Li Chun (born January 11, 1988), known professionally as Li Qinyao, is a Chinese actress and former singer. From 2007 to 2010, she was a member of the
Japanese girl group Morning Musume under the stage name .
As an actress, Li has appeared in television and film projects including ''Moon Embracing the Stars'' and ''Eastern Battlefield.''
Career
2007-2010: Morning Musume
In 2006, Li auditioned for ''
Super Girl'', but failed to enter the top 10.
, who planned on expanding
Hello! Project into overseas Asian markets, offered her and the other eliminated ''Super Girl'' contestants an opportunity to enter an audition for
Morning Musume in
Beijing
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China, which was kept secret from the members of Morning Musume themselves.
Li accepted in spite of her family's disapproval due to the Japanese-Chinese tensions.
On March 15, 2007, Li was officially announced as an eighth generation member in Morning Musume as a "foreign exchange student" along with
Lin Lin
Qian Lin (born March 11, 1991), better known in Japan as , is a Chinese singer. She is a former Morning Musume member and leader of the Hello! Project sub-group Shin Minimoni. She was announced to be joining as the eighth generation of Morning ...
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On March 18, 2007, she made her first Japanese television appearance on ''
Hello! Morning'', Morning Musume's variety show. Within the same week, she moved to Tokyo, Japan.
Li made her first stage appearance took place during Morning Musume leader
Hitomi Yoshizawa's graduation concert on May 6, 2007 at
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making ...
. In July 2007, Morning Musume released the single "
Onna ni Sachi Are", Li's first song with the group.
In 2009, Li, along with Morning Musume members
Sayumi Michishige and
Koharu Kusumi
is a Japanese actress, model, television personality, singer, and voice actress. In 2005, she became the only seventh generation member of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume, a part of Hello! Project.
While Kusumi was in Morning Musume, ...
and
Berryz Kobo member
Risako Sugaya, released the song "Sekai wa Futari no Tame ni" as the group
Zoku V-U-Den.
During the final show of Hello! Project's 2010 summer tour on August 8, 2010, Li, along with Lin Lin and
Eri Kamei, announced they would be leaving Morning Musume after the final show of their fall tour, ''Morning Musume 2010 Rival Survival''. Her final single with the group was "
Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game
is the 44th single by J-pop girl group Morning Musume. It is the last single to feature Eri Kamei, Junjun and Linlin prior to their graduation. The single was released in four editions: Limited A, B and C, and normal. The limited editions each ca ...
", which was released on November 17, 2010. Li's final performance with the group took place on December 15, 2010, during which she sang "
Furusato" as her graduation song.
2011-present: Return to China
In late August 2011, she was announced to be cast in a Chinese school-life film "Love for a Second" and as of early September 2011, she was discovered to be enrolling in the famous Beijing Film Academy, studying Performance Arts.
On May 8, 2015, Li announced through her
Weibo account that she would be changing her professional name into "Li Qinyao."
Personal life
On December 26, 2014, Li announced on
Weibo that she had married Chinese music producer Bernard Zheng.
Discography
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
Official blog
{{Authority control
1988 births
Living people
Japanese female idols
Morning Musume members
21st-century Chinese actresses
Chinese expatriates in Japan
V-u-den members
Super Girl contestants
People from Yueyang
Japanese-language singers
Musicians from Hunan