Qian Lin (born March 11, 1991), better known in

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as , is a Chinese singer. She is a former Morning Musume member and leader 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 has s ...

sub-group Shin Minimoni. She was announced to be joining as the eighth generation of Morning Musume on March 15, 2007. Along with

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, she is one of the only two members in the history of Morning Musume that are of non- Japanese origin.

Biography

Linlin was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang,

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. In the second grade of

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(1999), she was spotted by a local television station. Since then, she has been active in the entertainment industry, appearing in many television dramas and other shows as a host in

. Through the recommendation of a friend of Tsunku, the producer of

(which Morning Musume is under), Linlin joined

as a part of

Hello! Pro Egg (formerly known as until January 2012) is a pre-debut training group established by Japanese entertainment agency Up-Front Group is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agenc ...

, a training center for practicing singing and dancing. On March 15, 2007, she (along with

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) were officially announced to be joining the eighth generation of all girl J-pop group Morning Musume, as a "foreign student". After seeing her perform at concerts, Tsunku was impressed and believed that she and Junjun would be key for Morning Musume's planned expansion into Asia in 2007. Three days later, on March 18, 2007, she made her

ese television debut on Hello! Morning. Within the same week, she moved to Tokyo,

. After two years performing with Morning Musume, Tsunku announced on his blog that Linlin would become the leader of the new

Minimoni was a sub-unit of the Japanese idol girl groups Morning Musume and Coconuts Musume. It was formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2000 and associated with Hello! Project. The group was founded by Morning Musume members Mari Yaguchi, Nozomi Tsuji, ...

. In the Morning Musume 2010 ~Rival Survival~ fall concert tour, Linlin graduated from Morning Musume and

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 has s ...

along with

and Eri Kamei. Due to her

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from Morning Musume and

, she also left the group

. On August 12, 2011,

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Tweeted that Linlin and the former

member

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, would be forming a special unit. They will be performing a mini live at a Harajuku fashion show in

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, China.

Personal life

On June 25, 2016, Qian revealed on Twitter that she had been married in November 2014 after three months of dating and gave birth to a child in September 2015.

Discography

EPs

References

External links

Qian Lin's official Blog on Sina.com.cn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Qian, Lin 1991 births Japanese female idols Japanese-language singers Chinese pop singers Chinese women singers Living people Chinese expatriates in Japan Morning Musume members Minimoni members Musicians from Hangzhou Japanese-language singers of China