Funaki Musubu

"Every member of ANGERME has very strong individual personalities. I'd like to do my best to not lose out to them !"

- Funaki Musubu, June 2017

Funaki Musubu (船木結) is Japanese idol under Hello! Project as a 6th generation member of ANGERME and a member of Country Girls.

She initially joined Hello! Project as an Hello Pro Kenshuusei on September 22, 2013 alongside six other girls. She debuted in Country Girls on November 5, 2015 and joined ANGERME as a concurrent member on June 26, 2017.

Early Life
Funaki Musubu was born on May 10, 2002 in Osaka, Japan. She is an only child.

2013
Funaki participated in Morning Musume's first 12th generation audition and made it to the final round, but no one was chosen to join the group.

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

On December 7, Funaki 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, Dambara Ruru and Haga Akane. All seven girls did a dance performance to Juice=Juice's "Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne".

2014
Funaki participated as a back-up dancer in the Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 ~Real Berryz Koubou~.

2015
On November 5, a surprise announcement was made at Country Girls' first anniversary event that Funaki would be joining the group alongside Yanagawa Nanami. She concluded her trainee activities with the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2015 ~11gatsu・12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~.

2016
On May 10, Funaki celebrated her 14th birthday at a fanclub event titled Country Girls Funaki Musubu Birthday Event 2016, featuring three performances at TOKYO FM HALL.

In December, Funaki was added as a member of the Hello! Project Station Dance Club.

2017
On May 23, Funaki celebrated her 15th birthday at a fanclub event titled Country Girls Funaki Musubu Birthday Event 2017, featuring two performances at TOKYO FM HALL.

On June 9, it was announced that Country Girls would be ceasing regular activities and that three of the members, including Funaki, would be transferring to other Hello! Project groups for their main activities as concurrent members. On June 26, it was revealed through a special episode of Hello! Project Station that she would be joining ANGERME alongside Kawamura Ayano as new 6th generation members. They will begin performing with the group in the Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER concert tour.

On July 12, it was announced that Funaki, Kamikokuryo Moe, and Yamazaki Yuhane would star in a summer commercial campaign for PIZZA-LA's "Yokubari Quarter" menu item with Matsuko Deluxe. It began being broadcast on July 15.

On July 28, Funaki released a digital song with Yokoyama Reina titled "Minmin Rock 'n' Roll!".

On August 7, she released her first solo photobook MUSUBU.

On September 27, she released her first solo image Blu-ray, raindrop.

On October 6, Funaki was announced as one of the five new Oha Girls for the children's morning show Oha Suta, which she would be in charge of Tuesdays.

On November 1, a winter PIZZA-LA commercial campaign for "Yokubari Quarter" was announced and would once again star Kamikokuryo, Funaki, and Yamazaki. This time they appeared alongside comedian Degawa Tetsuro.

2018
On March 7, it was announced that Funaki, Kamikokuryo Moe, and Yamazaki Yuhane would star in a commercial campaign with Degawa Tetsuro to promote PIZZA-LA's new spring menu item "Zeppin Haru no Gourmet Quarter". The commercial began being broadcast on March 10.

On March 17, Funaki was featured in the graduation2018 Chuugaku Sotsugyou published by TOKYO NEWS magazine&mook, commemorating her and other idols' graduation from middle school in 2018.

On May 21, Funaki celebrated her 16th birthday at a fanclub event titled ANGERME / Country Girls Funaki Musubu Birthday Event 2018, featuring two shows at Square Ebara Hiratsuka Hall

On August 7, Funaki will release her second solo photobook.

Personal Life
Education= When Funaki joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei, she was a fifth year elementary school student.

When she joined Country Girls in November 2015, she was in her first year of middle school. She graduated from middle school on March 20, 2018. As of April 2018, she is currently attending her first year of high school.

The following list are notable friendships Funaki Musubu has acquired:
 * -|Friendships=
 * Yanagawa Nanami: She gets along best with Yanagawa Nanami in Country Girls.
 * Nakanishi Kana: She gets along well with ANGERME member Nakanishi Kana.
 * Haga Akane: She also gets along well with Morning Musume member Haga Akane.

Funaki was given the name Musubu (結) as she was born the day after her parents got married (結婚).
 * -|Name Meaning=

Here is a list of nicknames that have been used to refer to Funaki Musubu:
 * -|Nicknames=
 * Funakki (ふなっき): Official nickname, given to her since joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
 * Musuu (むすぅ): Used by Inaba Manaka and Yamaki Risa.

