(born May 22, 1992) is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the

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idol group

Berryz Kobo was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maa ...

History

Tokunaga was born in

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, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids audition and became a member of

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...

. She retired from the entertainment industry on February 28, 2021 and around the same timeframe she gave birth to a child.

Hello! Project groups and units

* Hello! Project Kids *

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* H.P. All Stars (2004) *

(2004–present) *

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(2011) * (2012–present)

Discography

Acts

Movies

* ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'' (December 14, 2002) * ''Promise Land ~Clovers no Daibōken~'' (July 17, 2004) * ''

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'' (December 17, 2011)

Radio

* ''Berryz Kobo Kiritsu!'' Rei! Chakuseki! (March 30, 2005 – March 31, 2009) * ''Berryz Kobo Beritsuu!'' (April 10, 2009 – current) (co-host Captain and Sudo Maasa)

Internet

* ''12th Hello Pro Video Chat'' (Hello! Project on Flets) (June 3, 2005)

Solo photobooks

# ''Chinami'' (September 11, 2009,

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, ) # (October 12, 2012,

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, )

References

External links

Official Hello! Project profile
1992 births Living people Berryz Kobo members Hello! Project Kids members Japanese women pop singers Japanese idols Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese child singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers {{Japan-singer-stub