is a Japanese

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, singer, and

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originally from

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, Japan. She is affiliated with Artist-house Pyramid Inc.

Biography

During her third year at Seki Shoko High School, Yoko Kumada applied for ''

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''s Miss Magazine swimsuit contest. She became a finalist during the contest, but dropped out due to the opposition of her mother. Kumada attended nursing school, but could not give up her dream of being an entertainer, so she participated in ''Audition'' magazine's 2001 Special Audition, where she caught the attention of talent agency Artist-house Pyramid. From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the group "P-Girl" with Sachie Koike, Erika Itō, and Noriko Sagara. In 2006, Kumada released her first single after years of vocal training. A year later, she was appointed as the tourism ambassador of Gifu Prefecture's Hida/Mino Jiman Project. In 2011, at the request of boxer

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, Kumada served as a

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during his match in Osaka. That year, she also appeared in the fashion magazine ''

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Appearances

Television

Variety

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network） * Akko ni Omakase!（

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only） * Hebimetasan（TV Tokyo network） * LIVE BANG!（TV Tokyo network）

Drama

* Ichibankurainohayoakemae（TV Tokyo only） * Tanteibugi（

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only）

Radio

* Yoko Kumada Yo～ko Okiki!（Gifu Broadcasting System etc.） * Mitsubishi Fuso presents Yoko Kumada Kaze wo Atsumete（ Tokyo FM etc.）

CM

* For-side.com * ACOM

Works

DVDs

* à la mode（March 20, 2002, AQUA HOUSE） * Indian summer（September 15, 2002, VEGA FACTORY） * Legend（February 28, 2003, Edge） * Hibiscus（June 26, 2003, ） * Kumada Yoko（August 20, 2003, h.m.p） * Labilynth（January 27, 2004, Fuze-jp.com） * Rainbow（February 25, 2004, For-side.com） * Se-jo!A (March 25, 2004, GPMuseum) * teleport（July 25, 2004, VEGA FACTORY） * Rodeo Girl（October 25, 2004, For-side.com） * Self Produce (October 25, 2004, GPMuseum) * Beach Angels in Bali (November 24, 2004, VAP) * Stronger（February 20, 2005, I-ONE） * Everytime（February 20, 2005, I-ONE） * Dawning Window（April 25, 2005, For-side.com） * Friendly Ship (May 25, 2005) * Day Off（June 25, 2005, For-side.com） * Treasure (Juli 20, 2005, SonyMusic) * Kumada Yoko Special DVD Box（December 15, 2005, I-ONE） * Yoko, Sweetheart（February 15, 2006, MARE） * Love-Me（April 25, 2006, For-side.com） * Talk-Me (May 25, 2006, GOT) * Heartful Days（May 25, 2006, For-side.com） * ihohjin mohhitorinowatashi (June 30, 2006, Liverpool) * With (September 20, 2006, I-ONE) * Glare (December 15, 2006, For-side.com) * Collaboration Box ～Because or You～ (February 28, 2007, Sakurado) * Premiere DVD-BOX (March 25, 2007 GPMuseum) * Rendez-Vous (May 31, 2007, Gomabooks) * Gravinist Yoko (August 24, 2007, For-side.com) * Favorite (October 24, 2007, Creave) * 4 Pieces BOX (November 20, 2007, I-ONE) * Yoko Sweets (January 20, 2008, I-ONE) * Wonder Land (April 25, 2008, E-NET FRONTIER) * Tropical Blossom (July 18, 2008, For-side.com) * Shinai (October 24, 2008,

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) * Nama Yoko （January 30, 2009, AQUA HOUSE） * Muteki （April 25, 2009, Shinyusha） * Sexual Soulmate (October 25, 2020, Air Control)

Photobooks

* mimoza（March 20, 2002, AQUA HOUSE） * ff（August 27, 2002, Bestsellers） * Sun 3 Yoko（February 28, 2003, Edge） * 7×7 7Day's 7Color's（August 22, 2003, BUNKASHA） * Trap!（December 18, 2003, Gakken） * Doll Week（March 23, 2004, Takeshobo） * Happening Blue（May 13, 2004,

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） * Private（June 30, 2004, Ascom） * Beruang Manis（August 31, 2004, Takeshobo） * Komorebi（November 22, 2004, SAIBUNKAN） * Comfortable（March 25, 2005,

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） * Kuma You（July 27, 2005, Kodansha） * Dreamy Days（October 28, 2005, AQUA HOUSE） * Love Potion（April 8, 2006, Gakken） * Sunlight (June 23, 2006 eastpress) * Cover Girl (July 25, 2007, Ongakusenkasya) * Zettaikyosya Perfect Master (March 30, 2008, Shinyusya) * Shinai (October 24, 2008, Takeshobo) * Nama Yoko （January 30, 2009, AQUA HOUSE） * Muteki （April 25, 2009, Shinyusha）

Discography

Singles

* "Always"/"Watashi Dake no Basho"（April 19, 2006）

References

External links

* (Japanese)
Official blog
(Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumada, Yoko Japanese gravure idols Japanese television personalities People from Gifu 1982 births Living people Musicians from Gifu Prefecture