is a Japanese talent, actress, singer and model. She was a member of the
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
Prizmmy
was a Japanese girl group formed by Avex Pictures in 2012. The group debuted through the ''Pretty Rhythm'' anime series, where they hosted the live-action segments in each episode and later released their first song, "Everybody's Gonna Be Happ ...
before their disbandment in 2017.
Early life
Kusakabe is an only child from Kanagawa Prefecture.
Career
In 2008, Kusakabe participated in Ciao Girls Audition. Mia was a 3rd generation Roni Girl member along with Karin, Reina and Hina. She is also a 3rd generation "Dance Style Kids" and has modeled for Nico Puchi.
2012 - 2017: ''Prizmmy''
Kusakabe debuted as the Fashion Leader (Sub Leader) of Prizmmy on March 16, 2012, with the single "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy". Prizmmy members were regularly cast at the endings of the ''
Pretty Rhythm
is a Japanese multimedia franchise produced by Syn Sophia and Takara Tomy Arts aimed at girls in elementary school. The ''Pretty Rhythm'' franchise was first launched in July 2010 with the rhythm and dress-up arcade game ''Pretty Rhythm: Mini S ...
'' series. They were given
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
versions. She was named "Mia Ageha", and was portrayed as the main character and leader. Her catchphrase in the anime is "Mia ga ichiban" meaning "Mia is number 1". Hina and Mia recorded a duet "Kyuraruri Kyurirura" that was released in their mini-album ''Love Trooper''. Prizmmy then disbanded on March 31, 2017, with their last album ''Prizmmy☆ THE BEST!'' that was released on February 22, 2017.
2016 - 2018: ''Solo Activities Debut''
Kusakabe was one of the 7 regular members of ''Law of R'' on NHK E before the show's cancellation. She won the "Conomi Uniform Award" in Conomi Grand Prix in 2016. She was a guest in ''Ultra Teen Fes 2016'' and ''Ultra Teen Fest 2017''. She also featured in the catalogs of Inner Press, Roni Girl, Chubby Gang and Conomi Uniforms.
On January 23, 2018, it was revealed that Kusakabe was the motion capture for Mia Hanazono in
Idol Time PriPara
is a Japanese anime by DongWoo A&E. It is the second animation adaption of the '' PriPara'' arcade game, as well as the sequel series to the ''PriPara'' TV series. It began airing from April 4, 2017 to March 27, 2018. It was followed by '' ...
, performing the Prizmmy song "Dear my Future".
Kusakabe appeared in various stage plays in 2016 and in 2017. In the middle of 2018, Kusakabe left Avex, for ING (a stock company).
2019 - present: ''Radio, MC & Drama Debut''
In early May 2019, Kusakabe announced that she has joined "Miyuki Watanabe's Girls Unit Audition" through the app 'Mysta'. On August 31, 2019, Kusakabe announced she was one of the 32 out of 120 people who passed the fifth screening.
Theatre
Stage Plays
Filmography
Shows
Drama
Radio
References
External links
Official YouTube ChannelING Profile
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2000 births
Living people