Koharu Kusumi

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~ Koharu Kusumi ~

Born July 15, 1992 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan), is a J-pop singer in Hello! Project. 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.





Hello! Project Groups:

* Morning Musume (2005–)
* Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai (2007)
* Kira☆Pika (2007)
* MilkyWay (2008–)

~ 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 mentor figure within Morning Musume is Michishige Sayumi.

* She is the youngest artist to debut solo within Hello! Project.

* She was the best selling Hello! Project soloist in 2006 & 2007.

* Claims to be anxious around the older generation members, particularly Nakazawa Yuko and Yaguchi Mari. However, since being in Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai, she's claimed to have calmed her anxiety around Iida Kaori and Abe Natsumi.

* She gets startled when someone speaks in Kansai dialect. At times, she claims to have cried when staff members and senpai scold her in Kansai dialect, as opposed to those who scold her in Tokyo 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.)