source/Japanese_idol) [girl group](/source/girl_group) [AKB48](/source/AKB48).

== Career ==
Taguchi joined the [Japanese idol](/source/Japanese_idol) group [AKB48](/source/AKB48) as a 16th generation trainee.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2082710/full/|title=AKB48、16期生19人をお披露目 武藤十夢の妹加入「温かく見守って」|date=2016-12-08|newspaper=ORICON NEWS|publisher=oricon ME|accessdate=2025-07-25|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404201023/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2082710/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2017, she became a regular member.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/260302|title=13年目の試練なのかチャンスなのか、AKB48組閣で兼任解除や新キャプテン|date=2017-12-09|newspaper=natalie.mu|accessdate=2025-07-25|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140808/https://natalie.mu/music/news/260302|url-status=live}}</ref>

Her first selection for AKB48's main performance group came in May, 2022, when she was selected for AKB48's 59th single "[Motokare Desu](/source/Motokare_Desu)".<ref name="entamenext17774">{{Cite web|url=https://entamenext.com/articles/detail/17774/1/1/1|title=AKB48『元カレです』で初選抜、18歳・田口愛佳の野望「少しでも選抜にいる証を残したい」|date=2022-05-17|website=ENTAME next|accessdate=2025-07-25}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Television===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|- 
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2024
|''[Stardust Telepath](/source/Stardust_Telepath)''
|
|
||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2326191/full/|title=AKB48佐藤綺星、ドラマ初挑戦で初主演 テレ東『星屑テレパス』出演メンバー16人が一挙解禁|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=oricon ME|date=2024-05-09|accessdate=2025-07-25}}</ref>
|}

===Stage play===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|- 
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2023
|''[Odd Taxi: Diamond wa Kizutsukanai](/source/Odd_Taxi)''
| Ichimura Shiho
|
||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/542040|title=舞台「オッドタクシー」ミステリーキッスのキャスト4名を一新して再演|newspaper=natalie.mu|date=2023-09-22|accessdate=2025-07-25|archive-date=2024-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224143128/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/542040|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Web drama===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|- 
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2023
|''Sentika F8ABA6 Jisariz''
|Ayuka
|
||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2276360/full/|title=田口愛佳、長期間の撮影で顔が成長?「どこかで大人びているかも」 特撮作品参加に喜び|date=2023-04-21|newspaper=ORICON NEWS|publisher=oricon ME|accessdate=2025-07-25}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{AKB48}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taguchi, Manaka}}
Category:2003 births
Category:AKB48 members
Category:Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers

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