Who Is Erina Ikuta?

Erina Ikuta is a Japanese pop singer and member of the girl group Morning Musume (now under the name of Morning Musume 20). Erina was born on July 7, 1997 in the city of Fukuoka. Fukuoka is the hometown of former AKB48 singer and Team A captain Mariko Shinoda.

Image source: http://www.hello-online.org/img/Ikuta%20Erina-836248.jpg

It was from a young age that she had the desire to become an idol. Many of us really aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives but for Erina, this was the career that she wanted. Prior to her auditioning for Morning Musume, she was a model for Elegant Promotion for a short time. Ikuta has a younger brother and a cousin by the name of Aya Takigawa. Note: I wrote about the birthday of Erina Ikuta of Morning Musume recently and this post is going to be a biography about her!

Erina Ikuta’s Entry into Morning Musume and acting work

On January 2, 2011, Ikuta was announced by the group’s producer TSUNKU that she was selected to be one of the members of the 9th generation along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki, and Mizuki Fukumura. Ikuta’s first single participation came in the song called Maji desu kaska! On July 2nd, 2011, Ikuta released her first DVD called Greeting Erina Ikuta. One month later on August 2, 2011, Ikuta ended up replacing Saki Ogawa from the girl group S/mileage on the morning children’s program called Oha Suta. She would play the role of Oha Girl Maple. Ikuta would also star in a stage play called Reborn Inochi no Audition. Her co-stars were Risa Niigaki, Reina Tanaka, Haruka Kudo and the other 9th generation members. It would be in April 2012 that Ikuta and Tanaka would once again star in a stage play, this one called Stacies Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki. On July 4, 2012, Ikuta said on the Ustream show that she was going to change her member color from Purple to yellow-green in the fall of 2012.

Member of sub-unit Harvest and birthday event

On October 10, 2012, a new group was formed called Harvest. The unit consists of Ikuta along with Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato, and Akari Takeuchi. The unit was created as part of the Satoyama Movement which stresses proper environmental values. On March 2, 2013, Ikuta would become a member of yet another group which is part of something called the Satoumi Movement. The group’s name is Plumeria and also has Ayumi Ishida, Kanon Fukuda, Saki Nakajima, and Mai Hagiwara of the group called C-ute. On July 7, 2014, Ikuta celebrated her 17th birthday during an event called Morning Musume 14 Ikuta Erina Birthday Event 2014. There was one performance in Tokyo. I have written earlier that Erina likes to play golf.

Is Erina Ikuta ready to relax or pray on stage? Whatever she is doing she looks really beautiful!

Interesting facts about Erina Ikuta

Erina Ikuta says that she wants to be the #1 idol.

She is now learning English.

Prior to joining Morning Musume, she had her own blog.

Along with Reina Tanaka, she is only the second member of Morning Musume to be from Fukuoka. Tanaka graduated from the group in order to work on her other band Lovendor.

She performs karaoke as a way to reduce stress.

Although she is not a good cook, she says that she likes it and that she can make gratin.

She does not use any eye shadow.

She was ranked at #244 for the 9 th generation audition.

generation audition. She was the first Morning Musume member to change her group color in 2012. The second member to do this was Haruna Iikubo.

Ikuta along with Ayumi Ishida are the only Morning Musume members to be a part of the groups HI-FIN and Harvest.

She is the only 9 th generation member along with Mizuki Fukumura to dye her hair.

generation member along with Mizuki Fukumura to dye her hair. After hearing the song called Mr. Moonlight Ai no Big Band, Ikuta became a Morning Musume fan.

Her interest in Hello! Project started after she heard the group called MiniMoni.

started after she heard the group called MiniMoni. She credits Yuuka Maeda with being her favorite member in Hello! Project.

She really admires Risa Niigaki.

She is a fan of famous girl group AKB48.

She has been friends with HKT48 member Aoi Motomura well before they both became idols.

Erina says that she would like to try flamenco dancing.

She would like to try dyeing her hair in the blonde color.

Erina Ikuta and Ayumi Ishida are the only Morning Musume members to be born in 1997 which is also the same year that the group was formed. The group celebrated their 16 th anniversary in September 2013.

anniversary in September 2013. She has the same first name as singer Erina Mano.

Share this: Twitter

Facebook

