is a Japanese singer and model. She is the captain of
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 b ...
group
Hinatazaka46. She is represented by
Sony Music Records
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is opera ...
, and is an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Ray''.
Career
Music
Sasaki's musical career began on 11 May 2016, when she passed the auditions for new members of
Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46, which was hosted on the streaming platform
Showroom. Sasaki, along with ten other people that passed the audition, joined
Neru Nagahama in Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and was known as the "first generation". Her first concert occurred on 28 October of the same year at
Akasaka Blitz
was a music venue in Minato, Tokyo, which opened in April 1996, and was owned and operated by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. On September 22, 2020, the venue was permanently shut down due to COVID-19. As part of a redevelopment plan th ...
, where she performed Kanji Keyakizaka46's songs "
Silent Majority" and "
Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", as well as Hiragana Keyakizaka46's own "Hiragana Keyaki".
During her time at Hiragana Keyakizaka46, she has consistently appeared in every single between "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" and "
Kuroi Hitsuji
is the 8th single from Japanese idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released on February 27, 2019, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The title track features Yurina Hirate as center.
The single was announced on January 14, 2019. The song was ...
". On 3 June 2018, she was named captain of Hiragana Keyakizaka46. She has also appeared in every Hinatazaka46 single to date. On January 24, 2021, she announced that her
fandom name would be .
Other ventures
In February 2019, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Ray''.
Her first
fashion show appearance was the 27th
Tokyo Girls Collection Autumn/Winter event, which took place on 1 September 2018.
On 18 September 2019, Sasaki hosted the
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on September 18, 2019.
Abstract
"Best Video of the Year" is determined by public voting. It's announced with two special awards (BALLISTIK BOYZ and Foorin) at the ceremony. King Gnu won the Best V ...
along with fellow Hinatazaka46 members
Mirei Sasaki,
Nao Kosaka
is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She is a member of the Japanese female idol group Hinatazaka46 and an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine ''Seventeen''.
Career
On August 13, 2017, Kosaka passed the auditions for new membe ...
, and Miho Watanabe.
Sasaki is a fan of the manga series ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...
''. In December 2020, she released an original set of
stamps for the messaging application
Line
Line most often refers to:
* Line (geometry), object with zero thickness and curvature that stretches to infinity
* Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system
Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to:
Arts ...
based on the series, as part of the "LINE Creators Collaboration x ''One Piece''" campaign. On September 3, 2021, she also participated in a collaboration event between the series and the
JAXA
The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orb ...
space agency to commemorate the series's 1000th chapter, which featured the manga characters visiting the
Kibō space module.
Filmography
Variety and talk shows
Discography
Keyakizaka46 singles
Keyakizaka46 albums
The songs listed below are not included in any singles above.
Hinatazaka46 singles
Videography
Video albums
References
External links
*
* (August 2, 2016 - )
* on
Showroom
* (March 27, 2022 - )
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Japanese idols
Hinatazaka46 members
Japanese female models
Musicians from Chiba Prefecture
1996 births
Living people