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Kayano Masuyama
The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get older, they "graduate" from the group, and are replaced by members promoted from the trainees. Others have dropped out of the group without any graduation. Yuki Usami was the first member to graduate from the group on March 31, 2006. Alumnae are presented with the years in which they were on the AKB48 rosters. The list does not include the AKB48 sister group members who were not part of AKB48 proper but might have participated on their singles, events and albums. It also does not include the girls who were exclusively temporary, such as Baito AKB48, unless notable. A * Mei Abe (2014–2017) * Maria Abe (2010–2017) * Moe Aigasa (2011–2017) * Sayaka Akimoto (2006–2013) C * Rina Chikano (2007–2014) * Kurena Cho (2014–2019) D * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining a parasocial relationship with a financially loyal consumer fan base. Japan's idol industry first emerged in the 1960s and became prominent in the 1970s and 1980s due to television. During the 1980s, regarded as the "Golden Age of Idols", idols drew in commercial interest and began appearing in commercials and television dramas. As more niche markets began to appear in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it led to a significant growth in the industry known as the "Idol Warring Period." Today, over 10,000 teenage girls in Japan are idols, with over 3,000 groups active. Japan's idol industry has been used as a model for other pop idol industries, such as K-pop. Sub-categories of idols include gravure idols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Iriyama
is a Japanese actress and YouTuber who has bases of operations in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was part of the cast for the telenovela ''Like'' and lived in Mexico from 2018 to 2019. Career Anna Iriyama started her career in the entertainment industry when in March 2010 she passed the 10th generation audition for the trainee section of the girl group AKB48. She debuted with AKB48 in June of the same year when she started performing in the AKB48 Theater. She participated in that year's AKB48 general elections, but did not rank. In July 2011, she was promoted to AKB48's Team 4, thus becoming a full member of AKB48. On December 17, 2011, Iriyama and two other AKB48 members, Ami Maeda and Rena Katō, held a large autograph-signing event in Hong Kong. The venue was packed with 6,000 people. In 2012, on the AKB48 single "Manatsu no Sounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryoha Kitagawa
is a Japanese singer, model, and music producer. She is a former member of the idol groups SKE48 and AKB48, where she was a member of Team S and Team 4, respectively. She is the producer of the Nagoya-based idol group Onegai! Full House, which debuted in September 2021. Career Kitagawa passed SKE48's 6th generation auditions on January 1, 2013. Her debut was on February 28, 2013. Her debut stage performance was on April 20, 2013, at SKE48's Kenkyuusei Stage. In July 2013, together with Mako Kojima, Nana Okada, Miki Nishino, Nagisa Shibuya, Meru Tashima and Mio Tomonaga, they formed the sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!. Kitagawa's first SKE48 Senbatsu was for the single Sansei Kawaii!. In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced that Kitagawa would be promoted to SKE48's Team S. On November 2, 2014, during SKE48's Request Hour Setlist Best 242 2014, SKE48's 16th single 12 Gatsu no Kangaroo was performed and Kitagawa and Ami Miyamae were the centers. This is the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayaka Kikuchi (singer)
is a Japanese singer, actress, former model and a former member of idol group AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it .... She was fired after it was revealed that she broke the "boyfriends prohibited" policy of her management agency. She was a member of Team B and had returned to AKB48 as one of the seventh generation AKB48 Research Students, later Team K and finally Team A. Profile *Height: (2013) *Agency: Discography Singles Albums Stage Filmography TV dramas Variety Anime television Films Stage Radio Advertisements Video games Music videos Bibliography Magazine Calendars References External links * (8 July 2013 – 21 December 2014) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kikuchi, Ayaka Japanese idols Japanese women singers Japanese female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saya Kawamoto
is a Japanese tarento and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team 4 and was in JKT48's Team T due to a member exchange program that happened between 15 September and 19 October 2018. Biography Pre-AKB48 Kawamoto was born in Betsukai, Hokkaido on 31 August 1998. She is a big fan of Haruka Shimazaki. Before Shimazaki, Kawamoto admired Atsuko Maeda. When Kawamoto applied for the AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi, she admired Mako Kojima. AKB48 career Kawamoto debuted on 22 September 2013 at the first AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi. During the Draft on 10 November, Kawamoto was picked to join AKB48's Team B. SKE48's Team S, SKE48's Team KII, SKE48's Team E and HKT48's Team H. Through lottery, it was decided that Kawamoto would join AKB48's Team B. She later admitted it was the team she wanted to join the most. Kawamoto debuted in AKB48 Team B's stage on 7 March 2014, performing "Avocado Janeshi". On 26 March 2015, it was announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nozomi Kawasaki
is a Japanese ''tarento'' and gravure idol who is a former member of the idol group AKB48 under Team A. Kawasaki is the representative director of the Anti Minns Corporation. Kawasaki's husband is ''tarento'' and model Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al .... As an AKB48 member Single A-sides participated in Other songs participated in Stage units Publications Videos (Her works with AKB48 are excluded) Filmography TV programmes Current appearances Former appearances Films Stage Radio Advertisements Internet Bibliography Photobooks Essays Trading cards References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawasaki, Nozomi Japanese idols Japanese businesspeople Japanese women singers AKB48 members Actresses from Kanagawa Prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Kawaei
