User blog:WonderBuono!/Featured Member (August 2015): Kumai Yurina

This month's randomly selected member is:

Kumai Yurina



Kumai Yurina (熊井友理奈), born on August 3, 1993, in Kanagawa, is a former member of Berryz Koubou.

Yurina joined Hello! Project through the Hello! Project Kids audition in 2002. In 2004, she was chosen to be one of the starting members of the H!P Kids group Berryz Koubou. Yurina remained in this group until Berryz Koubou's indefinite hiatus on March 3 of this year. In 2009, she also became a member of the unit Guardians 4, singing theme songs for the anime Shugo Chara!.

Yurina released her debut solo photobook, Yurina, in 2007. Since then she has released two more photobooks, and three image DVDs. She has also performed several solo events since 2008.

Since her graduation from Hello! Project, Yurina has joined the J.P. Room agency (part of Up-Front Group). She plans to focus on her education as well as pursue a modeling career.

Yurina's nickname is Kumaicho. Her member color while in Berryz Koubou was green. Her hobbies include shopping and listening to music. She also loves Matcha (green tea), and even formed a unit with Suzuki Airi called Maccha's.

To learn more about Kumai Yurina, please visit her full article here.