is a

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and

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based in South Korea. She is a former member of

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

Career

2004-2008: Pre-debut

Prior to joining AKB48, Takeuchi signed a contract with Stardust Production in 2004 and appeared in Little By Little's music video for "Ameagari no Kyū na Sakamichi". She was a member of girl group Fruits, born out of the audition tv show "Songs Star !!". In 2008, the group debuted with the single "Koi no Saison" and they disbanded the following year, in 2009.

2009–2018: AKB48 and ''Produce 48''

Takeuchi passed AKB48 auditions in 2009. While she was a trainee, she was part of the sub-unit Mini Skirt and released the song "Mini Skirt no Yōsei" to promote the arcade game '' Pretty Rhythm: Mini Skirt'', which later featured a likeness of her as a playable character during the Season 2 update. She was promoted to full member status in 2010, and was announced as a member of AKB48's newly formed Team 4 in 2011. In May, Takeuchi was selected to be part of the subunit "Ojarumaru Sisters" in order to sing "''Hatsukoi wa Mitsuru''", used as the ending theme of the anime

Ojarumaru is a Japanese anime series created by Rin Inumaru, produced by NHK Enterprises, and animated by Gallop. The series has aired on NHK E-Tele since October 1998, making it the second longest-running anime on NHK behind '' Nintama Rantaro'', an ...

. Takeuchi signed to OH Enterprise in 2012. Later that year, Team 4 was disbanded, and Takeuchi was moved to AKB48's Team B. During this time, Takeuchi uploaded home recordings of song covers on social media. In 2014, she began to post song covers on her

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channel. In 2021, Her Youtube Channel has amassed 230.000+ subscribers. In 2018, Takeuchi participated in the South Korean competition series ''

Produce 48 ''Produce 48'' () was the third season of the South Korean reality competition series ''Produce 101''. It was a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a girl group by voting for members out of a pool of 96 contestants from South Kor ...

'' as one of the Japanese contestants from AKB48 and its sister groups. She finished in 17th place.

2018–present: Departure from AKB48, South Korean career

Four days after the ''Produce 48'' finale, on September 4, 2018, Takeuchi announced her departure from AKB48. Her last performance with AKB48 took place on December 25, 2018, and her contract with OH Enterprise ended on December 31, 2018. On March 8, 2019, South Korean entertainment company

Mystic Story Mystic Story (formerly Mystic Entertainment, , abbreviated as MSTSTR) is a South Korean entertainment company established by South Korean singer-songwriter Yoon Jong-shin. It has four subsidiaries, including Mystic Actors (formerly Family Actors ...

announced that they had signed an official contract with Takeuchi. On October 22, 2019, Takeuchi released her first solo single, as well as her first Korean single and first single in Mystic Story, titled "My Type" (내 타입) as part of Mystic Story's CEO Yoon Jong Shin's ''Yoon Jong Shin Monthly Project 2019.'' On February 24, 2021, the singer released her second solo single titled "Forbidden Game" (왠지 그럼 안될 것 같아) as part of Yoon Jong Shin's ''Yoon Jong Shin Monthly Repair Project'' . On May 3, 2021, Takeuchi announced the end of her exclusive contract with Mystic Story.

Personal life

Takeuchi was accepted to

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in 2013, attending classes at Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa campus while continuing to perform at the AKB48 theater in

Akihabara is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...

Discography

As main artist

As featured artist

Singles with AKB48

Other appearances

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Game

Radio shows

References

External links

Miyu Takeuchi's channel
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