Kanako Momota Explained

Kanako Momota
Native Name:百田 夏菜子
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:12 July 1994
Birth Place:Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Years Active:2005–present
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Genre:J-pop
Years Active:2008–present
Label:King Records
Current Member Of:Momoiro Clover Z
Website:http://www.momoclo.net/

is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Stardust Promotion.[1], she still lived near Hamamatsu Station with her parents and two brothers.[4]

Momota has trained in rhythmic gymnastics since the age of three, and jazz dance lessons since she was in the third grade of elementary school. In fifth grade, Momota auditioned for the Stardust Promotion talent agency with the encouragement of her mother and was subsequently signed to the agency's 3B Junior section, dedicated to training girls under 18 to become actresses.[5]

Career

In the spring of 2008, Stardust Promotion put her in a then unnamed idol (vocal and dance) group consisting of girls close to Momota's age.[6] The project was very low budget, so they performed on the walkways in Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: http://natalie.mu/music/news/73352. ja:百田夏菜子が地元凱旋!ももクロ浜松で縦横無尽のバカ騒ぎ. Kanako Momota trumphs locally! Momoclo's most comprehensively idiotic commotion in Hamamatsu. Natalie. 2012-07-22. 2012-12-07. ja.
  2. News: 【エンタがビタミン♪】「将来の夢はなんですか?」"ももクロ"百田夏菜子が母校で講師に。. [Enta Vitamin] "What are your dreams for the future?" - Momota Kanako becomes a lecturer at her alma mater. TechinsightJapan. 2013-03-12. 2013-12-31.
  3. News: 2013-12-25 . [Power Push] 3Bjunior「七色のスターダスト」特集 (5-10) |language=ja |trans-title=[Power Push] 3Bjunior "Nanairo no Stardust" special (5-10) |url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/3bjunior/page/5 |access-date=2014-02-07}} She is best known as the leader of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. She has also provided the Japanese dub for Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting from Black Panther (2018).

    Momota was ranked the 12th most popular Japanese idol of 2013 by Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

    Early life

    Kanako Momota was born on July 12, 1994, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] [2]

