Yui Yokoyama
Yui Yokoyama is a singer, actress and member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was the second 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 was 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 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 "Everyday, Katyusha".
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".
In 2013, she placed 13th in the AKB48 general election and third in its rock-paper-scissors tournament. On April 28, 2013, NMB48 revoked her concurrency and she remained in AKB48.
On December 8, 2014, it was revealed that Yokoyama would succeed Minami Takahashi's job as the General Director of AKB48 after Takahashi's leaving. With the graduation of Minami Takahashi scheduled on April 8, 2016, Yui became the current "Soukantoku" on December 8, 2015 during the 10th anniversary stage of AKB48 Theater.
On March 31, 2019, Yokoyama stepped down from the position of General Manager and became a regular member. Mion Mukaichi officially assumed the title the next day. Yui Yokoyama's birthday coincides with AKB48's anniversary.
Discography
Singles with AKB48
| Year | No. | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | 16 | "Ponytail to Shushu" | Theatre Girls | Sang "Boku no Yell" |
| 2010 | 19 | "Chance no Junban" | Team K | Sang "Alive" |
| 2011 | 20 | "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" | Under Girls | Sang "Gūzen no Jūjiro" |
| 2011 | -- | "Dareka no Tame ni - What can I do for someone?" | -- | charity single |
| 2011 | 21 | "Everyday, Katyusha" | A-side | Sang "Korekara Wonderland" & "Yankee Soul" |
| 2011 | 22 | "Flying Get" | A-side | Also Sang "Yasai Uranai" & "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" |
| 2011 | 23 | "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" | A-side | |
| 2011 | 24 | "Ue kara Mariko" | Team K | Sang "Noël no Yoru" & "Zero-sum Taiyō" |
| 2012 | 25 | "Give Me Five!" | A-side | Also sang "Hitsujikai no Tabi" as Special Girls B. |
| 2012 | 26 | "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" | A-side | Also sang on "Gugutasu no Sora" & "Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa..." |
| 2012 | 27 | "Gingham Check" | A-side | |
| 2012 | 28 | "Uza" | A-side | Also sang "Kodoku na Hoshizora" |
| 2012 | 29 | "Eien Pressure" | A-side | Also sang "Totteoki Christmas", " HA!" as NMB 48. |
| 2013 | 30 | "So Long!" | A-side | Also sang on "Ruby" as Team A. |
| 2013 | 31 | "Sayonara Crawl" | A-side | Also sang on "Ikiru Koto" as Team A. |
| 2013 | 32 | "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" | A-side | Ranked 12th in 2013 General Election. Also sang on "Namida no Sei Janai" and "Saigo no Door". |
| 2013 | 33 | "Heart Electric" | A-side | Also sang on "Kisu made Countdown" as Team A. |
| 2013 | 34 | "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru" to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nan-nichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono" | B-side | Sang on "Mosh & Dive" and "Party is over". |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 35 | "Mae shika Mukanee" | A-side | |
| 2014 | 36 | "Labrador Retriever" | A-side | Also sang "Itoshiki Rival" as Team K. |
| 2014 | 37 | "Kokoro no Placard" | A-side | Ranked 13th in 2014 General Election. Also sang "Sailor Zombie". |
| 2014 | 38 | "Kibōteki Refrain" | A-side | Also sang "Hajimete no Drive" as Team K. |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 39 | "Green Flash" | A-side | Also sang "Majisuka Fight", "Haru no Hikari Chikadzuita Natsu", Hakimono to Kasa no Monogatari. |
| 2015 | 40 | "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" | A-side | Also sang "Barebare Bushi" as Wonda Senbatsu & "Kimi no Dai Ni Shō" & "Deai no Hi, Wakare no Hi". |
| 2015 | 41 | Halloween Night | A-side | Ranked 10th in 2015 General Election. Also sang "Ippome Ondo", "Yankee Machine Gun", and "Gunzou". |
| 2015 | 42 | Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby | A-side | Also sang "365 Nichi no Kamihikōki", Senaka Kotoba", and "Yasashii place". |
| 2016 | 43 | "Kimi wa Melody" | A-side | Marked as the 10th Anniversary Single. Also sang "Mazariau Mono" as NogizakaAKB and "M.T ni Sasagu" as Team A. |
| 2016 | 44 | "Tsubasa wa Iranai" | A-side | Also sang "Set me free" as Team A. |
| 2016 | 45 | "LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai" | A-side | Also sang on "Hikari to Kage no Hibi" which she is Double Center with Sayaka Yamamoto and "Black Flower". |
| 2016 | 46 | "High Tension" | A-side | Also sang on "Better" as 9th Generation. |
| 2017 | 47 | "Shoot Sign" | A-side | |
| 2017 | 48 | "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" | A-side | Also sang on "Anogoro no Gohyaku Yen Dama". |
| 2017 | 49 | "#Sukinanda" | A-side | Ranked 7th in 2017 General Election. Also sang on "Give Up wa Shinai" as Tofu Pro-Wrestling. |
| 2017 | 50 | "11gatsu no Anklet" | A-side | Also sang on "Yosōgai no Story". |
Singles with NMB48
| Year | No. | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | 6 | "Kitagawa Kenji" | A-side | Also sang "Hoshizora no Caravan" with Shirogumi. |
| 2013 | 7 | "Bokura no Eureka" | B-side | Sang on "Todokekana Soude Todoku Mono" although concurrency as NMB member is removed. |
Not Yet singles
- "Shūmatsu Not Yet"
- "Naminori Kakigōri"
- "Perapera Perao"
- "Suika Baby"
- "Hirihiri no Hana"
Appearances
Variety shows
- AKBingo!
- Naruhodo High School
- NMB Genin!!
TV dramas
- , Chisa Furugōri
- Cabasuka Gakuen, Otabe
- Tofu Pro-Wrestling, Yui Yokoyama/Long-Speech Yokoyama
Films
- NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Owarai Seishun Girls!, herself
- Yume wa Ushi no Oishasan, narration
- NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Returns Sotsugyō! Owarai Seishun Girls!! Aratanaru Tabidachi, cameo
Photobooks
- Yuihan