ANGERME Leader Takeuchi Akari graduated on June 21st at Yokohama Arena! (ANGERME first arena concert)

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Takeuchi Akari's first calligraphy work will be sold as Rakuten NFT art to commemorate her first exhibition.

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She is the leader of ANGERME,
Takeuchi Akari, who is a certified master calligrapher.

To commemorate her first calligraphy exhibition "KouKou Buyou",
NFT will be on sale from 4/14(Fri.) 10:00.

The first NFT is a work depicting a powerful single character

https://apj.nft.rakuten.co.jp

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Today April 14th, ANGERME Takeuchi Akari held a press conference for her first calligraphy exhibition "Koukou Buyou" at the Meiji Jingu Memorial Picture Gallery in Tokyo, which will be held from tomorrow, April 15th. Takeuchi Akari announced that her graduation concert is scheduled for June 21st @ Yokohama Arena. After graduation, she will pursue a career in calligraphy. Her dream is to obtain a teaching license and teach calligraphy at a calligraphy school. A new ANGERME single containing her own solo song will be released on June 14th. Takeuchi "My last single with ANGERME will include a solo song, so there will be a lot to see! This single will be the culmination of my career."

About the graduation concert, she said, "This is the first time for us to stand in an arena as ANGERME, and although it is my graduation, I am happy to stand in an arena with these members, so we hope many people will come to see the concert!"

Takeuchi has been with the group for 15 years since joining as a Hello Pro Egg (current Hello Pro trainee) and 12 years since joining ANGERME predecessor S/mileage in 2011, and has led the group as its second leader since June 2019. On December 20th she announced, "I, Takeuchi Akari, will graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project after next year's spring tour," and revealed her new dream: "I want to travel the world with calligraphy."

About her future activities, she said, "This is the first time in my life that I will be working alone. I have been singing and dancing for as long as I can remember, so I am scared and anxious to be on my own and go into calligraphy. However, the excitement of being able to do something new is sometimes greater, so I hope to be able to expand a new path with my own hands from now on. I want to be a person who can contribute to ANGERME in the future after graduation," she said emphatically.

Takeuchi, who is currently qualified as an associate fifth dan in calligraphy, has a specific dream: "If I can advance one more dan, I can become a professor with a professor's license. I am working hard to achieve this," she said. "Eventually, when I become a grandmother or something, I would like to open a calligraphy class and teach children in my neighborhood."

Takeuchi's solo exhibition will be held at the Meiji Jingu Art Museum, an important center of Japanese culture. More than 50 works will be exhibited, including newly written works as well as past works and works from her childhood that are being exhibited for the first time.





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The moment ANGERME heard the words "Yokohama Arena" (loud screams)

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^ I like that…

1) Takeuchi already knew and was eager to see their reactions; and

2) Kawamura applauded specifically for Takeuchi, to congratulate her.

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Takeuchi Akari's graduation concert at Yokohama Arena on 6/21 is titled :

ANGERME CONCERT 2023 BIG LOVE Takeuchi Akari FINAL LIVE "ANGERME Yori Ai wo Komete"
https://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/news_ ... p?id=21384

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From another thread…

UPCOMING #322 (20 Apr 2023)

14:52~ Close-up video of Akari Takeuchi's first solo calligraphy exhibition

https://youtu.be/m_yG9buTh2A?t=892

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^ OMAKE Channel 4.21.23 - extra, unreleased scenes from setting up Takeuchi's calligraphy exhibition with help from her assistant Hashisako Rin

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Apparently some of the pieces at her calligraphy exhibition were available for purchase, and she had a lottery drawing to determine who exactly receives each piece…

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ANGERME CONCERT 2023 BIG LOVE Takeuchi Akari FINAL LIVE "ANGERME Yori Ai wo Komete" will have cinema live viewings nationwide.
http://www.helloproject.com/news/15948/

It's one of the best ways to watch if you can't get a ticket to Yokohama Arena.

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It is announced that TV Asahi Channel 1 will exclusively broadcast live Takeuchi Akari's graduation concert at Yokohama Arena on 6/21.

Also announced, Take-chan will host a live broadcast special program before her graduation called "Asamade Nama Takeuchi 2023" (Takeuchi 2023 Live until Morning) on June 11th from 9pm~ till morning.

She has been active not only in idol activities but also in calligraphy, and will graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project at this performance.
This will be the group's first arena performance, and it will be a stage not to be missed by fans and music fans alike.
Don't miss the highly accomplished dance performance and Takeuchi Akari's last performance as ANGERME!

On June 11th, 10 days before the last live concert, from 9:00pm, Takeuchi Akari will be broadcasting another 5-hour variety show "Asamade Takeuchi 2023" (Live until Morning)!
What kind of guests will appear and what kind of frank talk will we hear? Morning Musume. '23 Ishida Ayumi and Kishimoto Yumeno of Tsubaki Factory will also appear again as her assistants!

https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ch/recommend ... t_angerme/