is a Japanese ''

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'' and musician who is known as the

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of "". She is a first generation student of the Japanese TV show called '' Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi'', airing every week on

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, and also acts under the name of "Calonal" for

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. She is represented with Twin Planet Entertainment.

Life and career

As recommended by her mother, she entered and passed the audition for the first generation students of the TV show, "Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi", 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 ...

and

, in 2018 during her high school days. About a month later, as part of club activities in the program, she joined the light music club called "Hey! school" and became a keyboard player. They subsequently formed a new band "Chikyū no oto", which means "Sound of the earth" in Japanese. In 2019, she walked in the Tokyo Girls Collection show as the muse for a fashion brand at

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. On August 16, the theater performance at the 4th studio in TV Tokyo she presides played to full houses and the seats were filled, which drew the largest number of

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s in history, 40. On November 23, under the name of "Calonal", she won a TOKYO Black Hole Award from around 3,500 applicants who attended the auditions at Miss iD 2020, which has been hosted by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

. On January 22, 2020, the light music club released their debut single, "Sukinara Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!(好きならYeah!Yeah!Yeah!)", for a B-side track with the idol girl group club for the A-side track after Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi signed a contract with

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(a subsidiary of

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). It debuted and peaked at number 7 on the

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weekly chart.

Works

Television

* Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi (

, 2018/5/21 - )

Webcast

* Neko-Jita Showroom ( Showroom, 2020/5/12)

Stage

* Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Cultural Festival ( Tokyo Fuji University, 2018/8/27) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Winter Live (

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, 2018/12/26) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Performance at the theater (KeyStudio in

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

ALTA, 2019/2/28 - 5/26) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Spring Live - 2019 Graduation - (the 1st studio in TV Tokyo, 2019/3/29) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Performance at the studio (the 4th studio in TV Tokyo, 2019/5/29 - ) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Debut Kickoff Live ( Toyosu PIT, 2019/8/28) * Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi Live Televised Event celebrating the release of our major debut single (Venus Fort, 2020/1/22)

Modeling

* TGC teen 2019 Summer (

, 2019/7/29)

Magazines

* Weekly

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(

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, 2019/8/26) * mercari MAGAZINE (

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, 2020/3/9) * Top Yell NEO (

Takeshobo is a major publisher in Japan. Takeshobo was founded in 1972 by Kyōichirō Noguchi, starting Japan's first Mahjong magazine . Other magazines, such as a magazine dedicated to mahjong-themed manga, as well as a magazine dedicated to yonkoma ma ...

, 2020/3/28)

* LINE LIVE Poster (JOL Harajuku, 2020/6/1 - 6/14)

Live Performances

Chikyū no oto * ALL I NEED IS YOU ( Kōenji Club ROOTS, 2019/10/11) * Nice to meet you from Chikamatsu. I'm Rikako Ōya! vol.5 (

Shimokitazawa is a commercial and entertainment area in Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo. It is located in the southwestern corner of the Kitazawa district, hence the name "Shimo-kitazawa" (literally ''lower Kitazawa''). Also known as "Shimokita", the neighbourhood ...

Chikamatsu, 2019/11/27) * The mini-live and attraction meeting celebrating the release of our major debut single (Event venues in southern

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, 2019/12/8 - 2020/1/26) * The project by the Radio-Cassettes "Time to listen to the radio" (

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Warp, 2020/1/12)

Events

Calonal * Miss iD's Room for Semifinalists - First Night - (LOFT9

Shibuya Shibuya ( 渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

, 2019/8/26) * Miss iD 2020 Festival - Graduation - (

, 2019/11/23) * Miss iD 2020 Closing Party (TOKYO CULTURE CULTURE, 2019/12/10) * Miss iD Cafe (Oto no ha Café, 2020/2/16) Chikyū no oto * New Year's Party and Attraction Meeting (

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, 2020/1/5)

Awards

Calonal *

2020 TOKYO Black Hole (

, 2019/11/23)

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Seishun Kōkō 3-nen C-gumi
- TWIN PLANET ENTERTAINMENT
Calonal
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