is a

Japanese pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...

singer and former member of the

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 ...

-associated trio

v-u-den was a Japanese idol girl group associated with Hello! Project. The group was formed in August 2004 and consists of members Rika Ishikawa ( Morning Musume), Erika Miyoshi, and Yui Okada, with Ishikawa being the leader. The group officially dis ...

History

In July 2003, Erika successfully passed the ''Tsunku♂ Produce Hello! Project Shin Unit Audition''. In August 2004, she joined the group called

with former

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

member

Rika Ishikawa , is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as ...

and ''Hello! Project Egg Audition 2004'' winner Yui Okada. In early 2006 she joined the new

kickball team Metro Rabbits H.P. Miyoshi was cast as Kotomi Kanda in the Japanese film '' Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki'', which was released on September 30, 2006.

Appearances

TV shows

Radio

External links

Official Hello! Project profile
* 1984 births Living people Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Sapporo V-u-den members Japanese female idols Japanese actresses {{Hello!Project-stub