is a Japanese recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the

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AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

. She was born in

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Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled " Dear J", which was followed the same year by "

Fui ni is the second solo single by Tomomi Itano (a Japanese idol, a member of AKB48). It was released in Japan on July 13, 2011, on the label You, Be Cool! (a subsidiary of King Records). The physical CD single reached first place in the Japanese Or ...

" (number 1 in Japan), and later by " 10nen Go no Kimi e" (2012) and " 1%" (2013).

Life and career

2005–2013: Early career beginnings and AKB48

In 2005, Itano joined the

as part of the first team, Team A. She also modeled for the women's fashion magazine ''

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'', and released her first photo book titled ''T.O.M.O.row'' in April 2009. In early 2010, she played Shibuya in

's TV Tokyo drama ''

Majisuka Gakuen (lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48. The first season aired in 2010 on TV Tokyo. A second season Majisuka Gakuen 2 was aired the following year. Th ...

''. She had a recurring role on ''

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'' as Queen, alongside fellow AKB48 performer

Tomomi Kasai is a Japanese singer, actress and a former member of the idol group AKB48, belonging to Team A. She had a recurring role on ''Kamen Rider W'' as Elizabeth, alongside group member Tomomi Itano. Together, they make up the sub-unit Queen & Elizab ...

, until the show ended in late 2010. Together, they made up the sub-unit Queen & Elizabeth. In AKB48's 2010 general election, she placed fourth overall.

2010-2013: Solo Singles and Majisuka Gakuen 2

Itano released her first single, " Dear J", on January 26, 2011. It reached number 1 on the Oricon daily ranking and number 2 on the Oricon weekly ranking, selling 204,981 copies. In April, she reprised her role as Shibuya in ''Majisuka Gakuen 2''. Her first digital single "Wanna Be Now" reached number 2 on Recochoku's daily charts and number 6 on the weekly charts. She placed eighth overall in AKB48's 2011 general election held in June. Her second single, "

", was released on July 13 and sold 90,103 copies, and reached number one on the

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weekly chart. In 2012, Itano was cited as the "Queen of TV commercials" for having more contracts with companies than any other female ''

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'' (although her count of 20 was technically a tie with those of fellow AKB48 member

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2013: Graduation from AKB48 and new beginnings

On February 1, 2013, during an AKB48 stage greeting, Itano announced she was leaving the group. She released her fourth solo single, " 1%", on June 12. The title track was used in television commercials for Samantha Vega. The music video was shot in New York, and includes an appearance by the American actress and model

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. Itano had her farewell "graduation" ceremony at the Tokyo Dome on August 25, – sources Mantan web 2013-08-25 and a follow-up performance on August 27 at the AKB48 Theater; the performance was streamed live by Nico Nico Namahousou. Her graduation song is "Saigo no Door", which was released as a B-side on one of the editions of AKB48's single "

Koisuru Fortune Cookie is the 32nd music single, single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 21, 2013. The single contains graduation songs for Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano. The song has been recorded by AKB48's international si ...

2014–present: Solo career success

In an interview with Japanese entertainment website Nihongogo, Itano shared her thoughts on transitioning to a solo artist "In a group you perform as a unit with each member playing a certain character role, however as a solo artist you have to be able to play all the roles at once. You have to take on the roles of being cool, sexy, and cute and although it’s definitely a challenge, it’s something I have to strive for achieving." In July 2014, Tomomi Itano made her U.S. performance debut at

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for J-POP Summit Festival 2014. Tomomi Itano has been cast the lead role of a Japanese foreign student based in

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alongside Taiwanese singer-actor Dino Lee in the Chinese romance movie Raincoat (雨衣), as revealed in a press conference the duo appeared in on 29 September 2015. The projected 2-month filming period for the movie that takes place in

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and

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is ongoing. The film is expected for a release in Spring 2016 in three countries.

Discography

Studio albums

# '' Swag'' (July 2, 2014) # '' Get Ready'' (November 2, 2016)

Extended plays

# '' Loca'' (October 16, 2019)

Singles

* RIAJ Digital Track Chart was cancelled in July 2012.

Additional digital singles

* "Wanna Be Now" (May 11, 2011) * (June 1, 2011) * "Clone" (March 28, 2012) * ”1%” (Dance Trial Edit) (May 15, 2013) * “BRIGHTER” (December 4, 2013) * “Crush” (June 18, 2014) * ”COME PARTY” (December 10, 2014) * “HIDE AND SEEK” (April 13, 2016) * “OMG” (October 26, 2016) * “Imagination Game” (July 25, 2018) * (August 7, 2019)

Singles with AKB48

AKB48

Theater performances

With AKB48

;Team A 1st Stage # # ;Team A 2nd Stage # # # # ;Team A 3rd Stage # # ;Team A 4th Stage # Faint ;Himawarigumi 1st Stage # # ;Himawarigumi 2nd Stage # Confession ;Team A 5th Stage # ;Team K 6th Stage "Reset" #

As AKB48 subunits

* Honegumi from AKB48 * Natto Angels * Queen & Elizabeth * Team Dragon from AKB48 * AKB Idoling !! !

Filmography

Movies

* ''

Densen Uta is a 2007 Japanese satiric Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by Masato Harada. Many of the cast are members of the AKB48 idol girl group. Synopsis Anzu Natsuno ( Yuko Oshima), a student at an all-girl high ...

'' (2007) * '' Ai Ryutsu Centre'' (2008) * '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010'' (2009) as Queen * '' Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate'' (2010) as Queen * '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core'' (2010) as Queen * '' Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono (2013) * ''The Virgin Psychics'' (2015) as Eri * ''The Stare'' (2016) * ''Raincoat'' (2016) * ''星くず兄弟の新たな伝説'' (2018) * ''Imagination Game'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Prison 13'' (2019) * ''Katsu Fūtarō!!'' (2019)

Dramas

* ''

'' (TV Asahi, 2009) (as Queen) * ''

'' (TV Tokyo, 2010) (as Shibuya) * '' Sakura kara no Tegami'' (NTV, 2011) (as herself) * ''

Majisuka Gakuen 2 (lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48. The first season aired in 2010 on TV Tokyo. A second season Majisuka Gakuen 2 was aired the following year. ...

'' (TV Tokyo, 2011) (as Shibuya) * ''

So Long! "So Long!" (stylized as "So long !" with a space before the exclamation mark) is the 30th major single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It is also AKB48's sixth cherry blossom-themed single, and its first single of 2013. This single was rele ...

'' (NTV, 2013) * '' Bad Boys J'' (NTV, 2013) (as Nakai Kaori) * '' Cook Keibu'' (TBS, 2016) * '' FRINGE-MAN'' (TV Tokyo, 2017) * '' Mikaiketsu'' (TV Asahi, 2018)

Radio

* AKB48 (2007-10-15, JOQR-AM) * (2008-04-07 – present, JOKR-AM) * (2010-04-09 –, JOLF-AM)

References

External links

*
Tomomi Itano
on King Records
Tomomi Itano
on Ameba
Tomomi Itano (English page)
on

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