Haruka Kudō (singer)

Haruka Kudō (工藤 遥, Kudō Haruka, born October 27, 1999)[1] is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume, Kudō was a Hello! Pro Egg member.[1][2] Kudo is the youngest member in history to join Morning Musume, at 11 years and 11 months old, surpassing Ai Kago's 12-year record.

This article is about the Morning Musume member. For the Japanese voice actress, see Haruka Kudō (voice actress).

Haruka Kudō
工藤 遥
Kudo in 2016
Born (1999-10-27) October 27, 1999
Saitama Prefecture, Japan[1]
Other namesKudū (くどぅー), Do (どぅー)[1][2]
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active2010–present
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Associated acts
  • Hello! Pro Egg (2010–2011)
  • Morning Musume (2011–2017)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu
Websitewww.helloproject.com/morningmusume/

Biography

2010

On March 27, 2010, at the 2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kōen sangatsu: Yokohama Gold! concert, Kudō was introduced as a new member of Hello! Pro Egg.[3]

Haruka Kudō debuted in concert on May 1, 2010, at the Hello! Project presents: Hello Fest in Odaiba Gurume Park festival.[3][4]

2011

In 2011, Haruka participated in the 10th generation auditions for Morning Musume. Throughout September, she appeared weekly on the TV show Hello Pro! Time in the segment dedicated to the auditions.

Also in September, it was announced that Haruka Kudō would take part in two stage plays: Ribbon: Inochi no Audition, starting October 8, and 1974, starting December 14. The latter will also feature Karin Miyamoto, a fellow Hello! Pro Egg.[5]

On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special, it was announced that Haruka Kudō passed the auditions alongside 3 other girls: Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida, and Masaki Satō.[2][6]

2017

On April 29, she announced her upcoming graduation from Morning Musume and Hello! Project. It happened on December 11 at the Morning Musume autumn concert tour. She also stated that she desired to become an actress.[7] She landed her first major role in the 42nd entry of the long-running Super Sentai series, Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, as Umika Hayami/LupinYellow.

Hello! Project groups and units
  • Morning Musume (2011–2017)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)
  • Triplet (2014–2017)

Discography

Singles
Morning Musume
Kudo Haruka & Sato Masaki (Morning Musume '17)
  • "Miss Henka!!" (May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19))

DVDs
  • Kūkan Jelly "Ima ga Itsuka ni Naru Mae ni" (空間ゼリー『今がいつかになる前に』) (February 2011)[8]

Solo DVDs
# Title Release date Chart
position		 Label
Oricon
Weekly
DVD
Chart
[9]
1 Greeting: Kudō Haruka
  (Greeting ～工藤 遥～)		 2012 – e-Hello! series[10]
2 Haruka (HARUKA) November 7, 2012 30 Zetima (EPBE-5452)[11]
3 Kudo Haruka DVD "Haruka -Thirteen-
  (工藤遥DVD 「遥 – thirteen -」)		 May 15, 2013 — Up-Front Works (UFBW-2083)

Bibliography

Solo photobooks
  1. Do (October 27, 2012, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4847045035)
    Haruka Kudo's 1st solo photobook[12]

Filmography

TV dramas

Movies

Appearances

Concerts
Hello! Project Egg
  • Hello! Project presents: Hello Fest in Odaiba Gurume Park (プロジェクト プレゼンツ～ハロ☆フェス in お台場グルメPARK～) (May 2010)
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Morning Musume
  • Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special (コンサートツアー2011秋 愛BELIEVE～高橋愛 卒業記念スペシャル～) (September 2011)
  • Hello! Project 2012 WINTER Hello☆Pro Tengoku ~Rock-chan~
  • Hello! Project 2012 WINTER Hello☆Pro Tengoku ~Funky-chan~
  • Morning Musume Concert Tour 2012 Haru: Ultra Smart (February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) – May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13))

Theater plays
  • Kūkan Jelly Vol. 12 "Ima ga Itsuka ni Naru Mae ni" (空間ゼリー vol.12「今がいつかになる前に」"Before Today Becomes Another Day") (October 30 – November 7, 2010, Big Tree Theater (ja), Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo)[14]
  • Re-Born: Inochi no Audition (リボーン～命のオーディション～", "Re-Born: The Audition for Life") (October 8–17, 2011, Space Zero hall (ja), Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo)[5][15]
  • 1974 (Ikunayo ~ Please Don't Go) (December 14–18, 2011, Kinokuniya Southern Theatre, Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo)[5]

TV shows
  • Hello Pro! Time (ハロプロ!TIME) (September 2011 – May 2012, TV Tokyo)
  • Hello! SATOYAMA Life (ハロー!SATOYAMAライフ) (2012–2013, TV Tokyo)
  • The Girls Live (2014–present, TV Tokyo)

Radio
  • MBS Young Town Satruday (MBSヤングタウン土曜日) (January 9, 2016–, MBS)

References
  1. モーニング娘。10期メンバー　決定！ (in Japanese). Up-Front DC Co., Ltd. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. "Archived copy" モーニング娘。新メン発表＆高橋愛5期メン再集結に涙の熱唱 (in Japanese). Plantech Co., Ltd. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "GWお台場ハロプロ祭りで真野恵里菜、℃-uteら笑顔" (in Japanese). Natalie (Natasha, Inc.). May 1, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  4. "℃-ute、真野恵里菜、スマイレージら、お台場で＜ハロ☆フェス＞開催" (in Japanese). BARKS. May 2, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  5. スマイレージ・サブメンも参加!「ハロプロエッグ」が新発表会ライブ開催. De View, Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  6. モーニング娘。10期メンバー4人発表　明日卒業の高橋愛は「進化」に期待 (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  7. "モーニング娘。'17 工藤遥に関するお知らせ". DC FACTORY. April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  8. "空間ゼリー『今がいつかになる前に』". UP-FRONT WORKS Co.,Ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  9. "工藤遥のDVDランキング │オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. n.d. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  10. e-Hello! 工藤 遥DVD 『Greeting 〜工藤 遥〜』 ダイジェスト on YouTube
  11. "Sony Music Shop 工藤 遥(ﾓｰﾆﾝｸﾞ娘｡)･ﾀｲﾄﾙ未定･CD･DVD･ﾌﾞﾙｰﾚｲ･ｱｰﾃｨｽﾄｸﾞｯｽﾞ･書籍･雑誌の通販".
  12. "モーニング娘。工藤遥1stソロ写真集『Do』 12/10/27発売". Wani Books. September 21, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  13. "元モー娘。工藤遥：スーパー戦隊のヒロインに　快盗戦隊のイエロー役" (in Japanese). Mantan Web. January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  14. "空間ゼリーvol.12『今がいつかになる前に』". Gekidan Online. Up-Front Agency Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  15. DVD リボーン ～命のオーディション～. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
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