Yanagihara Hiromi

Yanagihara Hiromi (柳原尋美) was one of the original and founding members of Hello! Project group Country Musume which she joined in 1999.

On July 16, 1999, 19 year old Yanagihara was tragically killed in a car accident one week before the group's first release, Futari no Hokkaido on July 23, 1999. Yanagihara was reportedly driving alone near her home in Hokkaido when her car left the road and crashed into a ditch, throwing her out.

She is the first and only Hello! Project member to have died.

Profile

 * Name: Yanagihara Hiromi (柳原尋美)
 * Nickname: Hiromi (ひろみ)
 * Birthdate: October 19,1979 (age 32)
 * Date of Death: July 16, 1999 (aged 19)
 * Birthplace: Chiba, Japan
 * Blood Type: A
 * Hello! Project Group:
 * Country Musume (1999)

Country Musume: Posthumous

 * Futari no Hokkaido

Movies

 * [1998] Morning Cop ~Daite HOLD ON ME!~ (モーニング刑事. ～抱いてHold on Me!～)

TV shows

 * [1999-07-13] Idol o Sagase

Dramas

 * [1998-04-06] Taiyō Musume to Umi (太陽娘と海; Sun Daughter and the Sea)
 * [1998-07-09] Kaze no Musumetachi(風の娘たち; Daughters of Wind)
 * [1998-10-11] Wine Musume Koi Monogatari (ワイン娘恋物語; Wine Daughter Love Story)