Sasaki Yukari

Sasaki Yukari
Sasaki Yukari (2019)
Name
Kanji	佐々木優佳里
Kana	ささき　ゆかり
Romaji	Sasaki Yukari
Nickname	Yukarun (ゆかるん)
Birth Info
Birthdate	August 28, 1995
Birthplace	Saitama, Japan
Blood type	B
Current Age	29 Years Old
Sizes
Height	158cm
Professional Info
Agency	De-PRO
Social Networks	7gogo / Instagram / SHOWROOM / Twitter / Weibo
Idol Career Info
Group	AKB48
Team	Team 4
Debuted	April 2011 / 12th Generation
Lightstick Colors
Blue	Green

Sasaki Yukari is a member of AKB48's Team 4.

Catchphrase

ゆかるんのピュアな心で、あなたのハートをキャッチしちゃうぞ。

Yukarun no PYUA na kokoro de, anata no HAATO wo KYACCHI shichauzo.

(In Yukarun's pure heart, I'll catch your heart.)

Trivia

• Admired members: Kasai Tomomi, Yokoyama Yui, Kashiwagi Yuki
• Favorite AKB48 stage song: She's gone
• Hobbies: Playing with her dog, listening to music, going shopping, sleeping
• Favorite character: Minnie Mouse
• Favorite colors: Pink, light blue, yellow, white, black
• Favorite drinks: Tea, juice, energy drinks, yogurt drinks
• Disliked drinks: Black coffee
• Favorite foods: Crepes, chocolate chip cookies, popcorn, ramen, tsukemen
• Favorite number: 8
• Favorite animal: Dogs, wild boars (because she was born in the year of the boar)
• Favorite sport: Softball, tennis
• Favorite subjects: Physical education, art, music
• Likes: Disney, horror movies
• Special skill: Calligraphy
• Future ambition: Actress, singer
• Good friends with: Okawa Rio, Ma Chia-Ling
  • She and Okawa are known as the "lonely duo", since both of them are known for their lonely personalities.
  • She and Ma are known as "Chocho", calling each other as "Macha" (for Ma) and "Chocho" (for Yukari).
• She has two brothers and a sister.
• Due to her brothers' influence, she loves video games and often talks about them in SHOWROOM streams.
  • Her favorite video game is MOTHER2. She plays it with her brother.
  • She was also known for playing the AKB48 Official Music Game while the game was still available on the app store, and posting videos on Google+ of herself playing it.
• In middle school she was in her school's tennis club.
• She has a miniature Dachshund dog named Mocha.
• She did not have any dance experience prior to joining AKB48.
• She submitted her AKB48 application just five minutes before the application period ended. Her audition song was "Come Over" by Koda Kumi.
• She made her AKB48 theater debut on May 15th, 2011, in a Zenza Girls performance of Romance Kakurenbo.
• She was a member of the now-inactive Drama Club.
• She wants to visit Italy and France.
• Her catchphrase since debut has been "Happiness!" (in English). In 2015 she often created photo album videos and uploaded them on Google+, calling them "Happiness Videos".
  • She often uses the four-leaf clover emoji alongside "Happiness!". However, she has never found a four-leaf clover in the wild.
• She is known for her "happiness character" personality. Costume designer Kayano Shinobu commented that she appears calm, but has a passionate fighting spirit and is quite positive.
• She is also known to have a good memory. She scored 119 points on the AKB48 Group Center Test in March 2018.
• She has a unique way of sneezing, so much so that "Sasaki Yukari Sneezing" appears as a Google search suggestion in Japanese when typing her name.
• She claims to still believe in Santa Claus, even as an adult.
• She is known to be bad at reading kanji words when browsing the comments of her SHOWROOM live streams.
• She played Eguchi Aimi's voice and body double at the AKB48 First Dome Concert "Yossha~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome".
• In 2013 she appeared in an anti-bullying TV campaign on NHK, and revealed that she had been bullied in primary school. Her classmates had written "DIE" on her desk.
• Despite debuting in May 2011, she did not make her first appearance on AKBINGO! until February 2015.
• She did daily SHOWROOM streams from January 7th, 2018 to July 29th, 2019. She livestreamed 560 days in a row.
• She uses a Sony Xperia XZ1 Android smartphone.
• In May 2020 she was in charge of an AKB48 official channel YouTube video that taught the viewers the choreography of Labrador Retriever, as part of the OUC48 campaign.
• On July 28th, 2021 she was diagnosed with coronavirus. She resumed activities on August 3, 2021.

