, known by her birth name is a Japanese

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and former singer and actress. She debuted in August 2001 with the girl group

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and participated in musical projects within

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. After leaving the group on March 31, 2011, she became a television presenter for

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. Her husband is Japanese baseball player

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Biography

Konno joined the group

in 2001. She passed the audition in although it has been called mediocre by the judge of the audition. She debuted on the group's thirteenth single, " Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)," released on October 31, 2001. Her first album appearance was the fourth album '' 4th Ikimasshoi!'', released on March 27, 2002. In May of the same year, Konno was unexpectedly given the lead role for the second half of Morning Musume's annual play, '' Morning Town''. In the summer of that year, she also debuted in a shuffle unit, as part of

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. She was separated from all the other fifth generation members, who were in Happy 7. Later in September, all the fifth generation members were placed into a

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. Along with fellow member

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and

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Konno was put into

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as the third generation. They only released one single. Konno starred in a drama entitled ''

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'' which was released in 2002. 2003, she was placed into Sakuragumi. Konno became one of its founding members, and remained with the unit until her graduation. In July of the same year, she was added into Japanese idol pop band

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. Under this new formation, named "Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto", three singles were released. She also made a guest appearance in a drama, '' Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 2'' that year, as a hit-and-run victim's sister. In late 2004, Tsunku's chose to give Konno the main vocals for " Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago". In March 2006, she proved her athletic abilities by placing first in the 1500 meter race at Hello! Project's 2006 sports festival in the time of six

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s and thirteen

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s, getting her the

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award. On July 23, 2006, Konno graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project to continue her studies at a university. The last single and album she participated in were "

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" and ''

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''. The news of Konno's acceptance to

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was announced on December 11, 2006. On December 28, 2006, she confirmed these claims personally, in a message posted on the main Hello! Project website. Although she was officially no longer part of Hello! Project at the time, on January 28, 2007, she appeared on stage at Hello! Project's 10th anniversary concert. On June 18, 2007,

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confirmed that Konno was returning to Hello! Project to rejoin members of Gatas Brilhantes H.P. in the Japanese pop idol group

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. Their first single "

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" was released on August 22, 2007. It was stated that Konno would remain an active member within the agency and Ongaku Gatas while continuing her university studies. She performed at the Hello Pro Award '09 Elder Club Sotsugyo Kinen Special concert on February 1, 2009. In early 2009, Konno graduated from Hello! Project with the rest of the Elder Club, though continued as a member of her band Ongaku Gatas, and continuing to tour with them. It was announced via the Hello! Project official site on October 1, 2010, that she would debut as a reporter for

in April 2011. It was announced on Tokyo Hive that she and her co-host would be releasing a single titled "Jyunjyou Fighter". Konno and fellow former 5th generation member

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made a special appearance at Morning Musume's Autumn Tour the day before

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's graduation. She is married to professional baseball player Sugiura Toshihiro and they have three children.

Appearances

Filmography

DVDs

Dramas

* 2002 – ''

'' * 2002 – * 2003 – (Guest) * 2004 – * 2005 –

Movies

* 2002 – * 2003 –

Photobooks

Source:

Radio

TV shows

Internet

References

External links

*
Konno Asami blog @ TV Tokyo
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