Koharu Kusumi
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Kusumi Koharu
Koharu on stage druing her graduation on 06 December 2009
Native name
Born
July 15, 1992 (age 24)
Washima, Niigata, Japan
Other names
Occupation
Miracle-chan, Koha-chan, Kohappink
Singer
actress
model
Musical career
Genres
Years active
Labels
J-pop
2005present
Zetima
Morning Musume (20052009)
Associated acts
Morning Musume Tanj 10nen Kinentai
Kira Pika
MilkyWay
ZYX-
Ex-ceed!
Dream Morning Musume (2011
Present)
Website
www.jp-r.co.jp/kusumikoharu
Koharu Kusumi ( Kusumi Koharu , born July 15, 1992 in Washima (now part
of Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan), is a J-pop singer, actress,television personality, essayist, and
model. From 2005 to 2009, she was a member of the Hello! Project group Morning
Musume from 2005 to 2009, the only seventh generation member. She also served as the
voice of Kirari Tsukishima, the main character of the anime series Kirarin Revolution (2006
2009), and was featured in several musical releases affiliated with the series, including both
solo releases under the name Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume) (
starring () ) and group releases for the unitsKira
Pika and MilkyWay. Currently, she is a member of Dream Morning Musume, a J-pop group
consisting of former Morning Musume members.
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As a television personality, she has made regular appearances on the TV Tokyo children's
shows Oha Suta and Oha Koro, and has appeared on other shows. She became an exclusive
model for CanCam a fashion magazine in 2011. She graduated from CanCam in 2015. She
maintains an avid interest in healthy eating and raw food, and has written about these topics
on her blog and in her 2011 autobiography and essay book,17sai no Tenshoku.[citation needed]
Contents
[hide]
1Early life and career
o
1.12005-2009: Morning Musume
1.22010-present: Modeling career
2Discography and releases
o
2.1Singles
2.2Singles with Kira Pika
2.3Albums and mini-albums
2.4Essay books
2.5Photobooks
3Acting
o
3.1Television shows
3.2Radio
4References
5External links
Early life and career[edit]
2005-2009: Morning Musume[edit]
Kusumi joined Japanese idol group Morning Musume in 2005 as the only seventh
generation member, a feat which earned her the nickname "Miracle" from producer Tsunku.
Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her school's volleyball team.
Kusumi's audition process and debut was documented during the 2005 episodes of TV
Tokyo television show Hello! Morning. She debuted on the single "Iroppoi Jirettai".
Kusumi was a member of the Hello! Project kickball team Metro Rabbits H.P. from its formation
in the beginning of 2006, and from April 2006 to March 2009, she was the voice actress for
Kirari Tsukishima, the main character in the anime Kirarin Revolution.
In early 2007, Kusumi was chosen to be a member of Morning Musume Tanj 10nen
Kinentai a unit created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary as a group.
Morning Musume Tanj 10nen Kinentai also consisted of Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe, Maki Goto,
and Risa Niigaki. Their first single, "Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia", was released on January 24,
2007. Apart from her activities in aforementioned units, Kusumi was also a member of Kira
Pika with Cute's Mai Hagiwara and MilkyWay with Hello Pro Egg members Yuu
Kikkawa and Sayaka Kitahara. Both units were formed for the Kirarin Revolution anime, which
ended in March 2009. Kusumi is a regular on the TV Tokyo children's show Oha Suta,
appearing every Tuesday.[citation needed]
In 2009, Kusumi was assigned to be a part of ZYX-, a revival of ZYX, along with Risa
Niigaki, Erika Umeda, Saki Ogawa, Ayaka Wada, Momoko Tsugunaga, Chinami Tokunaga,
and Maasa Sudo.
On September 19, 2009, Tsunku announced that Kusumi would leave Morning Musume and
Hello! Project on December 6, at the final performance of Morning Musume's 2009 fall
tour, Nine Smile.[1][2] Kusumi was interested in pursuing a modeling career [3] as well as other
paths in entertainment, including comedy.[4] Roughly 4,000 fans attended the graduation
concert.[5] She later joined Dream Morning Musume alongside other former-Morning Musume
members in 2010[citation needed] and debuted with the group in April 2011 with the album Dreams 1,
which ranked 10th in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.
2010-present: Modeling career[edit]
After graduating from Morning Musume, Kusumi continued to appear on Oha Suta, as well
as Oha Coro. In addition to her modeling career, she also appeared in a series of
advertisements directed towards a healthy lifestyle. [6] Kusumi was also invited to perform with Li
Chun, Qian Lin, and Miyabi Natsuyaki to perform at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 under the
group name Ex-ceed!
From December 22-27, Kusumi appeared in the stage play "Abe Naikaku" alongside Natsumi
Abe and Kei Yasuda. The play is about the prime minister and politics.
In 2014, Kusumi left the children's morning show Oha Suta and later was added as host of a
music talk show, Blurred Sound Pops. She also starred in two live-action
dramas, Inauguration! Girl's Cabinet, and Again!!. On July 23, 2015, Kusumi announced on her
blog that she had left CanCam magazine following her last appearance in the September 2015
issue.[7] On September 15, 2015, it was announced that Kusumi would be leaving the Blurred
Sound Pops talk show from October.[8]
On January 9. 2016. Kusumi started hosting a weekly radio show called "This Happy Time (or
KoHappy Time)."[9] The title is a play of words on her first name.
On April 1, 2016, Kusumi started hosting a second radio program called "Kusumi Koharu's
Mediaship 927" on BSN also in Niigata, Japan. [10]
Discography and releases[edit]
For releases as a member of Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.
The following singles and albums are released under the artist name Kirari Tsukishima starring
Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume) ( starring () ).
