Juri Takahashi


Juri Takahashi, also known mononymously, is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of Woollim Entertainment's girl group Rocket Punch and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, and was the captain of AKB48 Team 4 and Team B.

Career

Takahashi passed AKB48's 12th generation auditions on 20 February 2011. In March 2012, she was promoted to the newly created Team 4, but was transferred to Team A in August 2012 when original Team 4 was disbanded. In February 2014, Takahashi was briefly transferred to Team B. In March 2015, Takahashi was transferred back to Team 4 and appointed its Captain. She would lead the team for nearly three years before being transferred to Team B as its Captain in December 2017, where she would remain until graduation on May 2019.
Takahashi would go on to participate in 16 A-side and 30 B-side songs, as well as a variety of television dramas, movies, variety shows and stage plays in her 7 year tenor.
In the group's General Elections in 2014, Takahashi ranked for the first time at 28th. In 2015, she ranked at 25th. In 2016, she ranked at 15th, making it the first time she entered the Senbatsu. In 2017, she ranked at 11th place, the highest rank she will achieve in a general election. In 2018, she ranked at 12th place.
In 2018, Takahashi participated in Produce 48 and was ranked #16. On 4 March 2019, Takahashi announced her decision to graduate from AKB48 in May 2019 and debut in South Korea. In the same report, she revealed she had signed an exclusive contract with the South Korean label Woollim Entertainment, after they e-mailed her.
On 23 July 2019, Takahashi was announced as a member of Rocket Punch, a new six-member girl group from Woollim. The group debuted on 7 August 2019, with their first extended play Pink Punch. In February 2020, Takahashi participated in the group's comeback with their second EP Red Punch.

Discography

Appearances

Stage units

;AKB48 Team 4 1st Stage "Boku no Taiyou"
  1. "Idol Nante Yobanaide"
;Team A Waiting Stage
  1. "Skirt, Hirari"
  2. "Tenshi no Shippo"
  3. "Zannen Shojo"
;AKB48 Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama Drive"
  1. "Pajama Drive"

    TV variety