is a Japanese singer and model. She is the captain of

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group

Hinatazaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on November 30, 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on February 11, 2019. The group's ...

. She is represented by

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, 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 , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate and ...

's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46, which was hosted on the streaming platform

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. Sasaki, along with ten other people that passed the audition, joined

Neru Nagahama is a Japanese television personality, television presenter, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and current chairperson of the Tokyo Idol Festival. Nagahama joined Keyakizaka46 in 2015 ...

in Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and was known as the "first generation". Her first concert occurred on 28 October of the same year at Akasaka Blitz, where she performed Kanji Keyakizaka46's songs "

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" and "

Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai is the second single by the Japanese girl idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released in Japan on 10 August 2016 on the label Sony Records. The song was used as the theme song of their mystery and comedy drama that premiered on TV Tokyo on 16 J ...

", 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

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would be .

Other ventures

In February 2019, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Ray''. Her first

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appearance was the 27th

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Autumn/Winter event, which took place on 1 September 2018. On 18 September 2019, Sasaki hosted the

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along with fellow Hinatazaka46 members

Mirei Sasaki is a Japanese singer, model, actress, and reporter. She is a member of Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46, represented by Sony Music Records, and also an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Non-no''. Sasaki has appeared in dramas such as ...

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 ''

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''. In December 2020, she released an original set of

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for the messaging application

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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

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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

* (March 27, 2022 - ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasaki, Kumi Japanese idols Hinatazaka46 members Japanese female models Musicians from Chiba Prefecture 1996 births Living people