Akari Saho was chosen as one of 32 winners from 10,570 applicants in the search for talent for a new trainee group under the Hello!
Akari replaced the graduated member Ayumi Yutoku in Tomoiki Ki Wo Uetai (We Want To Plant Trees) in November 2007, although this group is rarely active.
In late 2008, along with Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda and Kanon Fukuda, Akari became a member of Shugo Chara Egg!, a group formed to sing the opening theme song of the second season of the anime series Shugo Chara!
[7][8] Akari stayed while Ayaka, Yuuka and Kanon left to concentrate on their newly formed group S/mileage.
[9] Akari appeared as one of the backup dancers in three consecutive Erina Mano music videos, "Haru no Arashi",[10] "Onegai Dakara..."[11][12] and "Genkimono de Ikō!
[15] On May 16, 2011, Akari, along with fellow Up-Front Girls member, Minami Sengoku, was added to UFZS, a K-Pop dance cover group.
[16][17] In July, 2011, it was revealed that Akari, along with fellow Up-Up Girls member, Ayano Sato, would make an appearance in a TV drama entitled Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro (勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城).
[18] On August 12, 2011, Takamasa Sakurai Tweeted that Akari, along with former Morning Musume member, Linlin, would be forming a special unit.