is a Japanese actress, singer and model from

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. From 2009 to 2012, she starred in ''Cooking Idol! I! My! Main'' as Main Hiiragi, portraying the character in both animated and live-action segments. Following the series' end, she has starred in multiple television and film projects including ''

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'', '' Coffee & Vanilla'', ''Hitsuji to Ōkami no Koi to Satsu-jin'', and ''

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''. In animation, Fukuhara has provided the voice to Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard in '' Kirakira PreCure a la Mode''. Aside from releasing songs for ''Cooking Idol! I! My! Main'' early in her career, in 2019, Fukuhara released her solo debut single, "Mikanseina Hikari-tachi."

Career

Haruka Fukuhara started working as a child actress from the first grade of elementary school. Since 2009, she plays and voices the leading role of Main Hiiragi in ''Cookin' Idol I! My! Mine!'', a part anime, part live action show on

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. In 2012, she won a grand prix in the 20th audition for the teen fashion magazine ''

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'', in which 9,000 people took part. Since then, she has worked as a model for the magazine. On February 13, 2013, she released her fifth single, titled . The music video for the title track had been already watched 6.8 million times on

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by February 7. The music video is animated. The song by Fukuhara had been already released on a Various Artists' compilation titled ''Nameko no CD'' in July 2012; the song had been also chosen as an ending theme for the musical show on

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Filmography

Live-action

Films

Television

Anime

Films

Television

Discography

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Albums

Singles

Other songs

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