is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl band AKB48. She debuted in AKB48 in February 2006 as a member of the "Team K". Oku's mother is Japanese and her father is Italian.

She graduated from AKB48 in April, 2011 when she was 15 years old, and left the entertainment industry to focus on her studies. On March 5, 2018, it was announced Oku's belonging to the talent company Flave Entertainment.

Manami Oku

As of January 31, 2020, she no longer belongs to Flave Entertainment as the announcement has been exclusive on her social network.

Manami Oku

Career

Oku was born on November 22, 1995, in Tokyo, Japan. In 2006, she auditioned for AKB48 and was cast to Team K. She was also a member of AKB48's subgroup Honegumi (the group was formed for a kids' TV show in 2007). She was transferred to Team B on August 23, 2009. Oku released a solo single named "Katatsumuri" in 2011. The song was used as the end theme to a NHK Educational TV's anime called Ojarumaru.

Manami Oku

She played minor roles in the AKB48 dramas Majisuka Gakuen (2010) and Sakura Kara no Tegami (2011). Oku graduated from AKB48 in April 2011.

Discography

Solo singles

References

1995 births

AKB48 members

Living people

Singers from Tokyo

Japanese idols

Japanese women pop singers

21st-century Japanese singers

Japanese child singers

21st-century Japanese women singers