Haruna Iikubo

Haruna Iikubo 飯窪春菜
Also known as	Harunan (はるなん?)[1][2]
Born	November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07) (age 17)
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Japanese pop
Occupations	Model, actress, singer
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	Morning Musume (2011–present)
Website	helloproject.com/morningmusume

Haruna Iikubo (飯窪 春菜, Iikubo Haruna^?, born on November 7, 1994 in Tokyo)^[1] is a Japanese fashion model, actress and pop singer. She is a tenth-generation member of the pop group Morning Musume.^[1] She is a former model for the Japanese fashion magazine Love Berry.

Biography

2009–2011

In 2009, Haruna won a special award at the exclusive auditions for the fashion magazine Love Berry. She first appeared as a model in the June number of the magazine. Since the July issue, Haruna Iikubo adopted the stage name Hau Dan (壇 はう^?). She "graduated" from Love Berry (left the project) in the February 2011 number.

2011

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

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 Haruna Iikubo passed the auditions alongside 3 other girls: Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Satō, and Haruka Kudō.^[2][3]

Appearances

Magazines

• Love Berry (June 2009 – February 2011, exclusive model)
• memew Vol.44
• CM NOW Vol.144

Commercials

• Love-Digi Moving Photo Camera (ラブデジ ムービングフォト^?) (2009, Takara Tomy)
• Love-Digi Furifuri Photo Frame (ラブデジ ふりふりフォトフレーム^?) (2010, Takara Tomy)
• Love-Digi Pri-Seal Stick (ラブデジ プリシールスティック^?) (2010, Takara Tomy)
• Kanpo Senka (カンポウ専科^?) (Kracie Pharmaceutical)

TV shows

Doramas

• Glass no Kiba (ガラスの牙^?) (August 3, 2010, Chubu-Nippon/TBS）— as Kumi Toda (戸田くみ^?)

Variety shows

• Hello Pro! Time (ハロプロ!TIME^?) (September 2011 –)

Movies

• Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga (犬とあなたの物語 いぬのえいが^?) (2011)

Concerts

• 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)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "モーニング娘。10期メンバー　決定！" (in Japanese). Up-Front DC Co., Ltd.. 2011-09-30. http://www.helloproject.com/news/1109301500_musume.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "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.. 2011-09-30. http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/news/110930_morningmusume/. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
3. ^ "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.. 2011-09-29. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2002254/full/. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 

External links

• Morning Musume official YouTube channel
• Morning Musume official profile at helloproject.com

Persondata
Name	Iikubo, Haruna
Alternative names
Short description	Singer
Date of birth	1994-11-7
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death