- "We don't fight, we show them our love!"
- —Takamina in Episode 13.
| Shiori Arisawa | |
|---|---|
| Japanese Name | 有沢栞 （ありさわ しおり） |
| Romanized Name | Arisawa Shiori |
| English Name | Shiori Arisawa |
| Statistics | |
| Age | 21 |
| Birthday | January 8th |
| Height | 148.5 cm |
| Homeworld | Sebustar |
| First Appearance | |
| Debut | Episode 1 - Uneraseable Dream |
| Voice Actress/Actor | |
| Japanese Voice | Ryoko Shiraishi |
| English Voice | Cynthia Martinez |
Shiori Arisawa (有沢 栞 Arisawa Shiori), known as Minami Takahashi the 5th (高橋みなみ (たかはし みなみ)), also known as Takamina (たかみな) on Akibastar [1], is one of the current members of AKB0048.
Appearance[]
Takamina in the manga.
Takamina has long, green hair that is split into 2 sections. The front part is short and the back part is long that reaches to her mid-back, which is in a ponytail. She wears a bow in her hair, which she changes the color of depending on what she's wearing. She has green-yellow eyes. Like all members of AKB0048, She has a heart-shaped lining on her hair and eyes.
In the manga, she has long orange-blonde hair that is tied into a high ponytail and brown eyes. Like in the anime, her hair is split into 2 sections. She wears a red ribbon like her anime and AKB48 counterpart.
Personality[]
Takamina is a high-spirited leader who cares deeply about the people she loves and wants to see them succeed more than herself. Being the captain of AKB0048, she is tasked with supporting and guiding the younger generation. She is very aware of her position and uses her wisdom to giving advice to them. Although seen as a friendly yet strong girl who is firm and calm in all situations, Takamina has a weak side that she rarely shows to others, because of that she always hides her anxiety and fear behind her smile and always acts like everything is fine even though she herself is insecure.
Plot[]
Past[]
Takamina likely joined 0048 at the age of 14 and became the 5th Takahashi Minami's successor at 15. Four years ago along with the rest of AKB0048, she held a secret concert in an abandoned mine on Lancastar. The DES tried to stop them, but AKB0048 quickly defeated them before leaving Lancastar. She wields an electrically charged bow in battle, which can also be used as a boomerang to stun her opponents.
To The Auditions[]
4 years later, Takamina and the rest of AKB0048 appeared on a hologram card that Yuka had received, instructing them how to do the auditions.
Later, Takamina and the rest of AKB0048 came to the rescue of the auditioners when the DES took over a ship in order to search and capture the auditioners. They managed to rescue the auditioners, defeat the DES and make an escape on their ship before the DES can catch them.
She leads the attack to rescue the auditioners, and makes an appearance in Episode 3, telling the 77th Generation candidates how to use the showers. She also gives the girls a pep talk before they land on the guerilla planet.
On Akibastar[]
Takamina makes a brief appearance at the start of Episode 5, greeting the 77th generation members and wishing them a good day.
Takamina plays a more prominent role in Episode 6, where she, along with Yukirin and Sayaka, show up to teach the trainees about the handshake events and how important it is to make a good impression, both in terms of looks and personality. She then becomes upset when Sayaka calls her and Yukirin the "Twin Towers of Bad Fashion". She next shows up in the ladies room at practice, where Orine is crying in a bathroom stall after being read by Chieri. Takamina listens to her, and informs her that she also has haters, as all the girls before her who held her name have been captains of the group. Therefore, she has a lot to live up to . Before Orine can ask her more, she bolts into the stall.
Takamina appears again at the Handshake Event, and is later shown riding her jet and tossing Orine her micsaber. She takes Orine's hater out of the arena, and as she does so she smile as she realizes that Orine has finally understood that haters can be as good as fans, as they make you grow as a member.
During Episode 7, Takamina helps to train her named successor, Kanata. It is obvious that Takamina cares for Kanata. After a day of dance practice, a curious Takamina, Yuuko, Yukirin, and Mayuyu follow Tsubasa to the shrine next to the AKB0048 stadium. There, the girls walk through a bamboo forest, and emerge on the other side to a forest of Kirara. Every girl sees the original girl that they all succeed to, except for Takamina, who sees herself, then her original predecessor, and then Kanata. A distraught Tsubasa runs up, and when confronted by the girls, reveals that Takamina is due to graduate and Kanata will soon take her place as Captain of AKB0048.