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Singles[edit]
Title
Release date
"Koi Kana"
July 12, 2006
"Balalaika"
October 25, 2006
"Happy"[11]
May 2, 2007
"Chance!"
November 7, 2007
"Papancake"
July 16, 2008
"Hapi Hapi Sunday!"[12]
February 4, 2009
Singles with Kira Pika[edit]
Main article: Kira Pika
Title
Release date
Oricon
Weekly
Single
Chart
[13]
"Hana o Pn / Futari wa NS"
August 1, 2007
Albums and mini-albums[edit]
Title
Release date
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection (
)
October 18, 2006
Mitsuboshi (() )
February 28,
2007
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 2 (
2 )
September 12,
2007
Kirarin Land ( )
December 19,
2007
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 3 (
3 )
July 23, 2008
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 4 (
4 )
August 27, 2008
Kirari to Fuyu ( )
December 17,
2008
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 5 (
5 )
March 18, 2009
Best Kirari ( )
March 11, 2009
Essay books[edit]
Title[14]
Issue date
Publisher
ISBN
Description
17sai no Tenshoku (17 A Career
Change at 17 )
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Up-Front Books
ISBN 978-4-84701965-4
February 10,
2011
First essay
book
Photobooks[edit]
Title[14]
Issue date
Publisher
ISBN
Description
March 24,
2006
Wani Books
ISBN 978-48470-2923-3
First Solo photobook
Pop (POP )
September
20, 2007
Kadokawa
Publishing
Group
ISBN 978-404-894499-1
Second solo photobook
Koharu Nikki (
)
July 25,
2008
Wani Books
ISBN 978-48470-4102-0
Third solo photobook
starring (
)
?)
December
1, 2008
Shogakukan
ISBN 978-409-132290-6
Released for Kirarin Revolution,
credited as Kirari Tsukishima
starring Koharu Kusumi
(Morning Musume)
Sugar Doll (
Sugar Doll )
September
27, 2009
Wani Books
ISBN 978-48470-4202-7
Fourth solo photobook
Koharu Kusumi ( )
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Happy Memorial Photobook (
Acting[edit]
Television shows[edit]
Show
Start date
Hello! Morning ( )
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2005
End date
April 1, 2007
Station
TV
Musume Dokyu! ( DOKYU! )
July 4, 2005
December 6,
2009
Oha Suta ( , as Kirari Tsukishima)
2006
March 27, 2009
Oha Suta ( , as herself)
March 28,
2009
March 31, 2014
Kirarin Revolution ( , as
Kirari Tsukishima (voice))
April 7,
2006
March 27, 2009
Haromoni@ (@ )
April 8,
2007
September 28,
2008
Chichin Puipui
February 20, 2009
Tokyo
Inauguration! Girl's Cabinet ( , as
Yamato Singh)
January 8,
2014
March 19, 2014
TV
Chiba
Blurred Sound Pops ( POPS[15] , as herself)
April 6,
2014
September 13,
2015
BS-TBS
Again!! (!![16] , as Abe TamaTakashi)
July 20,
2014
September 22,
2014
MBS
Toto Television ([17] , Cameo appearance as
one of the "Three Bubbles.")
April 30,
2016
June 11, 2016
NHK
Radio[edit]
Program
Start date
TBC Fun Frudo Mretsu Mdasshu (TBC
Fun
)
November 7,
2005
End date
November
18, 2005
Station
TBC
This Happy Time (or KoHappy Time) (
TIME )
January 9,
2016
Kusumi Koharu's Mediaship 927
April 1, 2016 Present
Present
79.0 FM Port, Niigata[18]
BSN: Broadcasting
System of Niigata, Inc.[19]
References[edit]
1.
Jump up^ "Regarding 7th Generation Morning Musume
Member "Koharu Kusumi"" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official
Fanclub. 2009-09-19.
2.
Jump up^
(in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2009-09-19. Archived from the
original on November 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
3.
Jump up^ Kusumi, Koharu. "To all Hello! Project Official
Fanclub Members" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official
Fanclub.
4.
Jump up^
(in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
5.
Jump up^
(in Japanese). Barks. 2009-12-07.
Retrieved2010-11-08.
6.
Jump up^
(in Japanese). Oricon. 2010-04-23.
Retrieved 2010-11-08.
7.
Jump up^ "CanCam
KoharuPowered by Ameba". Ameblo.jp. Retrieved 2015-0920.
8.
Jump up^ "
- - ".
Asahi.com. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
9.
Jump up^ https://www.fmport.com/program/index.html?
key=af087cba5b3a46abab4294d77d7dae30. Retrieved 201601-22
10. Jump
up^ http://www.ohbsn.com/radio/programs/koharu/ Retrieved
2016-04-23
11. Jump up^ "Ikimasshoi: New H!P releases". March 1, 2007.
12. Jump up^ "HapiHapi Sunday!" (in Japanese). Up-Front
Works.
13. Jump up^ " CD
-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
14. ^ Jump up to:a b "Hello! Project photobook release schedule" (in
Japanese). Hello! Project. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
15. Jump up^ "Bs-Tbs Pops". Bs-tbs.co.jp. Retrieved 201509-20.
16. Jump up^ " | !!
". Drama-again.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
17. Jump up^ http://www.nhk.or.jp/dodra/tottotv/
18. Jump up^ https://www.fmport.com/program/index.html?
key=af087cba5b3a46abab4294d77d7dae30. fmport.com.
Retrieved 2016-01-15
19. Jump
up^ http://www.ohbsn.com/radio/programs/koharu/ Retrieved
2016-04-23
External links[edit]
Official blog: Koharu (Japanese)
Koharu Kusumi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Agent's website (Japanese)
Instagram account (Japanese)
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