Maeda Yuuka

Maeda Yuuka (前田憂佳) is a Japanese pop singer signed to Hello! Project. She joined the project in 2004 as a member of Hello! Pro Egg and is currently a member of Shugo Chara Egg!.

2004
Maeda Yuuka joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls. The aim of the group was to prepare the young girls for their debut into the world of entertainment, as such Maeda recieved free dance and vocal training alongside the other Eggs.

2005
In October, Maeda became one of the founding members of Hello! Pro Egg group Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai. They debuted at Morning Musume's enviromental Culture Festival 2005.

2006
Maeda Yuuka continued her training and appeared at numerous Hello! Project concerts as a backing dancer, including the Country Musume concert "Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~". In March Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's blog opened and in July their first song was announced, "Minna no ki". On August 22, Tomoiki went to do tree-planting activities at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken. In September, Maeda performed with Tomoiki performed “Minna no ki” at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2006 and were backing dancers to Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu.

2007
In April 2007 Maeda recieved a role in the musical "Soto wa shiroi haru no kumo" which was later released onto DVD. A few months later in September, Maeda featured in Standardsong Entertainment's "Ekubo ~people song~". Maeda also took part in a television show, "Chao.TV" (started 2007/09/02). Maeda appeared as a part of Tomoiki at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2007.

2008
Maeda recieved her first proper Hello! Project role when she was selected to become part of the new unit, High-King, alongside important Hello! Project singers such as Morning Musume's Takahashi Ai and Tanaka Reina. The group was created to promote Morning Musume's upcoming rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, titled Cinderella the Musical. The group's debut single, "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" was released on June 11, 2008 and attained a peak rank of #6.

Maeda was selected to be one of the four members for a new Hello! Pro Egg unit alongside Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon and Saho Akari. The group was called Shugo Chara Egg! and was formed to record the opening songs for the anime that Buono! sings for, Shugo Chara!. The group has released two singles to date.

In April, Maeda took part in another musical, "Bijogi Junction".

Profile
Name: Maeda Yuuka (前田憂佳) Nicknames: Yuukarin, Yuuka (Official) Birthday: 12/28/1994 Height: 150cm Birthplace: Chiba prefecture Blood type: B Close friends: Saho Akari, Noto Arisa, Yutoku Ayumi Hobbies: Videogames, listening to her H!P senior members’ songs Special skills: Piano, penmanship Likes: Dislikes: Pets: Haru (dog), Aochan (hamster), 3 turtles, goldfish, carp
 * H!P song: Happiness ~Koufuku kangei~
 * Character: Stitch
 * Tree: Cherry tree
 * Sport: Basketball
 * Thing: Dogs, hamsters, cheese omelette, salmon
 * Colour: Pink, red, black 
 * Food: Durian, spicy food
 * Thing: Ghosts 

Trivia

 * Maeda featured in the MBS Drama “Gakincho ~Return Kids~”.