is a Japanese singer, model, and radio personality. She is a member of

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group

Hinatazaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on November 30, 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on February 11, 2019. The group's ...

, represented by

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, as well as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''

CanCam is a Japanese monthly fashion magazine published by Shogakukan. Its name supposedly derives from "I Can Campus", because girls who read it are expected to become "campus leaders". The magazine was created for fashion-conscious consumers, and offer ...

''.

Career

Music

Katō's musical career began on 11 May 2016, when she passed the auditions for new members of

Keyakizaka46 , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate and ...

's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46, which was hosted on the streaming platform

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. Katō, along with ten other people that passed the audition, joined

Neru Nagahama is a Japanese television personality, television presenter, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and current chairperson of the Tokyo Idol Festival. Nagahama joined Keyakizaka46 in 2015 a ...

in Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and was known as the "first generation". Her first concert occurred on 28 October of the same year at Akasaka Blitz, where she performed Kanji Keyakizaka46's songs "

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" and "

Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai is the second single by the Japanese girl idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released in Japan on 10 August 2016 on the label Sony Records. The song was used as the theme song of their mystery and comedy drama that premiered on TV Tokyo on 16 J ...

", as well as Hiragana Keyakizaka46's own "Hiragana Keyaki". During her time at Hiragana Keyakizaka46, she has consistently appeared in every single between "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" and "

Kuroi Hitsuji is the 8th single from Japanese idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released on February 27, 2019, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The title track features Yurina Hirate as center. The single was announced on January 14, 2019. The song was ...

", including a center position in the song "Happy Aura", a B-side for the single " Ambivalent". She also appeared in the Sakamichi AKB song "Kokkyo no Nai Jidai", which included selected members of

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 ...

and the

Sakamichi Series refers to a Japanese idol group franchise that began with Nogizaka46, an "official" rival group of AKB48. It currently consists of four groups: Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, Hinatazaka46, and Yoshimotozaka46. Despite the name, the groups are not ...

. With this appearamce, Katō became the first Hiragana Keyakizaka46 member to be included in a Sakamichi AKB song, excluding Neru Nagahama. After Hiragana Keyakizaka46 was renamed into Hinatazaka46, Katō has also appeared in every single to date, including another Sakamichi AKB song, "Hatsukoi Door". She was chosen as the center for the title track of the 5th single "

Kimi Shika Katan is the 5th single by Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46. It was released on May 26, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The title track featured Shiho Katō as center, which is her first appearance in the position on a single. Productio ...

Modeling

Katō made her runway debut at the GirlsAward 2017 Autumn/Winter fashion show. In February 2019, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''

'', and appeared on the cover of the October edition with

Nogizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshimotozaka46, a ...

members

Sayuri Matsumura is a Japanese TV personality, model and actress who is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Career In 2011, Matsumura auditioned for Nogizaka46 and was chosen as one of the first generation members. Her audition song wa ...

and

Mizuki Yamashita is a Japanese idol singer, model, and actress. She is a member of Nogizaka46 and an exclusive model for '' CanCam'' magazine. Her acting roles include the supporting role of Mami Ichinose in the BS TV Tokyo series ''Cheers to Miki Clinic'', the ...

as the "Three Sakamichi Sisters".

Discography

Keyakizaka46 singles

Keyakizaka46 albums

The songs listed below are not included in any singles above.

Hinatazaka46 singles

Sakamichi AKB

Videography

Video albums

Filmography

Web series

Variety and talk shows

Radio

References

External links

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* (February 2, 2022 - ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kato Shiho Japanese idols Hinatazaka46 members Japanese female models Musicians from Tokyo 1998 births Living people