Haga Akane

Haga Akane (羽賀朱音) is a Japanese pop singer under Hello! Project, she is a twelfth generation member of Morning Musume.

She officially joined Hello! Project on September 22, 2013 as a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei, alongside six other girls.

Early Life
Haga Akane was born on March 7, 2002 in Nagano, Japan.

2012
She auditioned for Morning Musume's 11th generation, but was not chosen to enter the group.

2013
Haga participated in the 12th generation auditions, and made it to the finals, but she failed to join Morning Musume.

On September 22, a self-introduction video of Haga was uploaded to the Hello Pro Kenshuusei YouTube channel, revealing that she was a new member of the program.

On December 7, Haga was officially introduced as a Hello Pro Kenshuusei at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~ alongside Yamaki Risa, Yokogawa Yumei, Niinuma Kisora, Oura Hirona, Danbara Ruru and Funaki Musubu, all seven girls did a dance performance of Juice=Juice's Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne.

2014
On September 30, during Morning Musume '14 concert tour at Nippon Budokan, it was announced that Haga passed the Morning Musume '14 (Golden) Audition! along with Ogata Haruna, Nonaka Miki and Makino Maria.

Personal Life
Education= When Haga joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei, she was a sixth year elementary school student. As of April 2014, she is currently attending her first year of middle school.

Haga's given name, "Akane", means red (朱; aka) combined with sound (音; ne). It's a feminine Japanese given name and surname.
 * -|Name Meaning=

The following list are notable friendships Haga Akane has acquired:
 * -|Friendships=
 * Funaki Musubu: Haga gets along well with Hello Pro Kenshuusei member Funaki Musubu.

Here is a list of nicknames that have been used to refer to Haga Akane:
 * -|Nicknames=
 * Akanechin (あかねちん): Official nickname, given to her since joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei.

Profile
Stats=
 * Name: Haga Akane (羽賀朱音)
 * Nickname: Akanechin (あかねちん)
 * Birthday:
 * Birthplace: Nagano, Japan
 * Blood type: O
 * Eastern Zodiac: Horse
 * Height: 147cm
 * Hello! Project Status:
 * 2013-09-22: Hello Pro Kenshuusei Member
 * 2014-09-30: Morning Musume '14 Member
 * Hello! Project groups:
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013–2014)
 * Morning Musume '14 (2014-)
 * -|Q&A=
 * Specialty: Calligraphy
 * Hobbies: Reading manga like Asari-chan
 * Motto: "Kiwametai ongaku no sekai♪" (極めたい音楽の世界♪)
 * Favorite Color: Violet
 * Favorite Sport: Golf
 * Favorite Hello! Project songs: "Pyocopyoco Ultra", "Tokimeku Tokimeke"
 * Looks up to: Fukuda Kanon, Miyamoto Karin, Kudo Haruka, Tanaka Reina, Takagi Sayuki, Oda Sakura

Hello Pro Kenshuusei

 * Oheso no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa / Ten Made Nobore! (Debut)

Magazines

 * [2014.02.22] UTB (with Tanabe Nanami & Funaki Musubu)

Trivia

 * Based on 12th generation audition footage, she is learning English.
 * She believes that she won't lose to any other member in calligraphy.
 * She wants to be an idol that is respected by everyone.
 * She wants to become the sort of artist that everyone around the world knows, and the people who know her would want other people to know her, too.
 * She was mentioned in a local news article in 2010.
 * She thinks all of the Hello! Project members are amazing and talented.
 * She wanted to join Hello Pro Kenshuusei because she thought she was bad at singing and could get her skills up.
 * For her, the best thing about joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei was getting to meet everyone in Hello! Project.
 * For her, the hardest thing about joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei was when she couldn't do dances that everyone else could do.
 * After failing the Morning Musume 11th Generation ~Suppin Utahime~ Audition, she began training in her hometown to improve her skills.
 * She doesn't really have a rival in Hello Pro Kenshuusei, but Funaki Musubu is the closest thing to it. Even though she's younger, she's better at singing and dancing so she wants to catch up to her.
 * She got nervous seeing how big the Nama Tamago venue was and how many people would be watching. However, she wants to have the best performance out of all 7 in her generation so that she stands out the most and gets everyone to look at her. She made some mistakes during her first  performance and wasn't completely satisfied afterward. She wants to work harder at the parts she can't do even in songs she isn't performing.
 * She wants to continue improving her singing and dancing for the next year as a Kenshuusei, then the year or two after that she wants to join Morning Musume, graduate at 24, and then become an announcer like Konno Asami.
 * During the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event, she had a nosebleed from being nervous. She was compared to Tsuji Nozomi, who had a similar experience.
 * Iikubo Haruna mentioned Haga kinda looks like Michishige Sayumi. Her eyes and lips in particular. When Michishige asked Haga directly if anyone ever said that to her, she said yes.