is a Japanese fashion model, ''tarento'' and singer. She is represented with Next Satisfaction Factor.
While moving to Tokyo from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kanbe was invited to the staff of the women fashion magazine ''
JJ'' in Shibuya at the age of nineteen and became a reader model. She mainly worked as an "S-size" model for the magazine.
Kanbe is left-handed (but she sometimes uses her right hand when writing with a
pen
A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity whic ...
).
After graduating from university, she was employed to an
textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...
company, but due to the promotion of its products, she continued to work as a reader model with company approval, and she fainted with pressure and retired, and continued to work as a free reader model for two years after that.
Kanbe was later scouted by her former entertainment office, Artist-house Pyramid, in 2008, and became popular as a ''
tarento
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...
'' after making appearances in television programmes, in which made regular appearances, and made other works such as her singing début with the ''Hexagon'' unit Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku, and publishing essay books.
Filmography
Modelling works
Former modelling works
TV programmes
; Regular appearances
; Former appearances
; Dramas
PV
Advertising
Others
Awards
Bibliography and discography
Photo albums
Books
Books with DVD
Magazines
CD
DVD
References
Notes
External links
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Japanese television personalities
Japanese female models
People from Miyazaki Prefecture
1982 births
Living people
Models from Miyazaki Prefecture