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Kanemura's granduncle, chocolatier Masakazu Kobayashi, is the inventor of ganache-based delicacy nama chocolate (生チョコレート).

Songwriting credits

 * "Kono Yo Kara Boku Dake ga Kieru Koto ga Dekitara" (2022)
 * "Believers" (BNK48, 2022)

Web video
The photobook sold 49,000 copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking.

Konoka
Matsuda's prominent appearances in music releases include:


 * "Masaka Gūzen…" (まさか 偶然…) ("Konna ni Suki ni Natchatte Ii no?" B-side, 2019), guitar duet with Suzuka Tomita as Hana-chans
 * "Naze-" (ナゼー) ("Sonna Koto Nai yo" B-side, 2020), Dasada original song, performed in-character as the Factory trio
 * "Röntgen Megane" (レントゲン眼鏡) (2021), Koeharu! original song, performed in-character with Suzuka Tomita as the duo Maririn and Ruby
 * "10-byō Tenshi" (10秒天使) ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022)

Boku Nanka
"Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" was performed by the three Hinatazaka46 members born in 2002, the "2002 line" (2002年組), and was first revealed at the group's second anniversary concert in March 2021, a year before this single was released. "Shiranai Uchi ni Aisareteita" was performed by all members.

Chiho
Ishida has performed in all STU48 title songs and has been the center (lead performer) of "Hitorigoto de Kataru Kurainara" (2021) and co-center in "Hana wa Dare no Mono?" (2022). Other notable appearances include:


 * "Setouchi no Koe" (AKB48 single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" B-side, 2017), first STU48 music release
 * "Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono"" (AKB48 single "Sentimental Train" B-side, 2018), performed by the "10th World General Election Commemorative Group" (ranks 81-100) of the 10th AKB48 Group general election
 * "'Suki' no Tane" (AKB48 single "Sentimental Train" B-side, 2018), performed by the top 16 participants of the 2018 Showroom Appeal Event (online side contest of the 10th AKB48 Group general election)
 * "Koi wa Kebyo chu" ("Daisuki na Hito", 2019), first time as center, first Charming Trip music release
 * "Okujo Kara Sakebu" (AKB48 single "Jiwaru Days" B-side, 2019), performed with Sucheese
 * "Sustainable" (2019), first AKB48 title song participation
 * "Omoide My Friend" ("Shitsuren, Arigatō", 2020), performed with 1st Campus, AKB48 Group selected young members unit

Yumirin
Takino has performed in all STU48 title songs, and has been the center (lead performer) or co-center in all of them except "Hitorigoto de Kataru Kurainara" (2021). She also represented STU48 in AKB48's non-election single title songs from "11gatsu no Anklet" (2017) to "Shitsuren, Arigatō" (2020), which is the last AKB48 title song to feature representatives from all sister groups. Other notable appearances include:


 * "Setouchi no Koe" (AKB48 single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" B-side, 2017), first STU48 music release
 * "" (AKB48 single "Sentimental Train" B-side, 2018), performed by the of the 10th AKB48 Group general election
 * "Yuri wo Sakaseru ka?" (AKB48 single "Sentimental Train" B-side, 2018), Majimuri Gakuen theme song
 * "Hatsukoi Door" (AKB48 single "Jiwaru Days" B-side, 2019), performed with Sakamichi AKB, a collaboration between AKB48 Group and Sakamichi Series

Kyonko
As a Hiragana Keyakizaka46 member, Saito participated in every Keyakizaka46 single between "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" (2016) and "Kuroi Hitsuji" (2019). As a Hinatazaka46 member, she has also participated in every single to date, positioned in the front row in most of the choreography, and was the center (lead performer) for "Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" (2022). Other prominent appearances include:


 * "Soredemo Aruiteru" ("Kaze ni Fukarete mo" B-side, 2017), lead performer, theme song to Re:Mind
 * "Igokochiwaruku Otona ni natta" (Hashiridasu Shunkan, 2018), solo song
 * "Hatsukoi Door" (AKB48 single "Jiwaru Days" B-side, 2019), performed with Sakamichi AKB, a collaboration between AKB48 Group and Sakamichi Series
 * "Kodokuna Toki" (孤独な) ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022), solo song
 * "Boku Nanka" − The First Take version (2022), solo performance

Hiragana Oshi
Director Yūsuke Koroyasu, who had directed several episodes for the group's 2017 drama Re:Mind, appears in episode ... as assistant director to Shiho Katō in directing a concept trailer for her story, which won the storywriting contest segment in the previous episode.

