is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of Team M of the

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...

girl group

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Career

Shiroma passed

's first-generation auditions in September 2010, debuting on 9 October 2010 at Tokyo Aki Matsuri. Her stage debut was on 1 January 2011. In March 2011, Shiroma was selected to form Team N. In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced she would be transferred to Team M. In the 2014 general elections, Shiroma ranked for the first time, placing 43rd with 17,745 votes. In September 2014, during

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's 2014 Janken Tournament, it was announced she would be selected for AKB48's 38th single

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. In the same month, it was also announced she and Fuuko Yagura would be the centers for NMB48's 10th single

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. In May 2018, she participated in the reality television series

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and ranked 20th, unable to debut with the show's project group

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. In 2019, her first photobook, "LOVE RUSH", was released. In November 2019, Shiroma acted in ''Battles Withoshut Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen'', a stage adaptation of the ''

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'' yakuza film series. She played the role of Tetsuya Sakai, based on

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's original portrayal. On 2 March 2021, during the finale of the NAMBATTLE project at the Orix Theater, Shiroma announced her graduation from NMB48 – the last first-generation member to do so. Her graduation concert took place at the Osaka Castle Hall on 15 August. She officially graduated from the group on 31 August, with one last performance at the NMB48 Theater. On 14 January 2022, it was announced that Shiroma would make her solo artist debut under

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. Her debut single, "Shine Bright", was released on 6 July and ranked 13th on the weekly ''

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

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. On 25 May 2023, Shiroma was revealed to be a contestant on

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reality program

Queendom Puzzle ''Queendom Puzzle'' () is a 2023 South Korean reality competition show created by Mnet. It premiered on Mnet on June 13, 2023, airing every Tuesday at 22:00 KST. The show concluded on August 15, 2023. The show serves as a spin-off series of ' ...

. On 8 August 2023, she was eliminated and ranked 17th in the show with 290,370 points.

Discography

Singles

Appearances

Stage units

;''NMB48 Team N 1st Stage '' # ;''NMB48 Team N 2nd Stage '' # ;''NMB48 Team N 3rd Stage '' # # # ;''NMB48 Team M 2nd Stage "Reset"'' #

TV variety

* (2012) * (2013– ) * ''

AKBingo! ''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...

'' (2015–2018) * ''

'' (2018) * ''

'' (2023)

TV dramas

* (2015) as Shirogiku * (2015) as Shirogiku * Ep.15 – Hole (2015) * Ep.2 – Forbidden Mischief (2016) as Fumika * (2016), Shirogiku

Movies

* (2013)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiroma, Miru 1997 births Living people Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers Singers from Osaka Prefecture NMB48 members Produce 48 contestants Universal Music Japan artists 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Queendom Puzzle contestants