Rina or RINA may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Rina (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kento Rina, Indian politician * Mahfuza Rahman Rina, Bangladeshi politician * Tongam Rina (born 1979), Indian journalist and human rights activist * Ita Rina, stage name of Yugoslav actress Tamara Đorđević (1907-1979) * Rina (rapper), Kosovo-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter Rina Balaj * A member of South Korean girl group Weki Meki * Rina (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler Acronyms * Recursive Internetwork Architecture, a computer network architecture proposed as an alternative to the TCP/IP model * Registro Italiano Navale, the Italian shipping register * Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London Other uses * ''Rina'' (EP), the debut extended play by British-Japanese singer Rina Sawayama * ''Rina'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela, or its main character * Hurricane Rina (2011), which made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Kato
is a Japanese tarento, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, and was in Team A. She was also a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named AnRiRe. Formed in 2012, the trio released their first and only single "Ikujinashi Masquerade" with Rino Sashihara from HKT48, charting at number one in Japan. Biography Kato was born on July 10, 1997, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, she appeared in many magazines as a model, and subsequently joined AKB48, aspiring to become a famous model someday. She joined AKB48 to pursue that dream, with the encouragement of her friends. Kato participated in the 10th-generation auditions held by AKB48, and joined as a ''kenkyuusei'' trainee in March 2010. She officially participated on AKB48 singles on Chance no Junban's coupling song, titled "Fruits Snow", as part of Team Kenkyusei. On December 17, 2011, Rena Katō, together with two other membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Katayama
, is a Japanese actress and ''tarento'' who is a former member of the idol group AKB48's team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, maki .... She debuted in 2007 with team B, joined team A in 2010, and returned to team B in 2012. Katayama is represented with Irving. AKB48 appearances Singles Stage units Publications Videos Filmography TV dramas Variety Other TV programmes Films Anime television Stage Advertisements Radio Video games Internet Events Bibliography Calendars References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Katayama, Haruka AKB48 members Japanese idols Japanese women singers Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese stage actresses Japanese voice actresses Actors from Aichi Prefecture 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomomi Kasai
is a Japanese singer, actress and a former member of the idol group AKB48, belonging to Team A. She had a recurring role on ''Kamen Rider W'' as Elizabeth, alongside group member Tomomi Itano. Together, they make up the sub-unit Queen & Elizabeth. On November 10, 2012, it was announced she would be making her solo debut. On November 25, Kasai performed her solo song for the first time, the title announced as . It was released on December 26. On December 17, Kasai announced that she would leave the group. Her farewell ceremony was on May 3, 2013. Personal life She is the younger sister of former singer Rion Kasai. On May 15, 2021, Kasai announced her marriage to acrobat gymnast and actor Keita Koyama. She gave birth to their first child, a daughter in 2022. Discography Solo singles * (2012) - Sales: 44,982 * "Mine" (2013) - Sales: 22,417 * (2014) - Sales: 13,697 * (2014) - Sales: 7,152 Albums * "STAR-T!" (2017) - Sales: 3,000 With AKB48 With SKE48 as Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Izuta
is a Japanese singer and a member of the Thai idol girl group CGM48. She is also the first and current general manager of the group. She is a former member of AKB48 and BNK48. Career Izuta was born in Saitama Prefecture, and joined AKB48's 10th generation lineup in March 2010. In June 19th 2010 she was drafted into the Kenkyusei (research members) position within the group. In June 24th 2012 she is promoted being a members of Team Unknown and later moved to Team A in August 2012. After staying as Team A member, on 2014 at AKB48's Group Grand Reformation Festival she was moved to the group Team B. On 2015 she is moved to Team 4. In July 2017 she was fully transferred to newly formed AKB48 overseas sister group BNK48. In the same year she got her first senbatsu position for the Thai version of "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" and was also promoted to the formation of BNK48's Team BIII. In January 2019 Izuta ranked #21 at her group single election. This also marked her first positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Iwata
is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A. Biography Iwata was born on May 13, 1998 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Her mother is Miwa Sugawara, who works as a TV personality in Sendai. As a child, Iwata and her mother appeared in local information programs together, and musicals. She auditioned for AKB48, but the Tōhoku earthquake struck just before the final screening and she was affected by the disaster, so she considered withdrawing from the audition. However, the auditions were postponed, so Iwata continued to participate and was selected to join the group as a 12th kenkyusei (trainee) in April 2011. In December 2011, Iwata auditioned for a role in the TV animated series ''AKB0048'' and was selected to play the main character, Nagisa Motomiya. As part of the anime project, she sang with eight other AKB48 members in the subunit No Name on the show's theme songs. In March 2012, during the Saitama Super Arena concert, Iwata was one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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