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Kusumi Koharu

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Kusumi Koharu (久住小春) is a model, actress, TV personality and singer. She is a former member of the idol group Morning Musume and the side unit Dream Morning Musume, as well as a former exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam.

Kusumi joined Morning Musume in 2005 as the only seventh generation member, being only twelve years old when she joined. Shortly after joining, she was given the role of Tsukishima Kirari for the anime Kirarin☆Revolution. She became the youngest Hello! Project soloist to debut following the release of "Koi☆Kana". She graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project on December 6, 2009 to pursue a career in modeling.

As a Hello! Project soloist under the name Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume), her highest selling single is "Balalaika" with 72,709 copies. Her lowest selling single is "Hapi☆Hapi Sunday!" with 14,468 copies sold.

Biography[]

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Early Life[]

Kusumi Koharu was born on July 15, 1992 in the village of Washima in Niigata, Japan (now part of Nagaoka City).

Prior to joining Morning Musume, Kusumi was the captain of her school's volleyball team.

2005[]

In 2005, Kusumi auditioned for Morning Musume Audition 2005 and successfully passed. She joined Morning Musume in May 2005 as the only seventh generation member.

2006[]

Kusumi has been a member of the Hello! Project kickball team, Metro Rabbits H.P. since its formation in the beginning of the year. Starting on April 7, she was the voice actress for Tsukishima Kirari, the main character in the anime Kirarin☆Revolution.

2007[]

Early in the year, Kusumi was chosen to be a member of Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai, a unit created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary as a group. Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai also consisted of Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki and Niigaki Risa. Their first single, "Bokura ga Ikiru MY ASIA", was released on January 24.

2009[]

Apart from her activities in the aforementioned units, Kusumi was also a member of Kira☆Pika with ℃-ute's Hagiwara Mai and MilkyWay with Hello Pro Egg members Kikkawa You and Kitahara Sayaka. Both units were formed for the Kirarin☆Revolution anime, which ended in March 2009. Kusumi also became a regular on TV Tokyo children's show Oha Suta, appearing every Tuesday.

Kusumi was assigned to be a part of the new shuffle group, ZYX-α along with Niigaki Risa, Umeda Erika, Ogawa Saki, Wada Ayaka, Tsugunaga Momoko, Tokunaga Chinami, and Sudo Maasa.

After the first performance of Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~, a shocking announcement was made that Kusumi would graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project in December 2009. According to the official announcement, she was planning to be a model, similar to the graduation purpose of ℃-ute's Umeda Erika.

Her graduation marked the end of the longest stable lineup of Morning Musume (the group had gone just over two years without any change in membership, the longest in its history), as it was the first change in the group's roster since the departures of Yoshizawa Hitomi and Fujimoto Miki in 2007.

2010[]

In June, Kusumi performed in Shanghai alongside Morning Musume's Junjun and Linlin and Berryz Koubou's Natsuyaki Miyabi as a special 4-member unit called Ex-ceed!.

Both volumes of her photobook, Sugar Doll, were created and released as apps for the Android phone on July 14, 2010.

Kusumi announced on her blog that she would appear in a new commercial for Yamazaki brand "Funwari Shokupan" (white bread) that aired on July 16.

Later on, it was announced that she and the past Morning Musume members that were still under UP-FRONT formed the group Dream Morning Musume. The group debuted in late April with their first album Dorimusu ①, covering Morning Musume classic songs.

From December 22 to December 27, Kusumi performed in the stage play Abe Naikaku alongside Abe Natsumi and Yasuda Kei.[1] The play is about the prime minister and politics.

2011[]

On September 24, it was announced that Kusumi had signed with a new modeling agency called ILLUME.

On October 12, it was announced that Kusumi would miss the Dream Morning Musume event on due to the stomach flu.

In late fall, she recorded a new song, "Asa Asamba", which was released as a digital single and was later released in Petit Best 12 as a bonus track.

2012[]

On February 15, Dream Morning Musume released their first single, "Shining Butterfly".

2013[]

On January 19th, Kusumi appeared on Youngtown radio show, filling in for Mitsui Aika, with Michishige Sayumi and Kikkawa You. During that radio show, Kusumi revealed that the one of the reasons she auditioned for Morning Musume was to get into the entertainment industry and become a model. She was grateful to Morning Musume for helping her achieve that dream. She chose to graduate from Morning Musume at the age of 17 in order to model for CanCam, of which she considers a "step up" from Morning Musume. Kusumi also revealed that she disliked the male fanbase she had as an idol and prefers her female fanbase as a model.

In August, Kusumi participated in the Idol Koushien event. During the event, Kusumi mainly performed Kirarin☆Revolution songs.

On December 20, Kusumi appeared in the stage play Shiritsu Hasuhasu Onna Gakuin as a guest performer.

2014[]

In March, Kusumi graduated from Oha Suta.[2]

Beginning on July 22, Kusumi starred in the TV drama Again!! as Abe Tamaki, the leader of the American-styled cheer team. The TV drama would run through the summer season, with ten episodes in total.

2015[]

On July 23, Kusumi announced on her blog that she graduated from being an exclusive model for CanCam magazine following her last appearance in the September 2015 issue.

On September 15, it was announced that Kusumi would be leaving the Otoboke POPS talk show from October.

2016[]

On January 9, Kusumi started hosting a weekly radio show titled Kusumi Koharu Kohappy Time on FM PORT. On April 1, Kusumi started hosting a second radio program called Kusumi Koharu no MEDIASHIP927 on BSN.

On November 30, Kusumi's contract with J.P ROOM was not renewed and she had decided to leave UP-FRONT GROUP entirely.[3] However, she would stay in the entertainment industry.

2017[]

Kusumi's radio show Kusumi Koharu no MEDIASHIP927 ended on March 31.

On April 7, it was announced that Kusumi had signed with the Oscar Promotion on New Year's Day, after completing her contract with J.P ROOM at the end of last November.[4] It was also announced that she would also be starring in Joshuu Seven, her first TV drama since joining the company, beginning on April 21.

On September 14, Kusumi announced she was cast for season five of the drama Doctor-X, which would begin on October 13.[5] Her character is a nurse named Nagamori Haruna.

On November 16, Kusumi released her fifth solo photobook and her first since she graduated as an idol eight years before, titled moment.[6]

2020[]

On July 20, Kusumi revealed that she would be the voice of Gabby Duran in the Japanese dub of the Disney Channel original series, Gabby Duran & the Unsittables.[7]

Personal Life[]

  • Family
  • Education
  • Name Meaning
  • Nicknames

She has an older sister and an older brother.

Kusumi also has a pet dog named Rui.
When Kusumi joined Morning Musume, she was a first year middle school student.
Kusumi's given name, "Koharu", means small (小; ko) combined with spring (春; haru). It's a feminine Japanese given name and surname.

Here is a list of nicknames that was used to refer to Kusumi Koharu:

  • Miracle-chan: Official nickname, given her since joining Morning Musume. Used by members and fans.

Profile[]

  • Stats
  • Q&A
  • Hobby: Volleyball, which she began in 3rd grade and was captain
  • Favorite food: Umeboshi flavored snacks, Fruits & Raw Food.
  • Favorite color: Pink
  • Favorite kind of guy: Kind
  • Favorite celebrities: Morning Musume & Amuro Namie
  • Favorite H!P Member: Fujimoto Miki
  • Audition Song: Furusato
  • Favorite Morning Musume Song: Mikan

Discography[]

Main article: Kusumi Koharu/Discography

The following singles and albums are released under the artist name Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume) unless indicated otherwise.

  • Albums
  • Singles
  • Other
  • DVDs
Studio Albums
Compilation Albums
Major Singles
Digital Singles
  • [2011.09.24] Asa Asamba (アサアサンバ) (Kusumi Koharu)
Compilations / Collaborations
Solo DVDs

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Publications[]

Main article: Kusumi Koharu/Publications

Solo Photobooks[]

Solo Calendars[]

  • [2018.11.10] Kusumi Koharu 2019nen Calendar (久住小春 2019年 カレンダー)

Books[]

Works[]

TV Programs[]

  • [2005–2007] Hello! Morning (ハロー! モーニング)
  • [2005] Musume DOKYU! (娘DOKYU!)
  • [2005-2009] Music Fighter
  • [2006–2009] Oha Suta (おはスタ) (as Tsukishima Kirari)
  • [2007–2008] Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@)
  • [2008–2009] Yorosen! (よろセン!)
  • [2009] Piramekiino (ピラメキーノ) (5 episodes)
  • [2009] Nachicoral Gakuen (ナチコラル学園) (2 episodes)
  • [2009–2014] Oha Suta (おはスタ) (as a regular)
  • [2010–2011] Oha Colosseum (おはコロシアム) (as a regular)
  • [2012] Entame Tsuushin (エンタメ通信)
  • [2014–2015] Otoboke POPS (音ボケPOPS) (as a regular)

TV Dramas[]

  • [2014] Hossoku! Gyaru Naikaku (発足！ギャル内閣) (Lead role as Yamato Shin)
  • [2014] Again!! (アゲイン!!) (as Abe Tamaki)
  • [2016] Totto Television (トットてれび) (Episode 2, 3 & 7, as Naoko of the Three Bubbles)
  • [2017] Joshuu Seven (女囚セブン) (as Koharu)
  • [2017] Doctor-X ~Geikai・Daimon Michiko~ (ドクターX ～外科医・大門未知子～) (as Nagamori Haruna)
  • [2019] Kamen Dosokai (仮面同窓会) (as Imai Nao)
  • [2019] Ogamiya Kaidan II (拝み屋怪談 II) (as Kobashi Mikoto)
  • [2019] Tokumei Keiji Kakuho no Onna 2 (特命刑事 カクホの女2) (Episode 1 as Inoue Nanami)
  • [2023] Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji (ケイジとケンジ、時々ハンジ。) (as Misaki Haruka)

Anime[]

  • [2006–2009] Kirarin☆Revolution (きらりん☆レボリューション) (voice of Tsukishima Kirari)

Commercials[]

  • [2010] Funwari Shokupan (ふんわり食パン)
  • [2012] Samantha Jet (サマンサジェット)
  • [2012] U25 Samantha Thavasa (U25 サマンサタバサ)
  • [2016] Hillside Villa Ciel et Vert (ヒルサイドヴィラ シエルヴェルト)

Theater[]

  • [2006] Ribbon no Kishi The Musical (リボンの騎士 ザ・ミュージカル) (as Minister's Son)
  • [2008] Cinderella the Musical (シンデレラ The ミュージカル) (as the Herald)
  • [2010] Abe Naikaku (安倍内閣)
  • [2013] Kochira Jiyu Gakuen a part-time high school (こちら自由学園 a part-time high school)
  • [2013] Onna, Hito Urei (オンナ、ひと憂。)
  • [2013] 2LDK
  • [2013] Shiritsu Hasuhasu Onna Gakuin (私立ハスハス女学院)
  • [2014] Hossoku! Gyaru Naikaku (発足！ギャル内閣)
  • [2014] Phantasy Star Online 2 -ON STAGE-

Radio[]

  • [2005] TBC Fun Field Mou Let's Mou Dash (TBC FUNふぃーるど・モーレツモーダッシュ) (2 episodes)
  • [2006] Myu~komi (ミュ〜コミ) (1 episode)
  • [2006] Recommen! (レコメン!) (1 episode)
  • [2009] Hello Pro ya nen! (ハロプロやねん!) (1 episode)
  • [2016-] Kusumi Koharu Kohappy TIME (久住小春 こはっぴーTIME)
  • [2016-2017] Kusumi Koharu no MEDIASHIP927 (久住小春のMEDIASHIP927)

Runway[]

  • [2011] KOBE COLLECTION 2011 AUTUMN/WINTER
  • [2012] CanCam×AneCan Goudou Fashion Show "Can Kore!" (CanCam×AneCan合同ファッションショー「Canコレ！」)
  • [2012] STOCK STYLE 2012 SPRING／SUMMER
  • [2012] Girls Award 2012 AUTUMN/WINTER
  • [2013] TOKYO RUNWAY 2013 SPRING/SUMMER
  • [2013] Girls Award 2013 SPRING/SUMMER
  • [2013] TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION SPRING LIVE Edition supported by Miyazaki Koi Tabi (宮﨑恋旅)
  • [2013] Rea*ma pastel party 2013 in TOKYO
  • [2013] Girls Award 2013 AUTUMN/WINTER
  • [2014] Girls Award 2014 SPRING/SUMMER
  • [2014] a-nation & Girls Award islandcollection by CanCam
  • [2014] TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION Pray for FUKUSHIMA ~Egao to Genki no Himawaru Stage~ supported by GLOBAL WORK (～笑顔と元気のひまわりステージ～)
  • [2017] SAPPORO COLLECTION 2017

Trivia[]