Profile
Stats=
 * Name: Funaki Musubu (船木結)
 * Nickname: Funakki (ふなっき), Funakichi (ふなきち)
 * Birthday: 
 * Birthplace:  Osaka, Japan
 * Bloodtype: O
 * Eastern Zodiac: Horse
 * Western Zodiac: Taurus
 * Height: 147.7cm
 * Hello! Project Status:
 * 2013-09-22: Hello Pro Kenshuusei member
 * 2015-11-05: Country Girls member
 * 2017-06-26: ANGERME member
 * Country Girls Color:  Yellow  (2015-)
 * ANGERME Color:  Yellow-Green  (2017-)
 * Oha Girl Color:  Red  (2017-)
 * Hello! Project Groups:
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-2015)
 * Country Girls (2015-present)
 * ANGERME (2017-present)
 * Hello! Project Station Dance Club (2016-present)
 * -|Q&A=
 * Specialties: Magic tricks, skipping, imitating a robot, typing
 * Hobbies: PC (personal computer), watching make-up videos
 * Favorite Music Genre: J-pop
 * Favorite Sport: Soccer
 * Motto: "Itsumo egao!" (いつも笑顔!; Always smile!), "Hyakusetsu futou" (百折不撓; Unbreakable spirit)
 * Favorite Color: Pink
 * Favorite Hello! Project Song: "Kimagure Princess"
 * Looks Up To:  Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Michishige Sayumi, Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Miyamoto Karin

Discography

 * See also: List:Funaki Musubu Discography Featured In

Solo Blu-rays

 * [2017.09.27] raindrop

Other Blu-rays

 * [2017.05.11] Greeting ~Yanagawa Nanami・Funaki Musubu~

Fanclub DVDs

 * [2016.xx.xx] Country Girls Yanagawa Namani & Funaki Musubu FC Event 2016

Solo Photobooks

 * [2017.08.07] MUSUBU
 * [2018.08.07] TBA

Group Photobooks

 * [2017.06.03] Yanagawa Nanami & Funaki Musubu Mini Photobook "Greeting -Photobook-"

Cover girl

 * [2017.11.28] Young Champion 2017 No.24
 * [2017.11.28] Weekly ASCII No.1154
 * [2018.04.24] Young Champion 2018 No.10

Featured in

 * [2014.02.22] UTB (with Tanabe Nanami, Haga Akane)
 * [2014.07.10] JUNON (with Tanabe Nanami, Hamaura Ayano, Makino Maria, Sasaki Rikako, Niinuma Kisora, Dambara Ruru)
 * [2014.07.24] B.L.T. (with Dambara Ruru)
 * [2015.02.21] UTB (with Asakura Kiki)
 * [2015.03.14] Princess Bambina (with Hamaura Ayano)

Theater

 * [2016] Kizetsu Suru Hodo Aishiteru!
 * [2017] Yumemiru Television

TV Programs

 * [2015-] The Girls Live
 * [2017-] Test no Hanamichi (テストの花道) (regular)
 * [2017-] Oha Suta (as an Oha Girl)

Internet

 * [2013-] Hello! Project Station

Commercials

 * [2017] PIZZA-LA "Yokubari Quarter" (よくばりクォーター)
 * [2018] PIZZA-LA "Zeppin Haru no Gourmet Quarter" (絶品春のグルメクォーター)

Radio

 * [2017–] HELLO! DRIVE! (HELLO! DRIVE! -ハロドラ-) (Fridays)

Trivia

 * She thinks that she won't lose to any other member in the speed of her skipping.
 * Her dreams were to join Morning Musume, or a new unit, and to become an idol who is good at expressions.
 * She wanted to join Hello Pro Kenshuusei because she thought she could study more.
 * For her, the best thing about joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei was gradually becoming friends with the seniors that she admires and being able to dance for MV filming.
 * For her, the hardest thing about joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei was losing parts in the new member dance at the Nama Tamago Show.
 * She was the most inexperienced and roughest out of the Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition finalists, but spent all her free time during the training camp practicing and the teachers gave her a seal of approval with her tremendous growth throughout the three days.
 * She was once the shortest member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei, as well as the shortest member of Hello! Project. At 141cm she beat Taguchi Natsumi's record height of 145cm.
 * She is currently the shortest member in Country Girls and ANGERME.
 * She was the youngest in her Hello Pro Kenshuusei generation.
 * After her first Kenshuusei performance, she said that she had been so scared beforehand, but once she saw everyone's faces as she stepped foot on stage, she felt relaxed and happy. She thought the glowsticks were pretty and she wants to see that sight again.
 * She participated in the Morning Musume audition because she liked them. Her friends had been talking about how much they admired them, how cool they were with their singing and formation dances, and wanted to be in the group. From there she started to get into them and decided to audition.
 * According to an interview on JUNON Magazine released in July 2014, Funaki hoped on getting a deep pink member color.
 * Her rival in Hello Pro Kenshuusei was Dambara Ruru.
 * In Juice=Juice's 2016 drama Budokan, she was shown as a 13th generation member of the fictional group NEXT YOU in the year 2028.
 * Tsunku commented on Funaki in late 2013: "Please try copying different songs and dances from what you would usually listen to so that you can dance to most any kind of music. Your singing isn't quite there yet, so first is rhythm."