Natsuki Uchiyama

is a Japanese copywriter and former idol. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was part of Team B.

Biography Uchiyama passed AKB48's 14th generation auditions on 13 May 2012 and debuted on 9 July. In August 2013, she was promoted to the newly formed Team 4. In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced that Uchiyama would be transferred to Team B. In April 2014, she enrolled in Keio University.

In the 2014 AKB48 Group general election, Uchiyama ranked for the first time at 63rd place.

Uchiyama's special skill as an idol was to recite articles of the Japanese Constitution. In July 2014, she collaborated with , then an associate professor at Kyushu University School of Law, to write a book titled regarding the Japanese Constitution. They co-wrote the book with the hope that Japanese teenagers would get a basic grounding and become interested in constitutional discourse, since although the voting age in Japan has been lowered to 18 years old, education on the matter was considered lacking.

On 1 November 2015, Uchiyama announced her upcoming departure from AKB48. Her "graduation" performance took place on 31 January 2016 and she completed her final activity as a member on February 21.

As of October 2017, Uchiyama was signed to Horipro and was billed as a . From January to March 2018, she was a participant in , a political variety show inspired by Pokémon Go, which was broadcast on the Internet television channel .

In March 2018, Uchiyama graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Keio University and left Horipro. She joined the Hakuhodo advertising agency the same year. In 2020, her team won the Grand Prix in the Brain Online Video Award competition.

Discography

AKB48 singles Year No. Title Role Notes 2012 28 "Uza" B-side Sang on "Otona e no Michi" 29 "Eien Pressure" B-side Sang on "Watashitachi no Reason" 2013 30 "So Long!" B-side Sang on "Tsuyoi Hana" 31 "Sayonara Crawl" B-side Sang on "Love Shugyou" 33 "Heart Electric" B-side Sang on "Seijun Philosophy" as Team 4 2014 35 "Mae Shika Mukanee" B-side Sang on "Koi to Ka..." 36 "Labrador Retriever" B-side Sang on "B Garden" 37 "Kokoro no Placard" B-side Ranked 63rd in 2014 General Election. Sang on "Seikaku ga Warui Onna no Ko" 38 "Kibouteki Refrain" B-side Sang on "Ambulance" and "Loneliness Club" 2015 39 "Green Flash" B-side Sang on "Yankee Rock" and "Hatsukoi no Oshibe"

Appearances

Stage units AKB48 Kenkyuusei Stage

Team 4 2nd Stage

AKB48 Team B 3rd Stage (Revival)

TV variety AKBingo!

TV dramas (2015), Kenpou (Team Hinabe) (2015), Kenpou (Team Hinabe)