is a Japanese idol singer and actress formerly associated with

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. She joined in 2006 as a member of

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, as a trainee. In 2007, she became a member of the Hello! Project futsal team

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and its musical group

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. On March 29, 2008, she started a solo music career, working under the management and promotion of J.P Room. She continued with Hello! Project until 2013, and is now performing in solo music projects as well as acting in films and television.

Life and career

2008

Mano Erina joined

as a

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in 2006 after passing the Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition. In 2007, she was one of the six members of the Hello! Pro Egg to be added to

and became a reserve player for the

club. She graduated from Ongaku Gatas on March 2, 2008 and Hello! Pro Egg on March 29, 2008 to debut as a soloist. On June 29, 2008 she released her debut indie, "Manopiano". She has been featured as the opening act in various of her Senpai's concerts ( Natsumi Abe, Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo and

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), starting in August 2008.

2009

Having received piano lessons since kindergarten, Mano's solo work within Hello! Project prominently features her playing the piano parts of her musical releases and providing the vocal and piano parts of her songs while performing in concerts and at live events. In 2008, Mano released three singles under an independent label. She has debuted under a major label Hachama with the single "Otome no Inori", released on March 18, 2009. It reached a number three position on the Oricon charts the first day of release and reached number five on the weekly chart. In 2009, Erina was announced as being one of the members of the new version of

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. Mano's songs are usually composed by KAN. Aya Matsuura has told her via a video comment in April 2009 that she "...needs to be the best singer in H!P, and in order to do that, she'll need to be a better singer than Ai Takahashi."

2010

Mano, along with

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and Morning Musume will star in the CS- Fuji TV-TWO dorama ''Half Esper'' which will begin broadcasting in January 2010. Mano's role is a half-trained esper that left a secret government esper research organization known as Kokueken, without being able to fully control her supernatural powers. In 2010 as well, the TBS drama ''Mano Spy'' will begin, where Mano plays herself, under the fictional premise that she's an undercover agent. She's sent to Japan as a spy for the Queen of the United Kingdom, and ends up passing an idol audition, so she has trouble with her espionage duties. The theme song of the show is "Matsuge no Saki ni Kimi ga Iru" (from Mano's first album). The show will begin streaming on the internet on January 26 and will be broadcast on BS-TBS on February 27. She also was in a new drama called ''DEATH GAME PARK''. On July 1, 2010, Mano made her US debut in Los Angeles. ''Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo'', a Japanese horror film in which she starred and had its world premiere at Club Nokia. She also had a short mini concert, a mini Q and A, and an autograph session for the fans who attended the event.

2011

In 2011, Mano Erina's radio show, "Mano-Deli", was replaced by Morning Musume 9th gen member Sayashi Riho's "Riho-Deli" Also in 2011, it was announced that Mano would star in a short film called "Miyuki's Wind Bell". In 2011 she had her another solo concert named, Mano Erina's Concert Tour 2011〜Hatachi no Otome 801DAYS. In July she made a public appearance at South Korea to attend the Puchon International Fantastic Film which would film her movie.

2012

On April 18, it was announced that Mano, Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi, and Okai Chisato would star in a new stage play, ''Theatre In The Round''. On November 30, it was announced that she would be joining the M-Line fanclub in March 2013.

2013

On February 19, it was announced she would star in TV Tokyo's drama '' Minna! ESPer Dayo!''. On February 23, she released the photobook ''Mano na no'' and graduated from Hello! Project. On July 25, it was announced she would star in the drama ''Nijushi no Hitomi'', which was her first prime time drama. On August 18, Mano appeared on the cover of the magazine ''Nini-Funi''. On December 6, her manager announced that she would appear in a new drama, ''Shark,'' in January 2014. starring Johnnies Jr.

2014

In June 2014, Mano held her first concert since her graduation from Hello! Project1, titled "Again ~ Live House de Moetsukiyou!~".

Personal life

She married footballer Gaku Shibasaki on July 16, 2018.

Activities outside Japan

On July 1, 2010, she made her first promotional appearance outside Japan at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for her movie debut in ''Kai-Ki: Tales of Horror''. Mano sang two songs before the screening and held a Q&A and autograph session for her fans. In July 2011, she made her second appearance outside Japan in South Korea.

Discography

Singles

Collaboration singles

Albums

Filmography

Television dramas

Television shows

Films

* '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max'' - Nadeshiko Misaki * ''Waga Haha no Ki ~ Chronicle of My Mother'' (2012, as Sadayo the maid) * '' Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum'' - Nadeshiko Misaki * '' The Next Generation -Patlabor-'' (2014, 2015) as Akira Izumino * '' Tag'' (2015) – Izumi * '' Orange'' (2015) * '' Anonymous Noise'' (2017) as Miou Suguri * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Kids on the Slope'' (2018) as Yurika Fukahori * ''Impossibility Defense'' (2018) as Yū Kimura * ''We Are'' (2018) as Kana * ''

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'' (2018) as Orihime Inoue

Awards

Japan Gold Disc Awards

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References

External links

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