History

2011

• On February 20th, passed the auditions for AKB48's 12th Generation.
• In April, revealed as an official member.
• On May 15th, had her theater debut for the AKB48 Kenkyuusei Theater no Megami stage, singing Romance Kakurenbo.

2012

• On May 6th, passed the 6th Kenkyuusei Selection.

2013

• On April 28th, the last day of the AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai concert tour, promoted to Shinoda Team A.
• On September 18th, at the 34th Single Janken Senbatsu Tournament, placed 14th and secured her first senbatsu position.
• Released on December 11th, part of her first senbatsu for AKB48's 34th single Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru.

2014

• On February 24th, at the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, moved to Minegishi Team 4.
• On April 24th, was a shonichi member for Team 4's Idol no Yoake stage.
• On June 7th, at the 6th Senbatsu Election, placed for the first time at 47 (Next Girls).

2015

• On March 26th, during the AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015, moved to Yokoyama Team A.
• On August 24th, was a senshuuraku member for Team 4's Idol no Yoake stage.
• On September 18th, was a shonichi member for AKB48's Seishun wa mada owaranai stage.

2016

• On February 10th, was a shonichi member for Team A's M.T ni Sasagu stage.
• On November 16th, performed in the revival of the Himawaragumi stage Boku no Taiyou stage.

2017

• On December 8th, during the AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle, moved to Takahashi Team B.

2021

• On March 30, appeared in the special AKBINGO NEO episode 1 for ranking 9th in the AKB48 no Dobboun! Hitori Jime app event.
• On December 8th, at the AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle, it was announced she would be transferred to Kuranoo Team 4.

2022

• On March 19th, was part of the senshuuraku performance for Team B's Theater no Megami stage.
• On April 19th, officially joined Kuranoo Team 4.
• On May 11th, had her first and only appearance on AKB48, Saikin Kiita? ~Issho ni Nanka Yatte Mimasen ka?~ (AKB48、最近聞いた？～一緒になんかやってみませんか？～).

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

• 4th Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
• 5th Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
• 6th Senbatsu Election - #47 (Next Girls)
• 7th Senbatsu Election - #50 (Future Girls)
• 8th Senbatsu Election - #38 (Next Girls)
• 9th Senbatsu Election - #43 (Next Girls)
• 10th Senbatsu Election - #44 (Next Girls)

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

• 2nd Janken Taikai - Didn't qualify
• 3rd Janken Taikai - Didn't qualify
• 4th Janken Taikai - #14 (Lost to Kikuchi Ayaka)
• 5th Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Goudo Saki)
• 6th Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Takahashi Juri)
• 7th Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Kawamoto Saya)

Team History

AKB48 Kenkyuusei → Team A → Team 4 → Team A → Team B → Team 4

Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on April, 2011

Promoted to Team A on April 28, 2013 (AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai)

Transferred to Team 4 on February 24, 2014 (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri)

Transferred to Team A on March 26, 2015 (AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015)

Transferred to Team B on December 8, 2017 (AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle)

Transferred to Team 4 on April 19, 2022 (Announcement: December 8, 2021 (AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle))

Singles Participation

AKB48 A-Sides

• Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru

AKB48 B-Sides

Ice no Kuchizuke (Flying Get) (Center, as Eguchi Aimi) Tsubomitachi (Kaze wa Fuiteiru) Jung ya Freud no Baai (GIVE ME FIVE!) Mitsu no Namida (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) Ano Hi no Fuurin (Gingham Check) Otona he no Michi (UZA) Watashitachi no Reason (Eien Pressure) Tsuyoi Hana (So long!) Bara no Kajitsu (Sayonara Crawl) LOVE Shugyou (Sayonara Crawl) Kiss made Countdown (Heart Ereki) Himitsu no Diary (Mae Shika Mukanee) Heart no Dasshutsu Game (Labrador Retriever) Hito Natsu no Hankouki (Kokoro no Placard) Ambulance (Kibouteki Refrain) Me wo Aketa Mama no First Kiss (Kibouteki Refrain) Reborn (Kibouteki Refrain) Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo... (Halloween Night)

