Akari Uemura

Akari Uemura (植村 あかり) is a Japanese pop singer and idol pop singer signed to Hello! Project as a member of Japanese pop idol group Juice=Juice and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei. She was first introduced at the 2012 March Nama Tamago Show! concert. Her official nickname is Ārī (あーりー).

Uemura is represented by Up-Front Promotion.

Biography
Uemura was recommended to Hello! Project by her aunt and was rejected in the third-order examinations of the 9th Morning Musume Audition. She later had a chance in her audition by taking dance lessons as a trainee in Osaka. Uemura was introduced at the Hello Puro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012: 3-tsuki no Nama Tamago Show! on 31 March 2012. In February 2013, she was chosen as a member of Juice=Juice. In June 2024, she graduated from both Juice=Juice and Hello! Project.

Discography
for Akari Uemura's releases with Juice=Juice, see Juice=Juice.