Juri Takahashi

, also known mononymously as Juri (; ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a former member of South Korean girl group Rocket Punch and Japanese girl group AKB48.

Career

2011–2018: AKB48

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 (which was reformed in 2013) 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 in 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 tenure.

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.

2019–2024: Rocket Punch and Queendom Puzzle

Takahashi was originally slated to hold a birthday event on 6 February 2019, but on 3 February, she postponed the event to March due to resting from a car accident. On 4 March 2019, Takahashi announced she was graduating from AKB48 in May 2019. In the same report, she revealed she had signed an exclusive contract with the South Korean label Woollim Entertainment,

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 (EP) Pink Punch. In 2020, Takahashi ran a series of vlogs on Rocket Punch's YouTube channel titled Juriful Days.

In May 2023, Takahashi together with Rocket Punch members Yeonhee and Suyun were revealed as contestants of Mnet's new survival show Queendom Puzzle. Takahashi was eventually eliminated in the final episode, finishing 12th overall.

On May 24, 2024, Woollim announced Takahashi's departure from Rocket Punch following the expiration of her exclusive contract with the company.

Discography

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Appearances

Stage units AKB48 Team 4 1st Stage

Team A Waiting Stage

AKB48 Team B 3rd Stage (Revival)

TV variety (2011–2016) (2012) (2011–2018) AKBingo! (2012–2018) (2012–2016) (2014) Produce 48 (2018) King of Mask Singer (2020) Queendom Puzzle (2023)

Web shows Qoo10 ON AIR (2022, Host) Love & The City (2025, Co-host)

TV dramas (NTV, 2012) – Messi So Long 1st Night (NTV, 2013) (TV Tokyo, 2014), Mutsumi Oyamada (NTV, 2015), Uonome (Team Hinabe) (NTV, Hulu, 2015), Uonome (Team Hinabe) Ep.39 – Hide and Seek (TV Asahi, 2016), Yumi Ep.25 – Drama Love (TV Asahi, 2016), Kanako (NTV, 2016), Uonome (Iwashi)

Movies (2012)