Akari Uemura (植村 あかり, Uemura Akari, born 30 December 1998,^[1] in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)^[1] 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.

Uemura was recommended to Hello! Project by her aunt and was rejected in the third-order examinations of the 9th Morning Musume Audition.^[3] She later had a chance in her audition by taking dance lessons as a trainee in Osaka.^[4][5] Uemura was introduced at the Hello Puro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012: 3-tsuki no Nama Tamago Show! on 31 March 2012.^[6] In February 2013, she was chosen as a member of Juice=Juice.^[4]

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