Ichikawa Manami

Name

Ichikawa Manami

Ichikawa Manami (2019)


Kanji	市川愛美
Kana	いちかわまなみ
Romaji	Ichikawa Manami
Nickname	Manami (まなみ)

Birth Info

Birthdate	August 26, 1999
Birthplace	Tokyo, Japan
Blood type	A
Current Age	25 Years Old

Sizes

Height	157cm

Professional Info

Agency	**
Social Networks	7gogo / Instagram / Twitter

Idol Career Info

Former Group	AKB48
Former Team	Team K
Debuted	May 2013 / 15th Generation
Graduated	August 2023

Ichikawa Manami was a member of AKB48's Team K.

1 Trivia
2 History
- 2.1 2013
- 2.2 2014
- 2.3 2015
- 2.4 2016
- 2.5 2017
- 2.6 2019
- 2.7 2021
- 2.8 2022
- 2.9 2023
3 AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
4 AKB48 Janken Tournaments
5 Team History
6 Singles Participation
- 6.1 AKB48 B-Sides
- 6.2 Other Singles
7 Albums Participation
- 7.1 AKB48 Albums
8 Units
- 8.1 Stage Units
- 8.2 Concert Units
9 Media Appearances
- 9.1 Variety Show
10 Gallery

Trivia

Admired members: Itano Tomomi
Favorite artist: World Order
Favorite food: Takikomi rice
Favorite member: Takashima Yurina
Favorite subject: English
Good friends with: Fukuoka Seina, Takita Kayoko
Future ambition: Choreographer
She was born a premature baby only less than 5 lbs in weight, and was placed in an incubator right after birth.
She has three brothers.
She has a pet dog named "Azuki" and a pet hedgehog named "Daifuku".
She was a poor student in school, and often fell asleep in class. Her weakest subject was math. She is also famously bad at calligraphy.
She enrolled in university in April 2018.
She is known for her sharp dance skills, and has been learning dance for many years.
She is good at English. She has been learning English since 2005, and says she can understand 80% of spoken conversational English when foreigners speak to her at handshake events.
She is also known for her athletic ability, and can pitch a baseball across 35m.
She likes to make people laugh and is good at making funny faces.
She is a member of the unofficial "Aoichigo" sub-unit with Fukuoka Seina, Komiyama Haruka and Yumoto Ami.
She was often gifted clothes by Kawaei Rina.
She loves skincare products. She said that after she became a university student her skin started feeling rough, and she now aims to spend an hour every day on skincare.
She likes other idol groups such as Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku and Momoiro Clover Z.
If she could have a concurrent position, she would like to be in Team 8 or HKT48.
She adores Hotei Moka. She likes Moka's face, and cashed in "Dobon" on SHOWROOM to contribute points to Moka's SHOWROOM stream.
She finished in 81st place on Produce 48.
She was a member of the omurice team in the AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu Competition.
For the year 2022 she had the most AKB48 Theater performances of any member, at 82 performances and 1 guest appearance.
When she announced her graduation, she explained that she felt bad towards her family for having been an idol while living with them as she worried it inconvenienced them. For example, her family had to make sure to be quiet and not to come into her bedroom while she was streaming on SHOWROOM, and Manami felt they had to sacrifice a lot to support her. She also felt she owed it to them to appear in magazines or on TV, but as a non-senbatsu member, she never achieved this and felt she let her family down.

History

2013

In April, joined AKB48 as a member of its 15th Generation.
On May 1st, had her theater debut for the Team B 1st Waiting Stage as a background dancer.
On June 5th, it was announced that the Kenkyuusei would have their own concert, Oshimen Hayai Mono Gachi.
On June 6th, she had her theater debut as a singer for Pajama Drive.

2014

On February 24th, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, promoted to Takahashi Team A.
On May 2nd, appeared on Team A's Renai Kinshi Jourei stage for the first time.
On August 26th, had her first appearance on AKBINGO!.

2015

On March 26th, at the AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015, it was announced she would be transferred to Minegishi Team K.
On October 7th, appeared in the AKB48 show AKB Horror Night Adrenaline no Yoru.
On December 9th, was part of AKB48's special stage Boku ga Koko ni Iru Riyuu.
On December 17th, was part of the revival of Team K's Saishuu Bell ga Naru stage.

2016

On February 18th, was part of the Takahashi Minami produced stage "Ichigochanzu".
On February 20, was part of the Takahashi Minami produced stage "Dance Senbatsu".

2017

On February 28, appeared in the shonichi performance of AKB48's special stage Minerva yo, Kaze wo Okose.
On August 16, appeared in the shonichi performance of AKB48's special stage Sekai wa Yume ni Michite Iru.
On September 24, participated in the AKB48 Group Unit Janken Tournament 2017 together with Yumoto Ami and Tano Yuka with the unit name "Dancing Cats."
On December 8th, at the AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle, it was announced she would be stay with Komiyama Team K.

2019

On February 19th, had her last appearance on AKBINGO!.

2021

On December 8th, at the AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle, it was announced she would stay with Taguchi Team K.
On March 31st, was part of the senshuuraku performance for Team K's RESET stage.

2022

On April 25th, was part of the shonichi performance for Team K's Saka Agari stage.
On April 19th, officially joined Taguchi Team K.
On December 2nd, had her first appearance on AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san <small<(AKB48サヨナラ毛利さん)</small>.

2023

On June 6th, announced her graduation.
On August 31st, graduated from AKB48.
- Owada Nana was scheduled to appear as a special guest and perform Glory days with Manami and Mukaichi Mion, however, shortly before the performance, management changed the rule and banned graduates from appearing at theater performances.