Maasa Sudo Explained

Maasa Sudo
Native Name:須藤 茉麻
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:July 3, 1992
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:2002–present
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Background:solo_singer
Genre:J-pop
Label:Piccolo Town

is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.

Career

Sudo was born in Tokyo. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids audition. Sudo was a member of the group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. In March 2009, she released her first Photobook, called "Maasa". In 2010, it was confirmed that she was going to be the lead-actress of the movie Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata!, based on a light novel with the same name, together with former Hello Pro Egg Arisa Noto, Hisanori Sato and others. The movie premiered in cinemas in Japan in December 2010, and the DVD was released March 3, 2011. Maasa played the role of "Tsurugi Yabusame".

Hello! Project groups and units

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Purple Fairy
2010 Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata Tsurugi Yabusame Lead role [1]
2011 Ōsama Game Tomoko Shimizu [2]
2018 Yassadaruman Satomi Akahata [3]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002−2003 Hello! Morning

The Way of the Kappa

Herself
2003 54th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Back dancer Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Nee?"
2005 56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Ki ga Tsukeba Anata",
Morning Musume − "Love Machine"
2006 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Performer: GAM & Morning Musume − "Thanks!",
"Aruiteru", and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan"
2009 Inazuma Eleven Reika Midō (voice) Episode: "Ichinose! The Greatest Crisis" [4]
2011 Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen Fuyumi Okubo 12 episodes [5]
2012 Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka Han Kaho Ōtomo Episode: "The School Girls Saw!" [6]
Juhō 2405: Watashi ga Shinu Wake Haruka Sawatari 2 episodes
2015 Minami-kun no Koibito Nurse Episode: "I Know I'm Useless"

Radio

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=337583. ja:ライトノベルの楽しい書き方 (2010). Allcinema.net. 2011-08-28. ja.
  2. Web site: http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/works/output2.php?oid=12264. ja:王様ゲーム. Cinema Topics Online. 2018-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20110909180325/http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/works/output2.php?oid=12264. 2011-09-09. dead. ja.
  3. Web site: Mascot Needs Motivation in "Yassadaruman" Movie. 2017-11-16. Crunchyroll. 2018-06-30. ja.
  4. Web site: Berryz工房の清水佐紀と須藤茉麻がアニメ「イナズマイレブン」に出演!「男の子役にも挑戦したいな!」. 2009-07-15. The Television. 2018-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20090718094943/http://blog.television.co.jp/entertainment/entnews/2009/07/20090715_03.html. 2009-07-18. dead. ja.
  5. Web site: https://mantan-web.jp/article/20111121dog00m200042000c.html. ja:ハロプロ:全"集合ユニット「モベキマス」で初ドラマ 数学バトルの学園もの. 2011-11-22. Mantan Web. 2018-06-30. ja.
  6. Web site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/hancho/series5/guest/vol5/. ja:ゲストインタビュー. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. 2018-06-30. ja.
  7. Web site: キャスト|スーパーダンガンロンパ2 THE STAGE 公式サイト . 2023-12-09 . www.cornflakes.jp.