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is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a 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 ...
under Team A.


Career

Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an
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group. After Angel Eyes disbanded in 2001, she remained in contract with Stardust, but later switched to Ogi Production. Kojima participated in the first AKB48 audition in July 2005, which she passed along with 23 other participants, because the application was just taking a self-image by a mobile phone and e-mail it, and assuming that she "could take 10-time prettier one, and just sent". Although she voluntarily applied for the audition and passed, she was still looking at then-AKB48 project in a suspicious way, and tried to skip the very first dancing lesson because of her then-part-time job, but eventually participated it in response to the persuasion by Tomonobu Togasaki, Manager of AKB48 Theater. The group made their debut in December of the same year, and Kojima was assigned as one of the 20 members of Team A; the number later dropped down to 16 but Kojima remained as a member. In the past few years, she had made several appearances on television with the group, and is the only member to participate on all A-sides of the group's singles (except
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) since the beginning of
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 ...
, making her one of the most visible figures in the group. Kojima made her first appearance on
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, an annual music show where the most successful artists of the year are invited, with AKB48 on December 31, 2007. Since 2007, Kojima has been actively exploring a possible acting career, and has made several appearances in a number of
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and
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. Her first lead role came in the drama , which was filmed and aired in early 2008. Additionally, Kojima made her first appearance on the silver screen in the horror movie , along with several fellow AKB48 members. The group has also made brief appearance at the beginning of the movie in a live performance. She was transferred from Team A to become a member of Team B during reshuffling of teams at the Tokyo Dome Concert held on August 24, 2012. On September 18, 2013, AKB48 announced Kojima to be the center of the group's 33rd single, "
Heart Electric is the 33rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on October 30, 2013. * The participating members for the title track were given English nicknames. The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly ...
". In 2015, she and
Yuki Kashiwagi is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...
were the center performers for the AKB48 single "
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". In AKB48's general election for 2016, under the name , Kojima finished 16th with 40,071 votes. During the results event on June 18, 2016, she announced that she would be leaving from the group. She said that she had thought about doing it two years ago, but the timing wasn't right especially given the handshake incident in 2014. She said that she was 28 and wanted to take the next step to become an adult woman. In 2017, she was announced as the center performer for AKB48's 47th single "
Shoot Sign is the 47th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on 15 March 2017. The title song is used as the theme song of their drama Tofu Pro-Wrestling premiered on January 21, 2017. History The release of the single was ...
", released in March 2017. It marked her first center performance since "
Green Flash The green flash and green ray are meteorological optical phenomena that sometimes occur transiently around the moment of sunset or sunrise. When the conditions are right, a distinct green spot is briefly visible above the Sun's upper limb; ...
" two years ago, and her third center performance on an AKB48 single overall. After her graduation concert ' on February 21–22, 2017, she performed at the AKB48 theatre for the last time, on her birthday, on April 19, 2017.


Filmography


Movies


Dramas


Discography


Singles with AKB48


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Awards

* 15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul–Sept 2011): Best Supporting Actress for Ikemen desu ne


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kojima, Haruna 1988 births Living people People from Saitama (city) Japanese female idols Japanese television personalities Japanese female models Japanese female YouTubers Japanese YouTubers AKB48 members Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Former Stardust Promotion artists Musicians from Saitama Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses