Ai Takahashi
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Image:Takahashi Ai.jpg Ai Takahashi is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project, best known as a member of Morning Musume and its most popular subgroup, MiniMoni. She has one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in the group.
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- Name: Takahashi Ai (高橋愛)
- Nickname: Takitty, Airin, Ai-chan (愛ちゃん), Lovely (ラブリー)
- Birth Date: Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- Birth Place: September 14 1986
- Bloodtype: A
- Height: 153 cm
- Hobby: Classical Ballet
History
Ai Takahashi joined Morning Musume in 2001 as part of the group's fifth generation, along with Makoto Ogawa, Asami Konno and Risa Niigaki. Her debut appearance with the group was on their single "Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no BIG BAND~", and her first appearance on a Morning Musume full-length release was their fifth studio album, the appropriately named No. 5. Her first appearance on a Hello! Project Summer Shuffle release was on the 2002 single "Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam!" under the group name Happy 7.
In 2003, she was tapped to replace Mari Yaguchi in the Morning Musume spinoff group MiniMoni, first appearing in the group's movie MiniMoni Ja Movie: Okashina Daibouken and its accompanying soundtrack. Her most well-known nickname, "Takitty", derived from the catsuit (complete with tail) that she wears in the movie.
That same year, she was part of the Morning Musume splinter group Morning Musume Sakuragumi, which performed mainly slower numbers on its two EP's, Hare Ame Nochi Suki and Sakura Mankai, and the shuffle group 7AIR, an R&B-inspired septet.
Takahashi's vocals became more prominent on the second and final MiniMoni album, MiniMoni Songs 2 (2004), as well as on Morning Musume's singles from their Spring 2004 release "Roman~MY DEAR BOY~" onward. She also had a duet with Tsunku on the remake version of "Love ~since 1999~" on Tsunku's solo album TAKE1.
In 2005, Morning Musume's first single release of the year, "THE MANPOWER!!!", featured Takahashi in a prominent co-lead-vocal role. In the summer of that year, she became part of the 2005 Shuffle Group Elegies.
Appearances
Dorama
[2004] Minimoni. Brementown Musician
Television
[2002] TIN TIN Town </br> [2003] Soreyuke! GOROKKIIZU </br> [2005] Musume DOKYU! </br>
Movie
[2002] Minimoni Jya Movie Okashi na Daibauken
Radio
[2003] MBS Young Town Douyoubi </br> [2004] TBC FUN FIIRUDO MOORETSU MOODASSHU </br>
Book
[2002] 5 - Morning Musume 5ki MENBAA </br> [2002] Morning Musume - Takahashi Ai </br> [2003] Alo Hello! Takahashi Ai </br> [2004] Wataame </br> [2005] Aigokoro </br>
Links
Profile on Hello!Project Website</br> Wiki.theppn: Ai Takahashi</br>