Takamina make an appereance as main character in Episode 8, which is telling about her inner-conflict about Kanata. If she doesn't graduate, Kanata will never succeed. When Tsubasa said the concert in Tundrastar is canceled, Takamina said the enemy is just small and they will take them out, so they can do concert. She said about AKB0048's real goal and Kanata response her, which Takamina became upset. DES make an attack to the ship, so senbatsu go to war-field. In battle, Takamina loses all of her concentration and is then attacked by DES. After getting back to Katyusha, she has a conversation with Yuuko. As she doesn't want to graduate, which would be destroying Kanata's dream, Yuuko said what's wrong with that, since Kanata is blaming herself for Takamina's injured.
Because of her injuries, Takamina is not allowed to perform at the Tundrastar concert and Kanata is chosen as her stand-in once again. However, she wants to perform and says to Tsubasa that she won't fool herself. At the end of the episode, Takamina said that Takahashi Minami's name will belong to Kanata. In Episode 10, she makes a small appereance because Kanata give her a home-made cookie with Takamina's face on it. Takamina thanks Kanata, which Kanata then cries out of joy. She also makes an appereance in Episode 11, where Kanata changes and prepares to perform at the AKB0048 Stage and asks Kanata if she is jealous because Nagisa is the chosen to sing Nagisa no Cherry in 00 dorm.
In Episode 12, Takamina says that she is ready to graduate after the concert on Lancastar and pass her role on to Kanata. However, in Episode 13, she quickly changes her mind when the Kirara proclaimed her as Takahashi Minami the 5th again.
Season 2 - Next Stage[]
In episode 14, Takamina and the other members attend a sushi party after their concert at Atamistar, and are also surprised when Yuuko declares that she will be the next Center Nova. She then asked Tsubasa about whether the General Election would give Kanata a chance for succession, and she was relieved after Tsubasa said yes. She greeted Yuuko the night before General Election day in episode 16 when she was walking around because couldn't sleep. When Yuuko recalled her memories of the last General Election and said she would not lose to her and would win the General Election and surpass the 13th Acchan, Takamina vows to deafeat her to become good role model for Kanata and to be stay the person she admired. In the Episode 20, Takamina discreetly reveals that Kanata is the successor of Takamina, but Kanata did not understand the meaning of what she was talking about.
Takamina and Yukirin catch up to Yuuko who goes out of practice to get some training for herself in episode 21 and watches her fall from exhaustion. She then said to Yukirin that Yuuko was similar to someone who behaved the same way when they returned to dormitory.
AKB48 Member[]
Minami Takahashi (2015)
Minami Takahashi was born on April 8, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. She was the first captain of Team A and is the first general manager of AKB48. She is also a member of No Sleeves and has a solo career. She is one of the group's founding members and appears as one of the lead vocalists in almost all of AKB48's singles. This could be the reason why her AKB0048 counterpart is featured so prominetly in her performaces, even though she does not hold the title of Center Position. Some interesting facts about Minami: Her motto is "Living life as yourself without question of being bound by anything". One of her aspirations is one day to be a voice actor in anime, and her childhood heroes were the Kakurangers. She rates herself a 3 out of 10, as she does not see herself as extemely feminine or having many excellent qualities guys look for in a girl. Her most famous quote is "Hard work will definitely be rewarded".
On December 8th 2014, she announced that she will be graduating from AKB48 on the groups' 10th anniversary, December 8th 2015.
Etymology[]
- The name Shiori means "bookmark" (栞).
- Shiori's surname Arisawa means "exist" (有) (ari) and "marsh" (沢) (sawa).
Trivia[]
- The real life Takamina considers her trademark to be her hairbow, which is the reason for her AKB0048 counterpart wielding an electric hairbow as her primary weapon.
- Takamina is the shortest member of AKB0048.
- Shiori is the 5th person to hold the name of Minami Takahashi where she has been Takamina for at least 7 years. [2]
- Takamina is the captain of AKB0048, as have all the girls before her who held her name.
- Takamina is the second character that make an appearance in all of the episodes except for Episode 4, but her voice is still heard in a cookies advertisement.
- Takamina has her own Kirara, which has a hairbow that resembles to Takamina's.
- In Episode 17, Takamina ranked 2nd at the General Elections, but she was ranked 1st in the early rankings.
- Takamina does not like peppers.
- In Episode 25, it is revealed that Takamina has a younger brother back home where it is assumed that he plays soccer on Sebustar.
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