Kanon Fukuda (
Maro Kannagi カンアギマロ | |
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| Birth name | Kanon Fukuda ( |
| Born | March 12, 1995 |
| Origin | Saitama, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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Biography
edit2004–2008: Hello! Pro Egg and acting
editFukuda Kanon joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 and passed the auditions alongside thirty-one other girls. In November, Kanon received a role in a musical as "Henrika" in the production Miracle on 34th Street.
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.
Kanon also took part in Chao.TV's Tokuban!! Chao.TV: Hello Pro Egg no Princess Ketteisen which aired from September to October 2007. 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, Ayaka Wada and Akari Saho. The group was called Shugo Chara Egg! and was formed to record the opening themes for the anime Shugo Chara!.
2009–2015: Smileage and Angerme
editOn 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. On May 5, 2009, Tsunku revealed the name of the new group to be Smileage on his blog.[1]
Kanon was later cast in a film with Maimi Yajima of C-ute, titled Fuyu no Kaidan. Kanon was also chosen to be a member of Shin Minimoni, the revival of Hello! Project group Shin Mini-Moni. In August 2009, she played the part of Nadeshiko Fujisaki in Shugo Chara! The Musical alongside fellow Smileage members Yuuka Maeda and Meimi Tamura.
Kanon and the rest of the Smileage members graduated from Hello! Pro Egg in Hello! Project's spring concert held in May 2010. She and fellow Smileage members, Yuuka Maeda and Ayaka Wada were later chosen to be the lead voice actors for the anime Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri!.[2] Prior to Linlin's graduation from Morning Musume, Kanon became the leader of Shin Minimoni.
In December 2012, Kanon released her first photobook.
In January 2013, Kanon's first solo DVD was released. In April 2013, she participated in stageplay Moshimo Kokumin ga Shusho o Erandara.
Smileage re-branded to Angerme in late 2014.[3] On May 20, 2015, Kanon announced her graduation from Angerme and Hello! Project. She graduated on November 29 at a concert held at Nippon Budokan.[4]
2016–present: Career as lyricist and ZOC
editFrom 2016 to 2020, Kanon pursued a career as a lyricist. She wrote songs for artists such as Hello! Project groups Juice=Juice, Magnolia Factory, Country Girls, and her former group Angerme.
On March 27, 2020, Kanon joined ZOC under the stage name Maro Kannagi.[5] She left ZOC on March 31, 2024.[6]
Discography
editFilmography
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| JPN[7] | |||
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| Kanon Fukuda: Dress Up Kanon ( |
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57 | — |
References
edit- ^ "ハロプロエッグ
新 ユニット名 「S/mileage」に決定 ". Natalie. May 8, 2009. - ^ "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Lilpri Magical Girl Anime". Anime News Network. May 28, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ "スマイレージ、
新 グループ名 を「アンジュルム」と発表 。中西 香菜 考案 ". Barks (in Japanese). December 17, 2014. - ^ "
福田 花 音 、涙 でアンジュルム卒業 今後 は作詞 家 の道 へ". Oricon (in Japanese). November 29, 2015. - ^ "
元 アンジュルム福田 花 音 ＝巫 まろ、ZOC加入 に賛否 両論 大森 靖子 が惚 れ込 んだスター性 ". Real Sound (in Japanese). March 29, 2020. - ^ "
西井 万 理 那 、巫 まろ、鎮目 のどかが所属 事務所 退 所 ZOCは活動 休止 ". Natalie (in Japanese). March 7, 2024. - ^ "Kanon Fukuda | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2019.
External links
edit- (in Japanese) Official personal blog
- Maro Kannagi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia