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Kasahara Momona
笠原(かさはら)桃奈(ももな)
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Kasahara Momona promoting "Kagiriaru Moment"
Name
Nicknames Kassa (かっさー?)
Birth Info
Born October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22) (age 16)
Origin Kanagawa, Japan
Blood Type A
Zodiac Sign Libra Libra
Sizes
Height 160cm
Professional Info
Genres J-Pop
Occupation Idol, Singer, Model
Years Active 2015-present
(5 years)
Agency UP-FRONT PROMOTION (2015-)
Label UP-FRONT WORKS
Associated Acts ANGERME, Hello Pro Kenshuusei, UP-FRONT GROUP Telework Gasshou
ANGERME Info
Joined July 16, 2016
Generation 5th Generation
Member Color      Deep Pink
Debut Single Umaku Ienai / Ai no Tame Kyou Made Shinkashite Kita Ningen, Ai no Tame Subete Taikashite Kita Ningen / Wasurete Ageru
Time in Group 3 Years, 11 Months, 15 Days
Hello Pro Kenshuusei Info
Joined April 1, 2015
Generation 24th Generation
Graduated July 16, 2016
Time in Group 1 Year, 2 Months, 16 Days
Links
Blog Ameblo-favicon.png ANGERME Member Blog
Other
Autograph
Kasaharaofficialautograph
 Momona's autograph 
Kasahara Momona (笠原桃奈) is a Japanese idol under Hello! Project as the sole fifth generation member of ANGERME.

She first joined Hello! Project as a Hello Pro Kenshuusei on May 4, 2015, when she introduced at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2015 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~.

BiographyEdit

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Kasahara Momona, April 2015

Early LifeEdit

Kasahara Momona was born on October 22, 2003 in Kanagawa, Japan.

2014Edit

In 2014, she entered the Morning Musume '14 <Golden> Audition!, but failed.

2015Edit

On April 1, Kasahara joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei. She was formally introduced and participated in the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2015 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ on May 4, 2015 alongside Ono Mizuho, Nakano Rion, Yanagawa Nanami, Maeda Kokoro, Akiyama Mao, Kanatsu Mizuki and Okamoto Honoka.

2016Edit

On May 5, she was awarded the public vote for best performance alongside Kiyono Momohime at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2016 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ for her performance of "Itoshiku Kurushii Kono Yoru ni".

On July 16, during the opening Hello! Project 2016 SUMMER concert, it was announced that Kasahara had joined ANGERME as the 5th generation member.[1] According to Wada Ayaka, Kasahara had been participating in lessons with the group since May.

On November 15, Kasahara celebrated her 13th birthday at a special event titled ANGERME Kasahara Momona Birthday Event 2016, which featured two shows at TOKYO FM HALL.

2017Edit

On October 23, Kasahara celebrated her 14th birthday at a fanclub event titled ANGERME Kasahara Momona Birthday Event 2017, which featured two shows at TOKYO FM HALL.

2018Edit

On November 6, Kasahara celebrated her 15th birthday in a joint fanclub event with Kamikokuryo Moe, titled ANGERME Kamikokuryo Moe・Kasahara Momona Birthday Event 2018, at Shinagawa Stellar Ball.

On November 30, former Morning Musume member Takahashi Ai published the Ai Takahashi MAKE-UP BOOK in which Kasahara and five other active Hello! Project members appear as models.[2]

2019Edit

Kasahara was featured in graduation2019 Chuugaku Sotsugyou, a collection of interviews and gravure photos commemorating her and other idols' graduation from middle school, which was published by TOKYONEWS magazine&mook on March 1.[3]

On October 22, she released her first solo visual photobook, titled Momona.[4]

On November 8, Kasahara celebrated her 16th birthday in a joint fanclub event with Kamikokuryo Moe, titled ANGERME Kamikokuryo Moe・Kasahara Momona Birthday Event 2019, at CLUB CITTA'.

Personal LifeEdit

As of 2020, both her parents are 36 years old, and her two younger sisters are 15 and 12 years olds.

When Kasahara joined ANGERME, she was a first year middle school student. She graduated from middle school in March 2019[5] and began high school the following April.[6] As of April 2020, she is currently in her second year of high school.

She gets along well with ANGERME member Nakanishi Kana, Juice=Juice member Yanagawa Nanami, and she was good friends with Kanatsu Mizuki in Hello Pro Kenshuusei.

