is a Japanese singer and actress, best known as a former member of Japanese girl group

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. She joined the group in August 2001 along with fellow fifth generation members

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Risa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after movin ...

, and

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. On March 31, 2009, she graduated from Hello! Project with the rest of the Elder Club. Ogawa is currently a member of idol band

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Biography

Ogawa was born in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. Before joining the Japanese female idol group

, Makoto Ogawa was enrolled at an entertainment school named Apple Little Performers (ALP) in Niigata. She made her CD debut on a cheer song for the J2 soccer team,

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. She has also been a fashion model for magazines and campaign, such as one for automobile safety for the elderly.

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—producer and lyricist of Hello! Project—also commented that she was selected to join the group because she displayed great dancing skills and shined during the audition process. Ogawa joined in Morning Musume on August 26, 2001 with

and

She also starred later in the TV drama Aijo Ippon!. Ogawa was placed in Morning Musume's subgroup Morning Musume Otomegumi in January 2003 and released two singles as a part of the group before it went inactive Ogawa graduated from Morning Musume on August 27, 2006 at the final performance of Hello! Project's musical rendition of ''

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''. She left Morning Musume to study languages abroad, with the intent to return to Hello! Project. On June 6, 2008, a Japanese newspaper announced that Ogawa had returned to Hello! Project and would appear on the next Haromoni@ episode. She has just returned from studying English in New Zealand for nearly two years. On March 31, 2009, she graduated from Hello!Project with the rest of the Elder Club. And became a part of

In September 2010, she joined the unit Afternoon Musume along with

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and

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In 2010, it was announced that Makoto Ogawa will be joining the new group "Dream Morning Musume" alongside other former-Morning Musume members. In March 2013, Makoto Ogawa starred in a play called Tokugawa15. Former

members

and

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were special guests at some of the performances

Joined groups

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* Morning Musume Otomegumi *

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* Elder Club * M-Line * Afternoon Musume *

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Photobooks

Acts

Movies

* 2002 – * 2003 –

Dramas

* 2002 – ''

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'' * 2004 – * 2009 – '' Q.E.D'' – Cameo as Art teacher

Musicals

* 2006 – as Nylon

TV shows

Radio

Anime

* 2021 -

References

External links

Official Hello! Project profile
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