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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.helloproject.com/artist/01/13/ Official Hello! Project profile] {{ja icon}}
* [http://ameblo.jp/kusumikoharu-blog/ Official blog: Koharun Land] {{ja icon}}

* [http://j-ongaku.org/wiki/Kusumi_Koharu J-Ongaku:Koharu Kusumi]
* [http://j-ongaku.org/wiki/Kusumi_Koharu J-Ongaku:Koharu Kusumi]



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Koharu Kusumi

Koharu Kusumi (久住 小春, Kusumi Koharu, born July 15, 1992 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan), is a J-pop singer and voice actress. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her school's volleyball team. Kusumi's audition process and debut was documented during the 2005 episodes of TV Tokyo television show, Hello! Morning.

Biography

Koharu Kusumi joined Morning Musume in 2005 as the only seventh generation member.

Kusumi has been a member of the Hello! Project kickball team Metro Rabbits H.P. since its formation in the beginning of 2006 and since April 7, 2006, she has been the voice actress for Kirari Tsukishima, the main character in the anime Kirarin Revolution (きらりん☆レボリューション).

In early 2007, Kusumi was chosen to be a member of Morning Musume Tanjō 10 Nen Kinentai (モーニング娘。誕生10年記念隊)—a unit created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary as a group. Morning Musume Tanjō 10 Nen Kinentai also consisted of Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe, Maki Goto and Risa Niigaki. Their first single, "Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia" (僕らが生きるMy Asia), was released on January 24, 2007.

Apart from her activities in aforementioned units, Kusumi is also a member of Kira Pika with C-ute's Mai Hagiwara and MilkyWay with Hello Project Eggs members Yuu Kikkawa (who also auditioned for Morning Musume back in 2006) and Sayaka Kitahara. Both units were formed for the Kirarin Revolution anime, which ended in March 2009. Kusumi is currently a regular on the TV Tokyo children's show Oha Suta, appearing every Tuesday.

In 2009, Kusumi was assigned to be apart of the new shuffle group, ZYX a along with Niigaki Risa, Umeda Erika, Ogawa Saki, Wada Ayaka, Tsugunaga Momoko, and Sudou Maasa.

After the first performance at Morning Musume's 2009 Fall Tour: Nine Smile, an announcement was made that Kusumi would graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project in December 2009.[1] According to the official announcement, she has interests in becoming a model, similar to Erika Umeda (C-ute)'s graduation purpose.[2] Her graduation marked the end of the longest stable lineup of Morning Musume (the group had gone just over 2 years without any change in membership, the longest in its history), as it will be the first change in the group's roster since the departures of Hitomi Yoshizawa and Miki Fujimoto in 2007.

Discography and releases

The following singles and albums are released under the artist name Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume) (月島きらり starring 久住小春(モーニング娘。)).

Singles

# Title Release date
1 "Koi Kana" (恋☆カナ) July 12, 2006
2 "Balalaika" (バラライカ) October 25, 2006
3 "Happy" (Happy☆彡)[3] May 2, 2007
4 "Chance!" (チャンス!) November 7, 2007
5 "Papancake" (パパンケーキ) July 16, 2008
6 "Hapi Hapi Sunday!" (はぴ☆はぴ サンデー!)[4] February 4, 2009

Albums and mini-albums

# Title Release date
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection
(きらりん☆レボリューション ソング・セレクション)
October 18, 2006
1 ☆☆☆ (Mitsuboshi)
(☆☆☆(みつぼし))
February 28, 2007
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 2
(きらりん☆レボリューション・ソング・セレクション2)
September 12, 2007
2 Kirarin Land
(きらりん☆ランド)
December 19, 2007
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 3
(きらりん☆レボリューション・ソング・セレクション3)
July 23, 2008
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 4
(きらりん☆レボリューション・ソング・セレクション4)
August 27, 2008
3 Kirari to Fuyu
(きらりと冬)
December 17, 2008
Kirarin Revolution Song Selection Vol. 5
(きらりん☆レボリューション・ソング・セレクション5)
March 18, 2009
Best Kirari
(ベスト☆きらり)
March 11, 2009

Photobooks

# Title[5] Release date Publisher
ISBN
Description
1 Kusumi Koharu (久住小春) March 24, 2006 Wani Books
ISBN 978-4847029233
First Solo photobook
2 Pop
(POP 久住小春ソロ写真集)
September 20, 2007 Kadokawa Publishing Group
ISBN 978-4048944991
Second solo photobook
3 Koharu Nikki
(久住小春写真集「小春日記。」)
July 25, 2008 Wani Books
ISBN 978-4847041020
Third solo photobook
Happy Memorial Photobook
(月島きらり starring 久住小春(モーニング娘。)『ハッピーメモリアル☆フォトブック)
December 1, 2008 Shogakukan
ISBN 978-4-09-132290-6
Released for Kirarin Revolution, credited as Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume)
4 Sugar Doll
(久住小春写真集「Sugar Doll」)
September 27, 2009 Wani Books
ISBN 978-4847042027
Fourth solo photobook

Acts

Television shows

Show Start date End date Station
Hello! Morning (ハロー!モーニング。) 2005 April 1, 2007 TV Tokyo
Musume Dokyu! (娘DOKYU!) July 4, 2005 December 6, 2009
Oha Suta (おはスタ, as Kirari Tsukishima) 2006 March 27, 2009
Oha Suta (おはスタ, as Herself) March 28, 2009 Ongoing
Kirarin Revolution
(きらりん☆レボリューション, as Kirari Tsukishima (voice))
April 7, 2006 March 27, 2009
Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@) April 8, 2007 September 28, 2008
Chichin Puipui February 20, 2009

Radio

Program Start date End date Station
TBC Fun Fīrudo Mōretsu Mōdasshu
(TBC Funふぃーるど・モーレツモーダッシュ)
November 7, 2005 November 18, 2005 TBC

References

  1. ^ "Regarding 7th Generation Morning Musume Member "Kusumi Koharu"" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Fanclub. 2009-09-19.
  2. ^ Kusumi, Koharu. "To all Hello! Project Official Fanclub Members" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Fanclub.
  3. ^ "Ikimasshoi: New H!P releases". March 1, 2007.
  4. ^ "Hapi☆Hapi Sunday!" (in Japanese). Up-Front Works.
  5. ^ "Hello! Project photobook release schedule" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Retrieved January 16, 2009.


Honorary titles
Preceded by Youngest member of Morning Musume
2005–2006
Succeeded by

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