Akari Yura

Akari Yura (Japanese: 由良朱合, Hepburn: Yura Akari; born 12 March 1999) is a Japanese singer, voice actress, and model from Hiroshima Prefecture affiliated with Platinum Production. Wanting to become a Japanese idol since childhood, she was educated at Actor's School Hiroshima and was a member of their idol group Splash [ja]. She spent some time as a member of STU48, before becoming a gravure idol. Since 2022, she has been part of the musical group UniChord in the D4DJ multimedia franchise, which includes portraying the character Kokoa Shinomiya.

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Akari Yura 由良朱合
Born	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 26)
Origin	Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Singer voice actress model
Years active	2014–present
Member of	UniChord
Formerly of	Splash [ja] STU48

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Akari Yura, a native of Hiroshima Prefecture, was born on 12 March 1999,^[1] the second of three siblings.^[2] As a young child, she was a fan of Morning Musume and wanted to become a Japanese idol, and she started taking part in auditions while in sixth grade.^[3] She was educated at Actor's School Hiroshima (ASH), where she was in the same graduating class as future STU48 teammate Chiho Ishida.^[4]

She joined ASH's idol group Splash [ja] in April 2014.^[5]^[6] In November 2017, she was one of the 68 finalists in the third round of the 3rd AKB48 Group Draft Conference,^[7] and in January 2018, she was selected by STU48 in the third round.^[8] In July 2019, she made her STU48 debut in their third single "Daisuki-na hito [ja]",^[9] but left STU48 the next month.^[10]

She made her gravure idol debut in the 18 May 2020 issue of Weekly Playboy,^[1] and she later appeared as the gravure model on the 11 June 2020 issue of Weekly Young Jump.^[11] In July 2020, she announced that she had signed a contract with Platinum Production.^[12] She was an official ambassador at the Tokyo Gravure Idol Festival 2021 Online in October 2021.^[13]

In October 2022, she became part of the D4DJ franchise as Kokoa Shinomiya, one of four members of UniChord.^[14]

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