  • She is the second Morning Musume member to come from Niigata, following Ogawa Makoto.
  • The word "miracle" is used in relation to Kusumi a lot (whether as a nickname or as a catchphrase) because the 7th generation auditions were to find the "ace" for Morning Musume, whom Tsunku dubbed would be a "miracle."
  • During her audition, she stated that she prefers the "cool" images over "cute," and stated Yoshizawa Hitomi and Fujimoto Miki as the members she admires the most. She has also stated that Fujimoto Miki is her favorite celebrity on both Hello! Morning and Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER.
  • Her audition song was Morning Musume's "Furusato". At Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~, her graduation song was, incidentally, also Furusato.
  • Her mentor figure within Morning Musume was Michishige Sayumi.
  • She is the youngest artist to debut solo within Hello! Project.
  • She was the best selling Hello! Project soloist in 2006 and 2007.
  • She once claimed to be anxious around older generation members, particularly Nakazawa Yuko and Yaguchi Mari. However, since being in Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai, she has claimed to have calmed her anxiety around Iida Kaori and Abe Natsumi.
  • She gets startled when someone speaks in Kansai dialect.
  • She was the first artist to achieve the 2.0 ratio in Hello! Project in years (the 2.0 ratio is first week sales versus total sales. In other words, she was able to double her first week sales).
  • In Yorosen!, she taught other Morning Musume members about Sumo Wrestling.
  • She refused to ever call Takahashi Ai "Ai-chan," and instead called her "Takahashi-san" because she respected Takahashi greatly, although Takahashi said that she wanted her to call her "Ai-chan".
  • She is close friends with Mitsui Aika.
  • She maintains an avid interest in healthy eating and raw food, and has written about these topics on her blog and in her 2011 autobiography and essay book, 17sai no Tenshoku.
  • She is the fourth former Morning Musume member to graduate from both Morning Musume and Hello! Project. The first being Fukuda Asuka, the second being Ishiguro Aya, and the third being Ichii Sayaka
  • She is the first Morning Musume member to graduate from both Morning Musume and Hello! Project since 2000 when Ichii Sayaka graduated.
  • Tsunku has stated that Koharu is the most popular member in Hello! Project's history.
  • She ranked #10 in CDTV's 2009 "Which artists would you have as your girlfriend/lover" poll.
  • She ranked 6th in Asian Plus Photo Book's April 2010 "6 hot girls from Hello! Project."
  • Has been described as "noisy" by other members. Mitsui Aika has stated the Kusumi's voice is painful to the ears and that above being high-pitched, she is also very loud.
  • Many members have stated that Koharu never showed any feelings of sadness or frustration during her time in Morning Musume, and that she always went through things by herself, in order to not bother or worry the other members.
  • During her time in Morning Musume, Koharu was known to be very cheerful and bright, as well as a "mood-maker" in the group.
  • She and Kamei Eri were known to be "whatever works" comrades.
  • Niigaki Risa has expressed her love for Kusumi, and when they were both in Morning  Musume their pairing name was Gaki-Koha.
  • Was a "troublesome kid" when she entered Morning Musume.
  • Members have said that Koharu is a "miracle" and have stated that she is quite an eccentric and interesting kid. Kamei Eri stated that "there will probably never be another girl like Koharu in this world" and that there "has never been a girl like her" during her graduation.


Total Sales Count[]

Year Year Sales Total Sales
2006 127,911 127,911
2007 173,286 301,197
2008 36,450 337,647
2009 31,372 369,019

Honorary Titles[]

Honorary Titles
Preceded by
Tanaka Reina 		Youngest member of Morning Musume
2005 – 2006 		Succeeded by
Mitsui Aika

References[]

  1. ↑ Official Gekijyo Page
  2. ↑ Oha Suta. Broadcast Date: March 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "「久住小春に関するご報告」" (in Japanese). M-line club. 2016-11-30.
  4. ↑ "元モー娘。久住小春、オスカーへ移籍 剛力彩芽主演ドラマにも出演決定" (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2017-04-07.
  5. ↑ "ドクターX新シリーズ" (in Japanese). Kusumi Koharu Official Blog. 2017-09-14.
  6. ↑ "写真集出します(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)" (in Japanese). Kusumi Koharu Official Blog. 2017-10-14.
  7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CC2AiWcnhSU/?igshid=yt9yj5d7r862
  8. ↑ Promotional Goods
  9. ↑ Promotional Goods

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