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Haruna Iikubo
is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume and former model for the Japanese fashion magazine '' Love Berry''. Biography Early life Haruna Īkubo was born on November 7, 1994, in Tokyo, Japan. 2009–2011: Modelling In 2009, Haruna won a special award at the exclusive auditions for the fashion magazine '' Love Berry''. She first appeared as a model in the June number of the magazine. Since the July issue, Haruna Iikubo adopted the stage name . She "graduated" from ''Love Berry'' (left the project) in the February 2011 number. 2009–2018: Debut in Morning Musume On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of ''Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special'', it was announced that Haruna Iikubo passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Satō and Haruka Kudō, and would be joining Morning Musume. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s in music, 1960s pop music, pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music"), a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s in the Japanese music scene. Japanese rock bands such as Happy End (band), Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-pop was further defined by New wave music, new wave and Crossover music, crossover Jazz fusion, fusion acts of the late 1970s, such as Yellow Magic Orchestra and Southern All Stars. () Popular styles of Japanese pop music include city pop and technopop during the 1970s1980s, and Eurobeat#J-Euro, J-Euro (such as Namie Amuro) and Shibuya-kei during the 1990s and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, it is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia. Nippon Television Holdings is partially owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Morning Musume Members
This page consists of all current and former members of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume. The group is known for their ever-fluctuating line-up, with "graduations" and auditions held nearly every year. Current members 9th generation (2011) * (Will graduate in July 8, 2025) 11th generation (2012) * 12th generation (2014) * * * 13th generation (2016) * 15th generation (2019) * (Hiatus) * * 16th generation (2022) * 17th generation (2023) * * Former members 1st generation (1997) * Yuko Nakazawa * Aya Ishiguro * Kaori Iida * Natsumi Abe * Asuka Fukuda 2nd generation (1998) * Kei Yasuda * Mari Yaguchi * Sayaka Ichii 3rd generation (1999) * Maki Goto 4th generation (2000) * Rika Ishikawa * Hitomi Yoshizawa * Nozomi Tsuji * Ai Kago 5th generation (2001) * Ai Takahashi * Asami Konno * Makoto Ogawa * Risa Niigaki 6th generation (2003) * Miki Fujimoto * Eri Kamei * Sayumi Michishige * Reina Tanaka 7th generation (2005) * Koha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Japanese Actresses
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Japanese Female Models
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Erina Ikuta
is a Japanese pop singer, dancer, actress and former model. She is a ninth generation member of J-pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki and Mizuki Fukumura. On 26 November 2014, she became Sub-Leader of Morning Musume along with member Haruna Ikubo and later on with Ayumi Ishida. On November 30 2023, She became the new Leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project after Mizuki Fukumura graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project. On January 2, Erina Ikuta announced at the opening concert of the Hello! Project 2025 Winter Fes. tour that she will be graduating from Morning Musume '25 and Hello! Project following the group's upcoming spring concert tour. On the same day, she became the first member to have reached a tenure of 14 years in the group. She also said she intends to go solo after her graduation. Biography History Before Ikuta joined Hello! Project, she was a fashion model with Elegant Promotion, and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuki Fukumura
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a former ninth-generation member, leader of the pop group Morning Musume as well as the seventh leader of Hello Project. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known as a member of the second generation Shugo Chara! Egg!, and for her role of Amulet Heart in the live action segment of '' Shugo Chara! Party!''. Career 2006–2010: Auditions, early career and Shugo Chara! Egg! In 2006, a contest for the anime series ''Kirarin Revolution'' titled the "Kirarin Girl Contest 2006" was held. Fukumura, aged 10, entered the contest and came in second place.- As a Hello! Project fan since early childhood, Fukumura had long dreamed of joining Hello Project. Her mother, being supportive, told her about the auditions for Hello! Pro Egg. She passed the audition and became an official member of Hello! Pro Egg on June 22, 2008, along with Rie Kaneko and Akari Takeuchi. The announcement and introduction of the new members was made at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Niigaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after moving there at the age of six. She was one of the longest serving members of Morning Musume, and was the leader of the group from October 2011 to her graduation on May 18, 2012. Biography History Niigaki was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. She was the runner-up for the 'Kiss Girl Audition' in becoming the Tomy image girl before joining Morning Musume. She appeared with the winner Ai Hasegawa in a Tomy Karaoke Machine commercial. In 2001, Niigaki joined Morning Musume as the fifth generation along with Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, and Makoto Ogawa. Morning Musume producer Tsunku said he chose Niigaki because she "shined during the final studio recording" for the audition song that all the finalists had to sing. She debuted and lead on the gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen
is a Japanese television drama series. It ran for 12 episodes. The cast primarily consists of Hello! Project members. The song "Hatsukoi Cider" from Buono!'s single " Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind" was used as the closing theme for the TV series; the opening song is " Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" by Morning Musume. Synopsis In the private school of Machida Special High School of Mathematics, a fight for the "No. 1 Mathematics Boss" breaks out between two high school girls, Nina (Reina Tanaka) and Sayuri (Sayumi Michishige). A male student by the name of Kazuki (Dori Sakurada), who has zero interest in mathematics gets transferred to the school due to a mistake in the handling procedure. Cast ;Class 2A * Reina Tanaka as Nina Machida * Sayumi Michishige as Sayuri Tachikawa * Dori Sakurada as Kazuki Sato * Maimi Yajima as Mami Shibuya * Airi Suzuki as Yuri Uehara ;Recurring * Risa Niigaki as Nagisa Toriumi * Riho Sayashi as Sana Nagata * Maro Kannagi as Umi Yamashita * Meimi Tamura as Riku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
