Emika Kamieda
Emika Kamieda 上枝 恵美加 | |
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![]() Emika Kamieda in a fan photo event in 2017 | |
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Also known as | えみち (Emichi) |
Born | Osaka Prefecture, Japan | July 13, 1994
Genres | J-pop |
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Years active | 2012 – present |
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Website | emikakamieda |
Emika Kamieda (上枝 恵美加, Kamieda Emika, born 13 July 1994 in Osaka)[1][2] is a former member of the Japanese idol group NMB48.
Career
[edit]She auditioned for AKB48 and, after becoming a reserve, she was recommended for NMB48's third-generation members. She passed the audition and became the first captain of the newly founded Team BII in 2012.
In 2013, in the Janken Taikai, she got the second position[3] which granted her to appear in a single for AKB48.
In March 2015 she announced she would be taking a hiatus of her activities as an idol in order to focus on her studies and going abroad.[4]
After a six-month pause she joined back his team in October 2015.[5] She graduated from community college in 2016.
After the general NMB48 shuffle of late 2016, Kamieda was appointed member of Team M.
In 2017 she started hosting a radio program twice a month with Anna Ijiri (former vice-captain of Team BII) called Unlimited.
In order to pursue her acting career, on July 2, 2017, she announced her graduation making the stage performance of July 31 her last appearance as an NMB48 member.[6]
Kamieda's hobbies are horse-back riding, One Piece, beatboxing, and dancing.
She can speak English fluently (as seen in co-hosting the show Tanieda English 谷枝イングリッシュ with Airi Tanigawa),[7][8] and has studied on a short-term period exchange in Australia, she can use Spanish and Catalan to some extent since she is currently living in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Appearances
[edit]TV
[edit]- "NHK Rekishi Hiwa Historia" (2016)
- "Tanieda English" (2016-2017)
Variety
[edit]- "Manubu-kun"
Movie
[edit]- "Aichaku" (2024, currently in production)[9]
Radio
[edit]- "Unlimited" (Kiss-radio) 12 programs. (2017). With Anna Ijiri.
Concerts
[edit]- with NMB48
- AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 21 (May 22, 2014)[10]
Bibliography
[edit]Magazines
[edit]- Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan. November Issue, 2013
References
[edit]- ^ "Kamieda Emika - Wiki48".
- ^ "上枝 恵美加|メンバー|NMB48公式サイト". Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
- ^ Corporation, Mynavi (19 September 2013). "松井珠理奈VS上枝恵美加、勝敗を分けた"経験"と"勘" - AKB48じゃんけん大会". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ^ "Kamieda Emika will cease her NMB activities temporarily". hoshidoru48.Blogspot.jp. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "NMB・上枝恵美加、休業からの本格復帰を宣言「これからも引っ張って行きたい」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ^ "NMB上枝恵美加が卒業「私にしか出来ない道を」(日刊スポーツ) - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "TaniEda English". 48videodouga.net. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "谷枝イングリッシュ - YNN NMB48 CHANNEL". ynnnmb48channel.wiki.fc2.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Aichaku". Tokyo-Cowboys (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ "NMB48 リクエストアワー セットリストベスト50 2014 - エケペディア". 48pedia.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-04.