Production
According to producer Shinobu Mōri, the idea to create a sketch show for the Nogizaka46 fourth generation members came during production of the group's previous show Nogizaka, Doko e?, in which they first appeared in a sketch segment. Several characters developed for Nogizaka Skits were based on the members' distinct personalities as displayed on that show. Saraba Seishun no Hikari have also been the co-hosts of Nogizaka, Doko e? and are experienced in sketch comedy, being regular finalists in the TBS Television sketch contest show King of Conte.

GMSL
Good Morning, Sleeping Lion was exclusively released on the Hikari TV Channel on April 23, 2022. No physical media release has been announced. As of July 11, it has received an average audience rating of 4.5/5 from 542 Hikari TV subscribers.

STU48
In January 2022, STU48 members took five of the top 8 finalist positions at the fourth AKB48 Group No. 1 Singing Ability Contest, including the top three: Nana Okada (1st place), Yura Ikeda (2nd), Honoka Yano (3rd), Sara Shimizu (5th), and Mitsuki Imamura (7th).

The first generation members of STU48 originally consisted of 31 people and joined the group on March 31, 2017.

These members were recruited at the third AKB48 Group Draft Conference, a joint audition for AKB48 and all its Japan-based sister groups. Originally consisting of five people, they debuted as trainees in January 2018. Two trainees left the group and the three remaining ones became full members on August 3, 2019.

The second generation member recruitment began in August 2019. 24 people who passed the auditions debuted as trainees in December 2019 and the remaining ones became full members in October 2021.

The New Wave Project was a recruitment project exclusively for Actor's School Hiroshima students. Four candidates who passed the auditions debuted as trainees in May 2022.

all 2nd gen

all new wave https://archive.is/4rgHr

Kumi Sasaki
Kumi Sasaki https://realsound.jp/2021/03/post-722592.html

01familia
Several 01familia actresses appeared on major tokusatsu series in 2020 and 2021. The agency has an all-female roster and has been called the "Reiwa-era Beauty Corps" (令和の美女軍団).

Yuka Kageyama
Kageyama placed fourth in the top ten list of rising female talents of the first half of 2022 by Talent Power Ranking, attributed to her increasing appearances in football and quiz shows.

Kageyama has participated in Hinatazaka46 title songs since "Kimi Shika Katan" (2021), as well as the all-member and first generation songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 until the album Hashiridasu Shunkan (2018) and by Hinatazaka46 since the album Hinatazaka (2020). Notable appearances include:


 * "Hiragana Keyaki" ("Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" B-side, 2016), first appearance in a music release
 * "Natsuiro no Mule" (Hashiridasu Shunkan, 2018), as a quartet with Mao Iguchi, Mana Takase, and Mei Higashimura

2020–present: Football-related appearances, feature film debut
Kageyama resumed entertainment activities on May 26, 2020 with a post on her official blog.

Kageyama is an association football enthusiast and played regularly in a local boys' team before joining Hiragana Keyakizaka46. Her catchphrases include "The soccer-loving girl" (サッカー大好き少女) and "Gegenpressing to your heart". (あなたのハートにゲーゲンプレス) She holds a Class 4 referee qualification and regularly writes about the Japanese league on her blog in a series titled "Yūka Kageyama's WE LOVE J.League", which aims to cover all 56 teams from all three league divisions. Her favorite teams include Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Borussia Dortmund, and Leeds United F.C. In May 2021, Kageyama announced that her fandom name would be Kagesapo (カゲサポ), which is short for "Kageyama Supporters".

Kageyama became a recurring guest in the TV Tokyo football talk show  and Atsuto Uchida's Football Time on DAZN in 2020, and was appointed Special Analyst for FOOT×BRAIN in October thanks to her knowledge in football strategy. Former Japan national football team player Tsuyoshi Kitazawa named her the "number one football enthusiast in the idol world". In December, Kageyama started co-hosting her first self-titled football talk show miniseries on Hikari TV Channel with former Japan national team captain Yuji Nakazawa, which was titled Yuji Nakazawa and Yūka Kageyama's Talking Football in English and ran for three episodes.

