Haruka Shimazaki

Haruka Shimazaki (島崎 遥香) is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has worked as an actress, including roles in Hiyokko, Nisekoi, and Tonde Saitama. She also started her own YouTube channel on March 30, 2020.

Career
Haruka Shimazaki was born in Saitama Prefecture, and began her entertainment career in 2009 by successfully auditioning for AKB48 in the 6th Kenkyūsei Audition (9th generation AKB48 audition). Her official nickname, Paruru, was coined by then fellow member Rumi Yonezawa. In the AKB48 17th single senbatsu election, which took place from May to June 2010, Shimazaki ranked 28th, the highest of all trainees. In June 2011 it was announced that she would be promoted to a newly created Team 4. In the AKB48 27th single senbatsu election, which took place from May to June 2012, Shimazaki ranked 23rd. In August 2012 she was transferred to Team B after Team 4 was disbanded. In September 2012 she won the 3rd AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament, held in Nippon Budokan, earning the center position in AKB48's single "Eien Pressure," which was released on December 5, 2012.

In 2012, Shimazaki appeared in the movie Gekijōban Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō, which was based on the 2012 TV series Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō. Later the same year she appeared together with Minami Takahashi in an automated external defibrillator (AED) training session, sponsored by the Japanese Red Cross. On February 23, 2013, she appeared on the cover of the April issue of the Japanese fashion magazine Smart. In October, the fashion magazine CanCam published an article about her signature look, dubbed the ; this term went on to become one of the Top 50 Japanese Buzzwords of 2013, compiled by the publisher Jiyu Kokuminsha. In 2014, Shimazaki appeared in a recruiting commercial for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Later that year, the phrase, which referred to her supposed apathetic attitude toward her fans during meet-and-greet events, was again included as one of the Top 50 Japanese Buzzwords for the year.

On October 3, 2016, during a promotional appearance for the brand Baitoru, Shimazaki announced her graduation from AKB48. For the group's 46th single "High Tension", released on November 16, 2016, Shimazaki served as the choreographic center in her final appearance on an AKB48 single. She attended the 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen and graduated from AKB48 on December 31, 2016. Since graduating from AKB48, Shimazaki has pursued an acting career, playing a supporting role in the 96th NHK asadora Hiyokko, appearing alongside veteran actor Kōji Yakusho in a series of television commercials for the national Jumbo Lottery, and playing the role of Marika Tachibana in Nisekoi, the 2018 film adaptation of the manga by Naoshi Komi.

On her 26th birthday on March 30, 2020, Shimazaki launched her official YouTube channel, called Paruroom (ぱるるーむ). It releases a new video every day at 7:00 pm JST. The channel reached 100,000 subscribers on May 2 and has featured other former AKB48 members such as Mariya Nagao and Tomomi Itano. The channel's opening jingle was created by singer-songwriter Hana Tsuruuchi.

On July 18, Shimazaki revealed that she has become an independent talent.

Personal life
Shimazaki has a younger brother. When they were children, both of their parents worked and their grandmother often took care of them. Before she entered the entertainment industry, Shimazaki had aspired to become a veterinarian.

Albums

 * Koko ni Ita Koto
 * "High School Days" (Team Kenkyūsei)
 * "Koko ni Ita Koto" (AKB48+SKE48+SDN48+NMB48)
 * 1830m
 * "First Rabbit"
 * "Chokkaku Sunshine" (Team 4)
 * "Itsuka Mita Umi no Soko" (Up-and-coming Girls)
 * "Yasashisa no Chizu"
 * "Aozora yo Sabishikunai Ka?" (AKB48 + SKE48 + NMB48 + HKT48)
 * Tsugi no Ashiato
 * "After Rain"
 * "Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu"
 * "Boku wa Ganbaru"
 * "Ponkotsu Blues"
 * "Dōki"
 * "Kanashiki Kinkyori Renai"
 * Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
 * "Ai no Sonzai"
 * "Oh! Baby!" (Takahashi Team A)
 * "Tomodachi de Irareru Nara"
 * 0 to 1 no Aida
 * "Toy Poodle to Kimi no Monogatari"
 * "Clap" (Team A)
 * Thumbnail
 * "Ano Hi no Jibun"

