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Haruka Kudō
工藤遥
Haruka Kudō 工藤遥
	Kudo in 2016
Background information
Born	October 27, 1999 (age 25); Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupations	Singer; Actress; Dancer;
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Zetima

Haruka Kudō (工藤遥, Kudō Haruka, born October 27, 1999) is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume, Kudō was a Hello! Pro Egg member. Kudō is the youngest member in history to join Morning Musume, at 11 years and 11 months old, surpassing Ai Kago's 12-year record.^[1] She is also known for playing the role of Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow in the tokusatsu series Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger.

Biography

Early life

Kudō was born on October 27, 1999, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

2010–2011: Debut in Morning Musume

On March 27, 2010, at the 2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kōen sangatsu: Yokohama Gold! concert, Kudō was introduced as a new member of Hello! Pro Egg.^[2] She debuted in concert on May 1, 2010, at the Hello! Project presents: Hello Fest in Odaiba Gurume Park festival.^[2]

On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special, it was announced that Kudō had passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida and Masaki Satō, and would be joining Morning Musume.^[3]

2017–present: Departure from Morning Musume and acting debut

On April 29, 2017, Kudō announced her upcoming departure from Morning Musume and Hello! Project.^[4] On December 11, at the Morning Musume Autumn concert tour Kudō graduated from the group.^[5] In February 2018, Kudō made her acting debut in Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger as Lupin Yellow.^[6]

Discography

For Haruka Kudō's releases with Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
Title	Year	JPN Oricon ^[7]	JPN Hot 100 ^[8]^[a]	Album
Miss Henkan! ! (Miss変換! !) (with Masaki Sato)	2017	—	82	Non-album single

Bibliography

Books

Haruka (April 27, 2019, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-88660-139-1)

Photobooks

Do (October 27, 2012, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4847045035)
Ashita Tenki ni Naare! (あした天気になーれ！) (September 27, 2014, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4686-5)
Harukaze (ハルカゼ) (February 27, 2016, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4822-7)
Kudo Haruka (October 27, 2017, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4961-3)
Haru Camera (ハルカメラ) (April 11, 2018, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8112-5)
Lively (March 27, 2020, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8276-4)

Filmography

DVDs and Blu-rays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN^[7]
		DVD	Blu-ray
Haruka	Released: November 7, 2012 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	30	—
Simple	Released: October 22, 2014 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	59	—
Harunatsu -Haruka- (春夏 -Haruka-)	Released: July 6, 2016 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	44	—
Do The Vacation	Released: November 22, 2017 Label: Zetima Formats: Blu-ray	—	58

Television

Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園) (NTV, 2012)
Otona e Novel (オトナヘノベル) (NHK, 2015)
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (快盗戦隊ルパンジャーVS警察戦隊パトレンジャー) (TV Asahi, 2018–2019)
Toshishita Kareshi (ABC Television, 2020.6.7)
Iryusosa (TV Asahi, 2021.2.4)
Kamen Rider Geats (TV Asahi, 2023) Eps 45
Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku (2023)^[10]

Movies

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film (2018), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow
Lupinranger VS Patranger VS Kyuranger (2019), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger VS Lupinranger VS Patranger the Movie (2020), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow ^[11]
Kotera-san Climbs! (2020)
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020)
Angry Rice Wives (2021)^[12]
Suicide Forest Village (2021)^[13]
Two Outs Bases Loaded (2022), Saki^[14]
Kamen Rider Geats The 4 Aces and the Black Fox (2023), Melo
Dreaming in Between (2023), Yuma Suenaga^[15]
Insomniacs After School (2023), Haya Magari^[16]

