is a former Japanese pop singer, best known as one of the 4 founding members of the Japanese pop group 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...

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Biography

Ogawa joined 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...

 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. During her time as a member of Hello! Pro Egg, she was also one of Erina Mano

Erina Mano

, born April 11, 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project. She joined in 2006 as a member of Hello Pro Egg, as a trainee. In 2007, she became a member of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and its musical group Ongaku Gatas...

’s back-up dancers for her single “Hajimete no Keiken”.

It was announced in 2009 that Ogawa would make her debut with 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...

, a Japanese pop group consisting of 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...

, Kanon Fukuda

Kanon Fukuda

is a Japanese pop singer and seiyu born in Saitama, Japan. She is a member of the Hello! Project band S/mileage, and a former member of Shugo Chara Egg!.- Biography :2004...

, 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 herself. Their first single titled “Ama no Jaku” was released on 6/7 exclusively at Mall City and at the Shinjin Kouen Egg concert.

On April 1, 2010 Ogawa debuted as an Oha Girl with 2 other girls, Erika Tanaka and Shiori Inoue, on the TV Tokyo Japanese children morning TV show called Oha Suta

Oha Suta

is a children's TV show which airs in Japan in the morning on weekdays, and it is produced by TV Tokyo. It premiered in 1997. The main host from 7:05 until 7:30 is Kōichi Yamadera...

. She made regular appearances on the show as an Oha Girl while maintaining her regular duties with S/mileage.

On August 24, 2011 it was announced that Ogawa would be graduating from S/mileage and 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...

on August 27 to return to a normal life. She has also retired from her work on Oha Suta as an Oha Girl.