The face of AKB48, Takahashi Minami, celebrated her 20th birthday on April 8th and on that occasion she finally decided to tackle her first solo pictorial.

Weekly manga magazine "Shonen Champion" had the honor of publishing her very first solo pictorial which also serves as the first of four exclusive, upcoming No Sleeves - a sub-unit of AKB48 - pictorials. The first part of the pictorial is all about Happy Birthday while the rest of the pictures are just Happy with a bit of Lovely.

Furthermore, she talked about a few things related to her birthday.

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Her best birthday memory?
- "Of course the best birthdays are the seitansai (holy birthday) events at AKB48 concerts. They make me so happy <3 (*>U<*)"

The birthday present she liked the most?
- "All the things and letters I received from my fans!! <3"

What does her dream birthday look like?
- "Standing on a stage and getting congratulated by everyone!!"

Her birthday plans this year?
- "I want to do a concert~"

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Her fellow members from her sub-unit also left two short comments.

Kojima Haruna: "Congratulations <3 I'll go and buy this week's edition, too!! Because... we follow Takamina!!"

Minegishi Minami: "She might have a tiny body, but she has a very strong will! We follow Takamina!! Congratulations <3"

Check out her birthday and first solo gravure pictorial below!

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