Kageyama appeared in her first voice acting role as Ayame Ebina in the animated adaptation of the football manga Farewell, My Dear Cramer (2021) on Tokyo MX and also served as the production's "support manager". She made her first feature film appearance in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Final (2021), co-starring Kanna Hashimoto. Early in her career, Kageyama had mentioned Hashimoto and actress Erika Toda as the people she admired. Real Sound positively commented on her "funny expressions" and that her intelligent image matched that of her character, Miko Iino.

Kageyama and fellow Hinatazaka46 members Mei Higashimura and Konoka Matsuda were appointed support ambassadors for DAZN's AFC Asian Cup Qualifications "Road to Qatar" campaign, which ran from August 2021 to March 2022. Kageyama also produced football educational video content for the campaign. In September 2021, Kageyama was appointed the Japan Ambassador for the football simulation video game FIFA 22. She had previously participated in the promotion of FIFA 21, including as an ambassador for the J Club FIFA 21 Festival. On November 25, 2021, Kageyama, comedian Hiroyuki Yabe, and announcer Akihiko Nishioka served as the hosts for the 2021 J. League awards. In May 2022, Kageyama became a co-host for the 2022 FIFA World Cup talk show FIFA World Cup 64, co-produced by TV Asahi and Abema.

Aside from football, Kageyama was appointed the "fair character" (endorser) for the twentienth anniversary fair of book publisher Kobunsha's "Kobunsha New Books" (光文社新書) product line in October 2021. Fellow Hinatazaka46 member Manamo Miyata would also participate in the "Kobunsha Classics" fifteenth anniversary fair.

Nao Kosaka
Kosaka has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs except "Tteka" (2021) and has been the center (lead performer) in all of them except "Kimi Shika Katan" (2021) and "Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" (2022). Other prominent music appearances include:


 * "Kirei ni Naritai" (Hashiridasu Shunkan, 2018), as a trio with Akari Nibu and Miho Watanabe
 * "Footsteps" ("Kyun" B-side, 2019), performed by all of the group's exclusive magazine models at the time
 * "See Through" (Hinatazaka, 2020), duet with Miku Kanemura
 * "Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), performed by all members born in 2002 (Kosaka, Miku Kanemura, and Hiyori Hamagishi)

Miku Kanemura
Kanemura has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs, as well as the all-member and second generation songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (2017) and by Hinatazaka46. She was the center (lead performer) for the title song "Tteka" (2021). Songs in which she prominently appears include:


 * "Dash & Rush" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), center
 * "Cage" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), with Mei Higashimura, Hina Kawata, and Akari Nibu
 * "See Through" (Hinatazaka, 2020), duet with Nao Kosaka
 * "Omoigakenai Double Rainbow" and "Additional Time" ("Tteka" B-sides, 2021), center
 * "Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), center, with Color Chart
 * "Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), performed by all members born in 2002 (Kanemura, Nao Kosaka, and Hiyori Hamagishi)
 * "Sonota Ōzei Type" ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022), with Suzuka Tomita, Yūka Kageyama, and Hinano Kamimura

Miho Watanabe
Watanabe has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs, as well as the all-member and second generation songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (2017) and by Hinatazaka46, until "Boku Nanka" (2022). Notable appearances include:

Appearances outside Sakamichi Series releases include:
 * "No War in The Future" ("Kaze ni Fukarete mo" B-side, 2017), first appearance in a music release
 * "Kirei ni Naritai" (Hashiridasu Shunkan, 2018), as a trio with Nao Kosaka and Akari Nibu
 * "Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), with Color Chart
 * "Koishita Sakana wa Sora wo Tobu" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), center


 * "Hatsukoi Door" (AKB48 single "Jiwaru Days" B-side, 2019), Sakamichi Series collaboration with AKB48 Group (SakamichiAKB)
 * "Hitoribocchi Kakumei" (Good Morning, Sleeping Lion theme song, 2022)

Akari Nibu
The book sold 46,000 copies in its release week and placed first in Oricon's weekly photobook rankings and ranked second among all books.

Discography
Nibu has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs, as well as the all-member and second generation songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (2017) and by Hinatazaka46. Notable appearances include:


 * "No War in The Future" ("Kaze ni Fukarete mo" B-side, 2017), first appearance in a music release
 * "Kirei ni Naritai" (Hashiridasu Shunkan, 2018), as a trio with Nao Kosaka and Miho Watanabe
 * "Cage" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), co-center with Mei Higashimura as the Yancharu Family
 * "Kimi no Tame Nani ga Dekiru Darou" ("Sonna Koto Nai yo" B-side, 2020), center
 * "Koe no Ashiato" ("Kimi Shika Katan" B-side, 2021), Koeharu! theme song, co-center with Mirei Sasaki
 * "Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), with Color Chart

Chocomint

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000133.000026205.html

The B-side "Yume Chikara" was originally created for the commercial of Asahi Group's Cream Genmai Bran candy bar and performed by the one-shot subunit CGB41.

Nashiko Momotsuki (桃月なしこ) is a Japanese professional cosplayer, model, actress, and licensed practical nurse. She is represented by 01familia and is an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine Bis. She is best known for portraying the villain Yodonna in Mashin Sentai Kiramager.

Originally a nurse, Momotsuki was scouted by her agency in 2017 and entered the entertainment industry as a gravure model, attracting attention due to her day job. She was appointed an exclusive model for Bis in October 2019 and released her own photo books in 2020 and 2022. As an actress, she first appeared in a television drama in 2019 and appeared in Mashin Sentai Kiramager the year after, followed by appearances in several films in the franchise, as well as Garo: Versus Road (2020) and Short Program (2022). She is also regular performer on the Zeroichi TV YouTube channel and has made her voice acting debut in Love After World Domination (2022).

Momotsuki released her first photo book on November 11, 2020, titled Mikan (未完, lit.  'Incomplete') and published by Kodansha. Photography took place on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, and the title was both meant as an expression of her "immaturity" and a homophone of "tangerine" (mikan), inspired by the words "peach" (桃, momo) and "pear" (nashi) in her name. It was reprinted three times and sold over 10,000 copies within 2 months after release. She released her second photo book on March 30, 2022 with the English title Peachy, a reference to both her name and the actual English word. The book would reveal details about her private life, including photos of her actual home and an interview with her brother, and also feature a "date" with her favorite Japanese idol, Rin Kurisu [ja] of 26-ji no Masquerade [ja]. The book sold about 2000 copies in its first week. That month, she also served as an ambassador for DC Comics' "The Dawn of Superheroes" travelling exhibition and threw out a ceremonial first pitch for a baseball game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in cosplay as Supergirl.

Momotsuki is a regular on the YouTube channel Zeroichi TV and hosts the variety show Zeroichi Familia wa Homeraretai on MBS TV, which is also published on the YouTube channel.

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Nana Enako

Nibu made her feature film voice acting debut in 2021's Deemo: Memorial Keys. Despite her inexperience, executive director Junichi Fujisaku and lead voice actress Ayana Taketatsu positively commented on her performance; Nibu herself also cited the 2021 drama Koeharu!, in which she portrayed an aspiring voice actress, as an influence.

In April 2022, Nibu became the voice of main character Mami in the animated shorts miniseries (one minute per episode) Everyone's Mameo (みんなのまめお), aired as a segment of the TV Asahi variety show ''Onegai! Ranking'' and also released on YouTube. It was based on an original manga titled Mameo she co-wrote with mangaka Kengo Kurando in May 2021 for the manga variety show Manga Michi on the same network, which was published online.

Nagahama is the Sustainable Development Goals PR ambassador for NHK, and also the host for the television network's sign language educational shorts, titled Sign Language Shower (手話シャワー) and started in February 2022.

Kageyama was involved in the "JFA Magical Field Inspired by Disney" initiative to promote women's football, along with former Nadeshiko Japan player Homare Sawa.

Nao Kosaka

https://realsound.jp/movie/2021/06/post-797601.html

Hominis commented that she stood out with her "unique" presence despite performing alongside more experienced cast members.

Sleeping Lion Miho https://realsound.jp/movie/2022/05/post-1023650.html

Mirei: https://realsound.jp/movie/2021/04/post-743256.html

Cinemas Plus remarked on the "surprisingly high" quality of the story and visuals, as well as the members' acting, and highly recommended the drama even for non-fans of the Sakamichi Series.

Cinemas Plus positively commented on its production values and highly recommended the drama even for non-fans of the Sakamichi Series.