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  4. News: http://jisin.jp/news/2585/5815/. ja:税金滞納で…ももクロ・百田の自宅が差押さえられていた【ももクロ】. Josei Jishin. Kobunsha Co., Ltd.. 2013-05-04. 2014-01-20. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011252/http://jisin.jp/news/2585/5815/. 2014-02-03. dead.
  5. News: ももエビしゃち前橋に集結!3Bライブ「俺の藤井」大成功. Momo, Ebi, Shya all gather in Maebashi! 3B's live "Ore no Fuji" is a big success!. Natalie. 2014-01-05. 2014-02-09. ja.
  6. 【FEATURES.2】 3号連続特集 / ももいろクローバーZ パーソナルインタビュー 第1回 / 百田夏菜子(撮影=川島小鳥) / 「もう、私ほんっとダメリーダーなんですよ!」. [Features. 2] 3rd consecutive special feature / 1st Momoiro Clover Z personal interview / Kanako Momota (photography = Kotori Kawashima) / "As of yet, I'm still a really no-good leader!"|magazine=QuickJapan Vol. 96. June 2011 . ja. 978-4778312626. 2013-01-28.
  7. News: http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2013/03/26/17957/. ja:『ももいろクローバーZ』マネジャー・川上アキラの芸能界トップを獲るための“戦略”とは?. What is Momoiro Clover Z's manager Akira Kawakami's strategy "for getting to the top of the entertainment industry"?. Shueisha. 2013-03-26. 2014-01-28. ja. 2017-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235649/http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2013/03/26/17957/. dead.
  8. News: ももクロ・高城れに「真面目すぎるから」とリーダー交代の過去. Momoclo's Reni Takagi: story of the leader's reassignment "because you are too serious". Ohta Publishing. 2012-04-04. 2014-01-26.
  9. Web site: ももくろマネージャー 「リーダー百田夏菜子は『ミスター・ももクロ』」. Momoiro Clover's manager: "Leader Kanako Momota is Mister Momoclo". Ohta Publishing. 2012-08-08. 2014-01-28.
  10. News: 2013-06-24 . ja:ももクロ、初のAKB超え タレントパワーランキング . ja . Momoclo is ahead of AKB48 in the Talent Power Ranking for the first time . 日本経済新聞 . http://www.nikkei.com/news/print-article/?R_FLG=0&bf=0&ng=DGXNASFK17032_X10C13A60000000&uah=DF260420132772 . 2014-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201235436/http://www.nikkei.com/news/print-article/?R_FLG=0&bf=0&ng=DGXNASFK17032_X10C13A60000000&uah=DF260420132772 . 2014-02-01.
  11. Web site: starchildももいろクローバーZ. Starchild - Momoiro Clover Z. Stardust Promotion. 2014-01-31. ja.
  12. Web site: Hot Express . ja:進化するアイドル ももクロが凄いワケ. Evolving idol - Momoclo is awesome. hotexpress. 2011-12-16. 2013-03-28. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401082157/http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/news/111216_momocloz/. 2012-04-01.
  13. Web site: [Power Push] ももいろクローバー (2-5)]. (Power Push) Momoiro Clover. Natalie. 2011. 2014-01-28. ja.
  14. News: http://getnews.jp/archives/220838. ja:ももクロ百田夏菜子 病院で「アスリートですか?」と言われる. Yūkan Gadget Tsūshin. 2012-06-03. 2012-12-07. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121120180514/http://getnews.jp/archives/220838. 2012-11-20.
  15. News: ももクロ百田×蜷川実花「Zipper」で2号連続コスプレ撮影. Natalie. 2011-03-25. 2012-12-07. ja.
  16. Zipper (ジッパー) 2011年 06月号. jp. B004URR7BY.
    Zipper (ジッパー) 2011年 07月号. jp. B004YDXVQE.
  17. News: ももクロ百田夏菜子 蜷川実花編集長の「M girl 2013SS」表紙に抜てき!ニンジャポーズなども披露. Geinou News Lounge. Mobile Media Production. 2013-04-04. 2014-01-31. ja. 2017-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235533/http://newslounge.net/archives/72082. dead.
    News: http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/7487802/. ja:ももクロ夏菜子を蜷川実花が撮り下ろし オフショット公開 - ライブドアニュース. Livedoor News. 2013-03-11. 2014-01-31. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202111718/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/7487802/. 2014-02-02.
  18. News: http://japan.techinsight.jp/2012/04/momocro-merengedebut-20120414.html/. ja:【エンタがビタミン♪】「モリエモンって?」ももクロの百田夏菜子が"メレンゲ"デビュー。大物歌手にあだ名をつける大胆な行動に。. 2012-04-15. 2013-12-31. ja.
  19. News: ももクロ百田夏菜子「メレンゲの気持ち」新MCに挑戦!「私で大丈夫なのかな」. J-CAST. 2012-03-20. 2014-02-09. ja.
  20. News: http://www.excite.co.jp/News/entertainment_g/20131001/Cyzo_201310_post_986.html. ja:なぜマーサに……?『メレンゲの気持ち』ももクロ百田夏菜子降板劇の裏側. 日刊サイゾー. エキサイトニュース. 2013-10-01. 2014-02-09. ja.
  21. News: メレンゲからももクロ・百田夏菜子卒業、代わりに高橋真麻加入で「誰が見るんだ?」の声. AOL News. Excite Japan. 2013-09-26. 2013-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20140101011918/http://www.excite.co.jp/News/world_ent/20130926/Aol_celebrity_maasa-momoclo.html. 2014-01-01. dead.
  22. News: 「QJ」史上初!百田夏菜子が両面表紙&125P総力特集. Natalie. 2013-08-02. 2013-12-30. ja.
  23. QuickJapan Vol. 109. jp. B00H7852KQ.
  24. News: ももいろクローバーが天下統一に向けて大阪進出! ライブレポート. 2011-01-31. 2014-02-14.
  25. News: 【アイドル】ももクロ@12・25さいたまスーパーアリーナ前に予習しよう!. Pia Corporation. 2011-12-24. 2014-02-14.
  26. Web site: http://natalie.mu/music/news/54018. ja:ももクロ東京タワーで「オレンジノート」アカペラ大合唱. Natalie. 2011-07-31. 2012-12-13. ja.
  27. News: http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2013/10/05/037/. ja:ももクロ・百田のエビ反り失敗がツイッターで話題「調子のって反りすぎた」. My Navi News. 2013-10-05. 2014-02-09. ja.
  28. News: http://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20131008_216016.html. ja:「ももクロ・百田夏菜子は長嶋茂雄である」 その理由は?. "Momoclo's Kanako Momota is Shigeo Nagashima". The reason is. NEWSポストセブン. 2013-10-08. 2013-12-30. ja. 2017-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235739/http://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20131008_216016.html. dead.
  29. Web site: http://www.ohtabooks.com/qjkettle/news/2013/12/23095618.html. ja:ももクロ百田夏菜子 秋ツアーでの「エビ反りジャンプ失敗事件」を振り返る. Momoclo's Kanako Momota looks back at the autumn tour "shrimp jump failure case. Ohta Publishing. Ohta Publishing. 2013-12-23. 2014-02-09. ja.
  30. Web site: Tsuyoshi Domoto of Kinki Kids, Kanako Momota of Momoiro Clover Z Get Married. The Japan News.
  31. Web site: Inc1 . Natasha . 堂本剛と百田夏菜子が結婚「一日一日を大切に生きていきたいと思います」 . 2024-01-20 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
  32. News: http://career.oricon.co.jp/news/77570/full/. ja:ももいろクローバー、ドッキリ収録盛り込んだ初主演映画が決定. Oricon. 2010-06-26. 2014-01-31. ja.
  33. News: ももクロ出演映画「NINIFUNI」来年2月より全国上映. Natalie. 2011-09-29. 2014-01-31. ja.
  34. Web site: 東京『SPOTLIGHT』 地域発信型映画 地域発信型プロジェクト. Okinawa International Movie Festival. 2014-02-09. ja. 2014-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035854/http://2012.oimf.jp/jp/local/movies/tokyo.php. dead.
  35. Web site: 幕が上がる(2015). January 8, 2015. allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
  36. Web site: 魔女見習いをさがして. January 4, 2022. eiga.com.
  37. Web site: 尾上松也&百田夏菜子"金魚すくい映画"で初共演!「すくってごらん」21年3月公開. October 14, 2020. eiga.com.
  38. Web site: 横山裕主演「コタローは1人暮らし」に山本舞香、西畑大吾、百田夏菜子、生瀬勝久. March 23, 2021. February 10, 2022. Natalie. ja.
  39. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Live-Action Trillion Game Series Casts Kanako Momota, Kenjiro Tsuda. Anime News Network. August 17, 2023. August 17, 2023.
  40. Web site: Kanako Momota's profile/history. Oricon. 2014-02-18. ja.
  41. News: http://natalie.mu/music/news/60518. ja:ももクロ初主演ドラマ「ももドラ」メンバーが語る見どころ. Natalie. 2011-12-01. 2014-01-31. ja.
  42. News: ももクロ主演ドラマ「ももドラ」BD&DVDで4月リリース. Natalie. 2012-02-10. 2014-01-31. ja.
  43. Web site: PROFILE | 週末ヒロイン ももいろクローバーZ オフィシャルサイト|trans-title=Profile - Weekend heroines Momoiro Clover Z official site|publisher=Momoiro Clover Z official site|access-date=2012-12-11|language=ja}} A few months later, Momota replaced Reni Takagi] as group leader.[8] In a later interview, Momoiro Clover's manager Akira Kawakami recalled that from the very beginning Momota was the hardest worker and stated that she could be serious when needed, but naïve and spontaneous at the same time.[9]

    Momota was ranked the 12th most popular Japanese idol of 2013 by Nihon Keizai Shimbun.[10], she held the lead performer position for all Momoiro Clover Z songs.[11] Her performances incorporate elements of ballet, gymnastics, and acrobatics.[12] [13] [14]

    In 2011, Momota appeared in Mika Ninagawa's cosplay photoshoot series in the fashion magazine Zipper dressed as a bee and a ladybug.[15] [16] She continued to appear as a model in Ninagawa's works in Mgirl magazine from Fall/Winter 2011/2012 and again in the issue from Spring/Summer 2013.[17] On April 14, 2012, Momota succeeded famous child actress Mana Ashida[18] as subhost of the Nippon Television show Meringue no Kimochi.[19] [20] At that time, neither she nor Momoiro Clover Z was widely known. But when in 2013 it was announced that she would leave the program after almost a year and a half, there were worries that it would affect the popularity of the show.[21] In August 2013, Momota became the first person to appear on both the front and back covers of an issue of QuickJapan magazine, which also published a lengthy interview with her.[22] [23]

    Shrimp jump

    Momota's trademark stunt is a "shrimp jump" (jumping with an arched back and both legs bent backwards), which she performs during the song "Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo"[24] [25] and which some consider a highlight of the group's live concerts.[26] On October 4, 2013, she failed to land the jump and fell on her buttocks. The accident caused a stir among fans and was widely reported by the Japanese media,[27] [28] appearing at the top of Yahoo! Japan website.[29] Momota was not injured.

    Personal life

    On January 11, 2024, Momota and KinKi Kids member Tsuyoshi Domoto announced their marriage.[30] [31]

    Discography

    Singles

    • 2016: Ring the Bell / (Kanako Momota & Shiori Tamai)
    • 2021:
    • 2023:

    Live Albums

    • 2022: LIVE-ALBUM

    Video albums

    • 2017: Momotamai Marriage Live (Kanako Momota & Shiori Tamai)
    • 2022: Kanako Momota Solo Live

    Filmography

    Feature films

    Television

    • (2016)
    • (2018)
    • (2019)
    • (2021), Ayano Kobayashi[38]
    • (2023), Akari Shirotora[39]

    Variety shows

    • (2009, NTV)[40]
    • (April 2012 — September 2013, NTV) — subhost

    Other

    External links

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