, 村重杏奈, Murashige An'na, born July 29, 1998 is a Russo-Japanese

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...

and a former member of the idol groups

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

and

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is base ...

represented by

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. She was in Team KIV (formerly in Team H) in HKT48.

Career

On July 10, 2011, Murashige passed the first generation audition for

. She was unveiled along with other HKT48 members on October 23. On November 26, she debuted at the HKT48 Theater. Her catchphrase is in rus, Всем привет. Я вас очень-очень люблю., a=, r=Vsem privyet. Ya vas ochen' ochen' lyublyu. ("Hello to everyone. I love all of you very, very much.") On March 4, 2012, when HKT48's Team H was formed, she was selected as one of its 16 members. On August 17, 2012, she appeared in the TV drama '' Majisuka Gakuen 3''. She was the only HKT48 member to be in it. In June 2014 she placed 67th in the

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 ...

general elections. On September 19, 2021, Murashige announced her graduation from HKT48. Her graduation performance was on December 27.

Personal life

Murashige is the eldest of four, with two sisters and a brother. Her mother came from

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after the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

to work in Japan, where she met Murashige's father, who is Japanese. Her younger sisters Maria and Erika both are child actresses affiliated to the Kyushu division of

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. Murashige has relatives living in Russia. Murashige spoke out against the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

and stated "I think that war should never be done under any circumstances. I wish for early peace from Japan."

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murashige, Anna 1998 births Living people HKT48 members NMB48 members Japanese idols Japanese women singers Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture Japanese people of Russian descent Universal Music Japan artists