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. She is a former member of the

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AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

. She was a member of AKB48's Team 4 and was in

JKT48 JKT48 (read as "J. K. T. forty-eight") is an Indonesian-Japanese Japanese idol, idol girl group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48. Formed in 2011, the group is the first AKB48 sister group outs ...

's Team T due to a member exchange program that happened between 15 September and 19 October 2018.

Biography

Pre-AKB48

Kawamoto was born in Betsukai, Hokkaido on 31 August 1998. She is a big fan of

Haruka Shimazaki is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...

. Before Shimazaki, Kawamoto admired

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

. When Kawamoto applied for the AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi, she admired Mako Kojima.

AKB48 career

Kawamoto debuted on 22 September 2013 at the first AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi. During the Draft on 10 November, Kawamoto was picked to join AKB48's Team B.

SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a s ...

's Team S, SKE48's Team KII, SKE48's Team E and

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

's Team H. Through lottery, it was decided that Kawamoto would join AKB48's Team B. She later admitted it was the team she wanted to join the most. Kawamoto debuted in AKB48 Team B's stage on 7 March 2014, performing "Avocado Janeshi". On 26 March 2015, it was announced that she would be transferred to AKB48's Team 4. In September 2018, Kawamoto participated in a month-long member exchange program with JKT48, during which she transferred to JKT48 Team T and lived in Jakarta, while JKT48 member Stephanie Pricilla Indarto Putri and Pimrapat "Mobile" Phadungwatanachok of

BNK48 BNK48 (read ''B.N.K. Forty-eight'') is a Thai idol girl group and the third international sister group of Japan's AKB48, following Indonesia's JKT48 and China's SNH48 (''former''). After holding its first audition in mid-2016 and announcing i ...

became members of AKB48. On 6 July 2020, during an episode of AKB48 / OUC48 YouTube program Project 48, Kawamoto announced her graduation from AKB48 by the end of August. Her graduation concert, "Saya Kawamoto's Graduation Performance ~2486 Days of Treasure~", was held at the AKB48 Theater on 30 August 2020. She officially graduated from the group on her 22nd birthday, 31 August 2020.

Post-AKB48

On 2 December 2020, Kawamoto announced her affiliation with the talent agency Incubation. On 20 February 2021, she made her acting debut in the net drama ''Net Kaidan × Hyakumonogatari Season 6''.

Discography

AKB48 singles

AKB48 albums

* ''Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!'' ** "Birth" ** "To Go de"

Others

Miyuki Watanabe is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B. Career Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 Septem ...

's solo single, "Yasashiku Suru yori Kiss o Shite" ** "Harukaze Pianissimo"

Appearances

Stage units

;''Team B Waiting Stage'' # ;''Team B "Pajama Drive" Revival'' #

TV variety

* ''

AKBingo! ''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...

'' (2013–2019)

External links

*
Incubation official profile

Saya Kawamoto
on

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Saya Kawamoto
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawamoto, Saya 1998 births Living people Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Hokkaido AKB48 members 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses