Yui Yokoyama

Yui Yokoyama (横山 由依, Yokoyama Yui, born December 8, 1992 in Kyoto) is a singer, actress and member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is the General Manager of the AKB48 Group.. She has served as the captain of [AKB48] Team A, and was a former member of AKB48 sister group NMB48. Since 2011, Yokoyama is also a member of the group Not Yet.

Biography

Yokoyama's first attempt to join AKB48 or a sister group was for SKE48's second generation, but her audition was unsuccessful. She later passed the auditions with AKB48, and became a ninth-generation kenkyusei (trainee) member on September 20, 2009. She was the first of her generation to be promoted, which took place at AKB48 Tokyo Matsuri on October 10, 2010, and where she became a member of Team K.

In 2011, she secured her first participation on an AKB48 single title track by placing 19th in the AKB48 general elections. Her first A-side single was "Flying Get".

In 2012, she placed 15th in the AKB48 general elections.

In the AKB48 Tokyo Dome Concert in 2012, it was announced that Yokoyama would join NMB48 and therefore hold a concurrent position between AKB48's Team A and NMB48. In the same year in November, she sang on the A-side for NMB48's sixth single "Kitagawa Kenji".