Erina Ikuta

Erina Ikuta
Background information
Native name	生田 衣梨奈
Also known as	Eripon, KY
Born	7 July 1997 Fukuoka, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	singer model
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	Morning Musume Oha Suta

Erina Ikuta (生田 衣梨奈 Ikuta Erina, born 7 July 1997, Fukuoka, Japan) is a ninth generation member of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and former model. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki and Mizuki Fukumura. On 26 November 2014, she became Sub-Leader of Morning Musume along with member Haruna Ikubo

Biography

History

Before Ikuta joined Hello! Project, she was a fashion model with Elegant Promotion, and had a blog where she posted photos of what she was doing and outfits she wore. Ikuta was selected from Morning Musume's ninth generation "Kyūki Audition" to join the group on 2 January 2011, with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki, and Mizuki Fukumura.^[1][2] The new generation was officially revealed at the Hello! Project 2011 Winter: Kangei Shinsen Matsuri concert. She made her official debut on Morning Musume's 45th single "Maji Desu ka Ska!", released 6 April 2011.

In August 2011, she replaced the graduated Saki Ogawa of S/mileage on the children's morning program Oha Suta as an Oha Girl.^[3] On 27 March 2012, she and Oha Girl Maple have graduated from the show. ^[4] On 18 April 2012, it was announced that Tanaka Reina and Morning Musume's 9th & 10th Generation members would star in a new stage play titled Stacey’s Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki, scheduled to run from 6-12 June 2012.

Morning Musume member color

Ikuta was originally assigned the color purple. In July 2012, it was changed to yellow-green, the color of Risa Niigaki, who had graduated from Morning Musume on 18 May 2012. Her official color was changed to yellow-green.^[5]

Hello! Project groups and units

• Morning Musume (2011–present)
• Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011–2012)
• Harvest (2012–present)
• Hello! Project MobekisuJ (2013–present)
• HI-FIN (2013–present)

Singles participated in

Morning Musume

• "Maji Desu ka Ska!" (April 6, 2011)
• "Only You" (June 15, 2011)
• "Kono Chikyū no Heiwa o Honki de Negatterun Da yo! / Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!" (September 21, 2011)
• "Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" (January 25, 2012)
• "Ren'ai Hunter" (April 11, 2012)
• "One Two Three / The Matenrō Show" (July 4, 2012)
• "Wakuteka Take a Chance" (October 10, 2012)
• "Help Me!!" (January 23, 2013)
• "Brainstorming / Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai" (April 17, 2013)
• "Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke / Ai no Gundan" (August 28, 2013)
• "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyō sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is Love?" (January 29, 2014)
• "Toki o Koe Sora o Koe / Password is 0" (April 16, 2014)
• "Tiki Bun / Shabadaba Dū / Mikaeri Bijin" (October 15, 2014)
• "Seishun Kozo ga Naiteiru / Yūgure wa Ameagari / Ima Koko Kara" (April 15, 2015)
• "Oh My Wish! / Sukatto My Heart / Ima Sugu Tobikomu Yūki" (August 19, 2015)
• "Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / Endless Sky / One and Only" (December 29, 2015)
• "Utakata Saturday Night! / The Vision / Tokyo to Iu Katasumi" (May 11, 2016)
• "Sexy Cat no Enzetsu / Mukidashi de Mukiatte / Sou Janai" (November 23, 2016)

Reborn Eleven

• "Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~" October 8, 2011

Hello! Project Mobekimasu

• "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" November 16, 2011

Harvest

• "Forest Time" November 7, 2012

HI-FIN

• "Kaigan Seisou Danshi" August 7, 2013

Discography

DVDs

#	Title	Release date	Top position	Publisher/Notes
			Oricon Weekly DVD Chart[6]
1	Greeting ~Ikuta Erina~ (Greeting 〜生田 衣梨奈〜)	August 12, 2011	—	e-Hello! series
2	It’s a lovely day	October 24, 2014	—	e-Hello! series

Works

Filmography

Films

• 2011: Sharehouse (シェアハウス)

Dramas

• 2012: Suugaku♥Joshi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園)

TV Programs

• 2011: Bijo Gaku (美女学)
• 2011: Hello Pro! Time (ハロプロ！Time)
• 2011–2012: Oha Suta (as an Oha Girl in the unit Oha Girl Maple)

Internet

• 2011: UstreaMusume

Theater

• 17 August 2011: Reborn: Inochi no Audition (リボーン～命のオーディション～)
• 12 June 2012: Stacy's Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki (ステーシーズ 少女再殺歌劇)

References

1. つんく♂モー娘新メンバーに心強さ「日に日に顔が勇ましく」 (in Japanese). Searchina. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. モーニング娘。第9期メンバー決定！！ (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
3. "Erina Ikuta's Oha Girl Profile". Oha Sta (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
4. おはスタ おはガールメープル卒業制作. Oha Sta (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
5. Staff. モーニング娘。13枚目ニューアルバム9月発売、そしてメンバー・飯窪春菜から重大(!?)発表 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
6. "生田衣梨奈のDVDランキング、生田衣梨奈のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

External links

• Official profile at helloproject.com (Japanese)
• Oha Suta Blog at the Wayback Machine (archived May 12, 2015) (Japanese)
• Oha Suta Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived May 8, 2013) (Japanese)
• UstreaMusume Channel