Momoko Tsugunaga

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Momoko Tsugunaga : biography

March 6, 1992 – living

Career

Momoko joined Hello! Project in 2002 at the age of 10 with the other 15 Hello! Project Kids. In 2004 Berryz Kobo was created, and Momoko was selected as one of the group’s lead vocalists. In the same year she was a member of Little Gatas, an official Hello! Project futsal team where the members are made up fom Berryz Kobo and °C-ute and is now a reserve member for Gatas Brilhantes H.P. In 2007 she was selected together with °C-ute member Airi Suzuki, and fellow Berryz Kobo member Miyabi Natsuyaki for the Hello! Project sub-group Buono!, which mainly produced opening and ending songs for the Anime Shugo Chara!, but has now gone on to release more singles. Momoko was named as the official leader of Buono! in 2010, although she already self-proclaimed that before. Berryz Kobo held a concert in Saitama Super Arena for first time in 2007 and it’s also the first time that Momoko sang a solo. She interpreted Koi wa Hipparidako, which is part of their first album: 1st Chou Berryz. For her 4th Photobook "momochiiii", she held a handshake event on August 31, 2009, which made her the first Berryz Kobo member to do that (and the third among Hello! Project Kids).

In September 2011, Momoko made an appearance on a Japanese comedy show, Mecha Mecha Iketeru as a member of Berryz Kobo. In this show, she successfully established her presence as an irritating idol (ira-dol) and started to appear on many TV shows.

Hello! Project groups and units

  • Hello! Project Kids
  • ZYX (2003–?)
  • Berryz Kobo (2004–present)
  • H.P. All Stars (2004)
  • Buono! (2007–present)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)

Hello! Project groups

  • Hello! Project Kids
  • ZYX (2003, 2009)
  • Berryz Kobo (2004–)
  • Buono! (2007–)

Shuffle units

  • H.P. All Stars (2004)
  • Bekimasu (2011)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)

Concert units

  • Hello! Project Shirogumi (2005)
  • Wonderful Hearts (2006–)

Others

  • Little Gatas (2004–2007)
  • Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (2007–) (Reserve player)

Discography

For Momoko Tsugunaga’s releases with Berryz Kobo and Buono!, see Berryz Kobo discography and Buono!.

DVD

# Title Release date Label / Notes Highestposition
OriconWeeklyDVDChart
1 December 3, 2008 Piccolo Town 32
2 September 9, 2009 Piccolo Town 20
3 October 27, 2010 Piccolo Town 58
4 March 6, 2011 e-LineUP! limited edition
5 December 23, 2011 e-LineUP! limited edition
6 April 25, 2012 Piccolo Town 94
7 March 6, 2013 e-LineUP! limited edition

Filmography

Movies

  • (December 14, 2002)
  • (July 17 – September 6, 2004)
  • (October 29, 2011)
  • (December 17, 2011)

TV dramas

  • ( — , Nippon Television)

TV shows

  • (April 28–29, May 4–6, 2005,TV Tokyo)

Radio

Starting April 7, 2009, she also hosts her own radio show "Momoko no Puripuri Princess" on JOQR every Tuesday (23:35 to 23:50), replacing Berryz Koubou’s Kiritsu Rei Chakuseki.