Her parents chose the name because it means "sweet" in Hawaiian, and they hoped to raise her to be a sweet girl.[7]

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Kasahara Momona:

ProfileEdit

  • Specialties: Dance (9 years of experience in ballet), acrobatics, swings[8]
  • Hobbies: Eating sweets, playing games, athletics, dancing, cycling with her family
  • Charm Point: Her pale skin
  • Favorite Music Genre: Classical music
  • Favorite Sport: Ballet
  • Motto: Rather than be like the moon who borrows light from the sun to shine even greater, light a smaller spark that is truly your own (日の光を借りて照る大いなる月たらんよりは、自ら光を放つ小さな灯火たれ。), "Isshou kenmei" (一所懸命; As hard as one can)[8]
  • Favorite Food: Peaches, fruit
  • Least Favorite Food: Meat
  • Favorite Subjects: P.E., History
  • Favorite Colors: Purple[8], pink[8]
  • Favorite Hello! Project Songs: "Kimagure Princess" and "Yuugure wa Ameagari"
  • Favorite ANGERME Songs: "Mystery Night!", "Dondengaeshi", "Gashin Shoutan" and "Jitensha Chiririn"
  • Favorite ANGERME Member: Aikawa Maho
  • Looks Up To: Kudo Haruka, Sato Masaki, Michishige Sayumi, Kamei Eri, Nomura Minami

PublicationsEdit

Solo PhotobooksEdit

BooksEdit

Featured as a modelEdit

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WorksEdit

TV ProgramsEdit

TheaterEdit

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InternetEdit

RadioEdit

  • [2016–] AS1422 (アンジュルムステーション１４２２)
  • [2016–2019] HELLO! DRIVE! (HELLO! DRIVE! -ハロドラ-) (Thursdays, 2016.09–2017.09; Fridays, 2017.10–2019.06)

TriviaEdit

  • She thinks she has a strong sense of right and wrong.
  • She thinks she's a little scatterbrained.
  • She wants to perform like Kamei Eri.
  • She is the first member in Hello Pro Kenshuusei to have been born in 2003.
  • She decided to join Hello Pro Kenshuusei because she loves singing and dancing.
  • She grew to love Hello! Project because of her admiration for Takahashi Ai and the "Platinum Era" of Morning Musume.
  • She wants to focus on her singing and get better at the songs she has trouble with.
  • Her rival in Hello Pro Kenshuusei was Akiyama Mao.
  • She previously stated that she wanted to debut in Morning Musume. In an interview with Top Yell in July 2016, she said her future dream was to debut in Hello! Project and stand on a large stage. 
  • She likes The Beatles (an influence from her parents).
  • Wada Ayaka thinks that Kasahara Momona's personality which isn't afraid of anything is amazing.
  • When Wada Ayaka told her she would be joining ANGERME, she thought it was a prank.
  • When Wada Ayaka asked her which group was her favorite she said Morning Musume, when asked who her second favorite group was, she initially said ANGERME while looking down, but when pressed again she admitted her second favorite group was actually Country Girls.
  • Kamikokuryo Moe calls Momona's pink image color peach.
  • Her parents like Hawaii because they held their wedding there.
  • She wants to go to Australia because she likes animals and nature. She also wants to go to Greece because she likes mythology and the look of their townscapes.
  • At 12 going on 13, she is currently the last member to debut at 12 years old (all the other members that came after her in all Hello! Project Groups have joined at 13 years old or older).

See AlsoEdit

Honorary TitlesEdit

Honorary Titles

Preceded by
Okamoto Honoka

Youngest member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei
2015-2016

Succeeded by
Kiyono Momohime

Preceded by
Sasaki Rikako

Youngest member of ANGERME
2016–2018

Succeeded by
Ise Layla

Preceded by
Funaki Musubu

Youngest member of Hello! Project
2016–2017

Succeeded by
Kiyono Momohime

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "アンジュルムに新メンバー“プリプリ桃尻”笠原桃奈" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 2016-07-16.
  2. ↑ "高橋愛、ハロプロ後輩を華麗にプロデュース 初メイクブック発売【独占カット】 " (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2018-11-22.
  3. ↑ "【笠原桃奈（アンジュルム）ポストカード付】graduation2019中学卒業" (in Japanese). TOKYONEWS magazine&mook.
  4. ↑ "笠原桃奈(アンジュルム)ファーストビジュアルフォトブック「Momona」発売決定！！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-09-13.
  5. ↑ Kasahara Momona. "中学校バイバイ 笠原桃奈" (in Japanese). ANGERME Member Official Blog. 2019-03-21.
  6. ↑ Kasahara Momona. "こんにちは 笠原桃奈" (in Japanese). ANGERME Member Official Blog. 2019-04-02.
  7. ↑ Pocket Morning. 2016-10-12. (Translation by Ro-kun)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Official Hello Pro Kenshuusei Profile (in Japanese). Archived: 2015-11-06.
  9. ↑ BS朝日 テイバン・タイムズ - "【2017年5月28日放送】防災を考える". BS Asahi's Official Website. 2017-05-28

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