AKB48 theater acts

 * Team Kenkyūsei "Idol no Yoake"
 * 1) "Kataomoi no Taikakusen" (片思いの対角線)
 * Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake"
 * 1) "Kataomoi no Taikakusen"
 * substitute for Moeno Nitō
 * Team Kenkyūsei "Renai Kinshi Jōrei"
 * 1) "Tsundere!" (ツンデレ!)
 * Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jōrei"
 * 1) "Squall no Aida ni" (スコールの間に)  (dancer)
 * 2) "Manatsu no Christmas Rose" (真夏のクリスマスローズ) (dancer)
 * 3) "Tsundere!"
 * substitute for Tomomi Itano
 * Team Kenkyūsei "Theater no Megami"
 * 1) "Candy" (キャンディー)
 * Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami"
 * 1) "Romance Kakurenbo" (ロマンスかくれんぼ) (as part of zenza girls, i.e. the opening number performed by trainees)
 * 2) "Candy"
 * substitute for Amina Satō
 * Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha"
 * 1) "Miniskirt no Yōsei" (ミニスカートの妖精) (zenza girls)
 * 2) "Ude o Kunde" (腕を組んで)
 * substitute for Sayaka Nakaya
 * Team K 6th Stage "Reset"
 * 1) "Lemon no Toshigoro" (檸檬の年頃) (zenza girls)
 * 2) "Gyakuten Ōjisama" (逆転王子様)
 * substitute for Tomomi Nakatsuka
 * Team 4 1st Stage "Boku no Taiyō"
 * 1) "Idol Nante Yobanaide" (アイドルなんて呼ばないで)
 * Team B Waiting Stage
 * 1) "Kimi no C/W" (君のC/W)
 * Team A Renai Kinshi Jōrei
 * 1) "Heart Gata Virus" (ハート型ウイルス)
 * Team A 7th Stage "M.T. ni Sasagu"
 * 1) "Risuke" (リスケ)

Films

 * Gekijōban Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō (2012), Fumie Shingyōji
 * Ataru The First Love & The Last Kill (2013), Rumi Mizuno
 * Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014), Yukippe (voice)
 * Ghost Theater (2015), Sara Mizuki
 * Haunted Campus (2016), Koyomi Nada
 * Nisekoi (2018), Marika Tachibana
 * Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)
 * Nagi's Island (2022)
 * The Fish Tale (2022)
 * We're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The Movie (2023), Yutori Sakama

TV dramas

 * Majisuka Gakuen (final episode, March 26, 2010, TV Tokyo)
 * Majisuka Gakuen 2 (April 15 — July 1, 2011, TV Tokyo), Kanburi
 * Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō (April 14 — June 30, 2012, NTV), Fumie Shingyōji
 * Majisuka Gakuen 3 (July 13 — October 5, 2012, TV Tokyo), Paru
 * Ataru Special: New York kara no Chōsenjō (ATARU スペシャル ～ニューヨークからの挑戦状!!～) (January 6, 2013, TBS)
 * So long! (2013, NTV), Asuka Hashimoto
 * Fortune Cookie (2013, Fuji TV), Michiko Shintani
 * Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 15-shunen Special "Sasoi no Mori" (2014, Fuji TV), Aoi Sumida
 * Majisuka Gakuen 4 (January 19 — March 30, 2015, Nippon Television), as Salt
 * Majisuka Gakuen 5 (August 24 — October 27, 2015, Nippon Television, Hulu) as Salt
 * AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night Ep.24 - Music Box, as Mariko (2015)
 * ''We're Millennials. Got a Problem? (2016, NTV), as Yutori Sakama
 * AKB Love Night: Love Factory Ep.33 - Marriage Reason, as Haruko (2016, TV Asahi)
 *  (2016, TV Asahi) as Kyoko Kazahaya
 * Kyabasuka Gakuen (2016, NTV) as Salt
 * Hiyokko (2017, NHK) as Yuka Makino
 * Repeat (リピート) (2018, NTV) as Yuko Machida
 *  episode 4, as Rena Mineshima (2018, TV Asahi)
 * Harem Marriage (2022, ABC) as Koharu Date
 * DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022, TBS, episode 8) as Akemi Totsuka

TV variety shows

 * Ariyoshi AKB Kyōwakoku (March 29, 2010 — March 28, 2016, TBS)
 * Shūkan AKB (週刊AKB) (August 13, 2010, TV Tokyo)
 * AKBingo! (December 22, 2010–present, TV Tokyo)
 * AKB48 Nemōsu TV (AKB48ネ申テレビ) (Family Gekijō)
 * Special: Atarashii Jibun ni Annyeong Haseyo Kankoku Kaiheitai (スペシャル〜新しい自分にアニョハセヨ韓国海兵隊〜) (July 17, 2011)
 * Season 7
 * Season 8
 * Atsushi Paruru no OO baito! (2015–2016)

Magazines

 * Myojo, Shueisha
 * SEDA, Hinode Publishing

Photobooks

 * Paruru, Komaru. (July 19, 2013, Shueisha) ISBN 9784087806885
 * ParU (November 20, 2015, Shufu to Seikatsu Sha) ISBN 9784391147797