Kanon Fukuda
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is a Japan
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ese pop
Pop music
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 singer and seiyu
Seiyu
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 born March 12, 1995 (age 16) in Saitama
Saitama Prefecture
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, Japan
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. She is a member of the Hello! Project
Hello! Project
is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 band S/mileage
S/mileage
is a Japanese girl group which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg members. They graduated from Egg status in 2010 and became full time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist...

, and a former member of Shugo Chara Egg!.

Biography

2004
Fukuda Kanon joined Hello!Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg
Hello! Pro Egg
are a group of female singers under the Hello! Project banner. They are girls chosen when Tsunku and other audition administrators see talent in them that can be developed further, in the hope of one day turning them into successful musicians, and possibly integrating them into other Hello!...

 in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls. In November, Fukuda received a role in a musical as "Henrika" in the production "34 choome no kiseki".

2006
Kanon worked on the Niseen Hikosen Project 2006 campaign single "Sora ga Aru" with three other Hello! Pro Egg members. She performed in three musicals in 2007, playing "Mao" in "Chitose Zuki" in March, performing "Saien!! Chitose Zuki" in August and "Heisei Revolution ~Bakku Tuze - Byakkotai~" in October.

2008
Kanon also took part in television, "Chao.TV" (started 2007/09/02). Kanon had another role in a musical in 2008, that being "Bijogi Junction" in April, but a bigger opportunity for Kanon presented itself when she was selected to be one of the four members for a new Hello! Pro Egg unit alongside Yuuka Maeda
Yuuka Maeda
, born on December 28, 1994 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese pop singer and a member of S/mileage, under Hello! Project.-2004:Maeda Yuuka joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls...

, Ayaka Wada
Ayaka Wada
is a Japanese pop singer signed to Hello! Project. She joined the project in 2004 as a member of Hello! Pro Egg and is currently a member of S/mileage and was a former member of Shugo Chara Egg!.-2004-2005:...

 and Akari Saho
Akari Saho
is a member of Up Up Girls and a former member of Hello! Pro Egg, an idol trainee program under the Hello! Project umbrella. She was also an original member of Shugo Chara Egg!, and played the role of Amulet Spade in the live action segment of the highly acclaimed television series Shugo Chara!...

. The group was called Shugo Chara Egg! and was formed to record the opening themes for the anime Shugo Chara!
Shugo Chara!
, also known as My Guardian Characters, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality...

.

2009
On April 4, 2009 Tsunku announced on his blog that a new group was in the works. The members announced were Kanon Fukuda, Yuuka Maeda and Ayaka Wada, all formerly of Shugo Chara Egg!, and fellow Hello! Pro Egg member Saki Ogawa
Saki Ogawa
is a former Japanese pop singer, best known as one of the 4 founding members of the Japanese pop group S/mileage.-Biography:Ogawa joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls...

. On May 5, 2009 Tsunku revealed the name of the new group to be "S/mileage
S/mileage
is a Japanese girl group which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg members. They graduated from Egg status in 2010 and became full time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist...

" on his blog.
Kanon was later cast in a film with Yajima Maimi of °C-ute, titled "Fuyu no Kaidan".
Kanon was also chosen to be a member of shin minimoni the revival of a Hello!Project group Mini Moni
Mini Moni
is a former subgroup of Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume, and a current group within Hello! Project. They were one of Morning Musume's most popular subgroups for their entire existence, because of the combination of their outrageous music videos and live performances, and their widely varied...

.
In August 2009, she also took part in Shugo Chara! The Musical, and played the part of Nadeshiko Fujisaki.

2010
Kanon and the rest of the S/mileage members graduated from Hello! Pro Egg in the Hello! Project spring concert in May.
She and fellow S/mileage members Yuuka Maeda and Ayaka Wada were later chosen to be the lead voice actors for the anime Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri!

2011
Prior to Linlin's graduation a morning musume
Morning Musume
, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

8th generation member, Kanon became the leader of Shin minimoni.

External links

Profile on Smileage official website Profile with Smileage on H!P official website Official personnal blog
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