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~ MINAMI TAKAHASHI ~

Leader AKB48 Grup A

Profile

• Name: Takahashi Minami (高橋みなみ)
• Nickname: Takamina (高みな), Minami (みなみ)
• Birthdate: April 8th, 1991
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Blood Type: AB
• Hobbies: Drawing
• Audition song: Hamasaki Ayumi - Will
• Height: 148.5cm
• Bust: 72cm
• Waist: 52cm
• Hips: 78cm

History

Before auditioning for AKB48, Takamina competed in The 30th HoriPro Talent Contest (第30回ホリプロタレントスカウトキャラバン) and was among the Top 15 out of 52,547 contestants. She received the loudest applause after her singing performance during this contest, and was the only girl who didn't cry when the winner was announced.

• 2005

Takamina auditioned for AKB48 and was one of 24 girls to be selected to join, out of 7924 applicants. It was revealed on the July 7th, 2010 episode of AKBINGO! that the only reason Takamina passed the initial written auditions was because of her height (148cm) and her birthdate (4/8/1991).

She debuted on stage on the 8th of December, 2005.

• 2008

Takamina starred in the TV Tokyo drama 「Mendol」 / メン☆ドル as Nami/Kai along with fellow No Sleeves members Kojima Haruna and Minegishi Minami.

• 2009

Takamina was ranked 5th in AKB48's 2009 Senbatsu Election.

She was officially announced as the captain of Team A at their Budokan - AKB48 Bunshin no Jutsu Tour / AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri concert during the Team Shuffle.

Takamina also starred as co-lead in the second night of AKB48 Kagekidan 「∞・Infinity」 withAkimoto Sayaka.

• 2010

Takamina was ranked 6th in AKB48's 2010 Senbatsu Election.

She starred in the TV Tokyo drama 「Majisuka Gakuen」/ マジスカ学園 as Minami.

• 2011

Takamina was ranked 7th in AKB48's 3rd Senbatsu Election.

• 2012

Takamina is ranked 6th in AKB48's 4th Senbatsu Election.