is a Japanese pop singer, dancer, actress and former model. She is a ninth generation member of

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group

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. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with

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and

Mizuki Fukumura is a Japanese singer, dancer, and actress. She is a ninth-generation member, current leader of the pop group Morning Musume as well as the current and seventh leader of Hello Project. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known ...

. On 26 November 2014, she became Sub-Leader of Morning Musume along with member Haruna Ikubo and later on with Ayumi Ishida.

Biography

History

Before Ikuta joined

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ha ...

, she was a fashion model with Elegant Promotion, and had a blog where she posted photos of what she was doing and outfits she wore. Ikuta was selected from

's ninth generation "Kyūki Audition" to join the group on 2 January 2011, with

, and

. The new generation was officially revealed at the ''Hello! Project 2011 Winter: Kangei Shinsen Matsuri'' concert. She made her official debut on Morning Musume's 45th single " Maji Desu ka Ska!", released 6 April 2011. In August 2011, she replaced the graduated Saki Ogawa of

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on the children's morning program Oha Suta as an Oha Girl. On 27 March 2012, she and Oha Girl Maple have graduated from the show. On 18 April 2012, it was announced that

Reina Tanaka is a Japanese singer and actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Project name. ...

and Morning Musume's 9th & 10th Generation members would star in a new stage play titled ''Stacey’s Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki'', scheduled to run from 6–12 June 2012.

Hello! Project groups and units

(2011–present) *

Hello! Project Mobekimasu is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has ...

(2011–2012) *

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(2012–present) * Hello! Project MobekisuJ (2013–present) * HI-FIN (2013–present)

Discography

''for Erina Ikuta's releases with

, see

Morning Musume discography The discography of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume consists of sixteen studio albums, five compilation albums, and seventy single (music), singles. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and ...

.''

Filmography

DVDs

; Photobooks *'' 016.10.22Erina (衣梨奈) *'' 018.01.20if ; Films * 2011: Sharehouse (シェアハウス) ; Dramas * 2012: Suugaku♥Joshi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園) * 2017: Konnichiwa, Joyuu no Sagara Itsuki Desu. (こんにちは、女優の相楽樹です。) ; TV Programs * 2011: Bijo Gaku (美女学) * 2011:

Hello Pro! Time was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring Hello! Project members. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi ...

(ハロプロ！Time) * 2011–2012: Oha Suta (as an Oha Girl in the unit Oha Girl Maple) * 2012–2013: Hello! SATOYAMA Life (ハロー! SATOYAMA ライフ) * 2014- : The Girls Live * 2015: Karada wo Ugokasu TV (体を動かすTV) * 2018– : Ikuta Erina no VS Golf (生田衣梨奈のVSゴルフ) ;Internet * 2011: UstreaMusume * 2011: Michishige Sayumi no "Mobekimasutte Nani??" (道重さゆみの『モベキマスってなに？？』) * 2011: IkuMatsuri (生祭り) (special one-day Ustream) * 2012–2013: Morning Musume 9ki・10ki Member WEB Talk Maji DE Pyoko! (モーニング娘。9・10期メンバー WEBトーク本気DE飛跳！) (fanclub exclusive) * 2013– : Hello! Project Station (ハロ！ステ) * 2016– : Upcoming

Theater

* 17 August 2011: Reborn: Inochi no Audition (リボーン～命のオーディション～) * 12 June 2012: Stacy's Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki (ステーシーズ少女再殺歌劇) * 18 June 2015: TRIANGLE (TRIANGLE -トライアングル-) (VTR role) * 11 June 2016: Zoku 11nin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (続・11人いる！東の地平・西の永遠) * 2 June 2017: Pharaoh no Haka (ファラオの墓) * 1 June 2018: Pharaoh no Haka ~Hebi Ou Sneferu~ (ファラオの墓～蛇王・スネフェル～)

References

External links

Official profile at helloproject.com
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UstreaMusume Channel
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