Yasashii place (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby) M.T. ni Sasagu (Kimi wa Melody) Set me free (Tsubasa wa Iranai) Shinka Shitenee Jan (LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai) Ano Koro no Gohyaku Yen Dama (Negaigoto no Mochigusare) Tomadotte Tameratte (＃SukiNanda) Kimi wa Boku no Kaze (Teacher Teacher) Atarashii Chime (Teacher Teacher) Tomodachi ja nai ka? (Sentimental Train) Ike no Mizu wo Nukitai (NO WAY MAN) Seishun Da Capo (Sustainable) Black Jaguar (Ne mo Ha mo Rumor) Angie (Moto Kare desu) Unmei no Uta (Hisashiburi no Lipgloss) Da Re Da (Doushitemo Kimi ga Suki da) Kimi wa Boku wo Oboeteru ka na? (Idol Nanka Janakattara)

Other Songs

• Hanareteitemo

Albums Participation

AKB48 Albums

• High school days (Koko ni Ita koto)
• Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
• Lemon no Toshigoro (1830m)
• Sakuranbo to Kodoku (1830m)
• Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)
• Kakushin ga Moterumono (Tsugi no Ashiato)
• Bokutachi no Ideology (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!)
• Namida wa ato Mawashi (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!)
• Clap (0 to 1 no Aida)

Units

Stage Units

KKS6 (Boku no Taiyou)

Higurashi no Koi

KKS7 (Pajama Drive)

Temodemo no Namida

Team A Waiting Stage

Kioku no Dilemma (New Units)

43 (Idol no Yoake)

Tengoku Yarou

44 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)

Confession (Under)

A7 (M.T ni Sasagu)

She's gone

SS7 (Thumbnail)

Subete wa Tochuu Keika

SS12 (Boku no Natsu ga Hajimaru)

Saigo ni Ice Milk wo Nonda no wa Itsudarou?

Concert Units

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011

• Glass no I LOVE YOU

Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena

• Ame no Doubutsuen

AKB48 8th Anniversary

• Ice no Kuchizuke

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013

• Ue Kara Mariko

AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2014

Wakayama

• Enkyori Poster
• Seishun no Lap Time
• Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014

• Heavy Rotation

AKB48 Manatsu no Tandoku Concert in SSA 〜Kawaei-san no Koto ga Suki Deshita〜

• Scandalous ni Ikou

Kojimatsuri ～Kojima Haruna Kanshasai～

• Shamu Neko

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018

• Ice no Kuchizuke

AKB48 Tandoku Concert ~Jabajatte Nani?~

• She's gone

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2019

• Ice no Kuchizuke (Center)

AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2019

Osaka

• Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?

Sendai

• Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?

Hiroshima

• Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?

Kanagawa

• MARIA

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020

• Ice no Kuchizuke (Center)

2020 AKB48 shin Unit Live Matsuri Kaisai Kettei no Oshirase

• Hajimete no Jelly Beans
• Mazariau Mono

AKB48 Tandoku Concert 2021 〜Suki Naraba, Suki da to Iou~

• Koike

MX Matsuri! AKB48 60th Single "Hisashiburi no Lipgloss" Announcement Commemoration Concert in Budokan 2022

New Team Concert

• Shower no Ato Dakara

AKB48 Current Team Final Concert 2023 in KT Zepp Yokohama 〜Last mo Genki ni Naru Naru! Egao ni Naru Naru! Kuranoo ni Naru Naru! Team 4!〜

• Kioku no Dilemma

Media Appearances

Variety Shows

• AKBINGO!
• Shukan AKB
• AKB48 no Anta, Dare?
• AKB Kanko Taishi
• AKB48, Saikin Kiita? ~Issho ni Nanka Yatte Mimasen ka?~ (AKB48、最近聞いた？～一緒になんかやってみませんか？～) (2022)

Gallery

Sasaki Yukari 10th Senbatsu Election Poster (2018)

Sasaki Yukari (2018)

Sasaki Yukari 9th Senbatsu Election Poster (2017)

Sasaki Yukari (2017)

Sasaki Yukari 8th Senbatsu Election Poster (2016)

Sasaki Yukari (2016)

Sasaki Yukari (2015)

Sasaki Yukari (2014)

Sasaki Yukari (2013)

Sasaki Yukari (2012)

Sasaki Yukari (2011)