Theater

Ima ga Itsuka ni Naru Mae ni (今がいつかになる前に) (2010)
Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~ (リボーン～命のオーディション～) (2011)
1974 (Ikunayo) (1974(イクナヨ)) (2011)
Stacies Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki (ステーシーズ少女再殺歌劇) (2012)
Gogakuyuu (ごがくゆう) (2013)
Lilium -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki (-Lilium －リリウム少女純潔歌劇－) (2014)
Triangle (トライアングル) (2015)
Zoku 11nin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (続・11人いる！東の地平・西の永遠) (2016)
JK Ninja Girls (JKニンジャガールズ) (2017)
Pharaoh no Haka (ファラオの墓) (2017)
Itsumo Pocket ni Chopin (いつもポケットにショパン) (2019)
Mahō Tsukai no Yome (魔法使いの嫁) (2019–2020)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actress	Kotera-san Climbs!	Nominated	^[17]

Notes

^ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Miss Henkan! !"^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "工藤遥「負けず嫌い精神でなんとか (笑)」初主演作での苦労とは？". Anan Web. July 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "GWお台場ハロプロ祭りで真野恵里菜、°C-uteら笑顔". Natalie. May 1, 2010.
^ "モーニング娘。10期メンバー4人発表明日卒業の高橋愛は「進化」に期待". Oricon News. September 29, 2011.
^ "Kudo Haruka to graduate from Morning Musume.'17". Tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
^ "モーニング娘。'17 工藤遥、今秋のコンサートツアーをもって卒業". Barks. April 29, 2017.
^ "元モー娘。工藤遥、スーパー戦隊ヒロインに抜てき女優への第一歩「自信をもって頑張る」". Oricon News. January 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Haruka Kudō | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2023.
^ "Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard.
^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2017/05/24 Miss Henkan! !". Billboard (in Japanese). May 24, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^ "河合優実、田中麗奈、根本真陽、森山未來が『NHKスペシャル "宗教2世"を生きる』ドラマ編に出演決定ドキュメンタリー編と2回シリーズで"宗教2世"に迫る". TV Life. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ "劇場版騎士竜戦隊リュウソウジャーVSルパンレンジャーVSパトレンジャー". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 14, 2024.
^ "大コメ騒動". eiga.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
^ "山田杏奈×山口まゆ『樹海村』、追加キャストに神尾楓珠＆工藤遥＆安達祐実ら". Crank-in!. August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "ツーアウトフルベース". eiga.com. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
^ "逃げきれた夢". eiga.com. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ "君は放課後インソムニア". eiga.com. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ "最多は『スパイの妻』！第75回毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表". Cinematoday. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

External links

Haruka Kudō at IMDb

[BillboardAlbums-10] Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Miss Henkan! !"^[9]

[birth_and_record-1] "工藤遥「負けず嫌い精神でなんとか (笑)」初主演作での苦労とは？". Anan Web. July 13, 2020.

[egg_debut-2] "GWお台場ハロプロ祭りで真野恵里菜、°C-uteら笑顔". Natalie. May 1, 2010.

[3] "モーニング娘。10期メンバー4人発表明日卒業の高橋愛は「進化」に期待". Oricon News. September 29, 2011.

[4] "Kudo Haruka to graduate from Morning Musume.'17". Tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

[5] "モーニング娘。'17 工藤遥、今秋のコンサートツアーをもって卒業". Barks. April 29, 2017.

[6] "元モー娘。工藤遥、スーパー戦隊ヒロインに抜てき女優への第一歩「自信をもって頑張る」". Oricon News. January 12, 2018.

[OriconPositions-7] "Haruka Kudō | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2023.

[Billboard-8] "Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard.

[9] "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2017/05/24 Miss Henkan! !". Billboard (in Japanese). May 24, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

[11] "河合優実、田中麗奈、根本真陽、森山未來が『NHKスペシャル "宗教2世"を生きる』ドラマ編に出演決定ドキュメンタリー編と2回シリーズで"宗教2世"に迫る". TV Life. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[12] "劇場版騎士竜戦隊リュウソウジャーVSルパンレンジャーVSパトレンジャー". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 14, 2024.

[13] "大コメ騒動". eiga.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

[14] "山田杏奈×山口まゆ『樹海村』、追加キャストに神尾楓珠＆工藤遥＆安達祐実ら". Crank-in!. August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[15] "ツーアウトフルベース". eiga.com. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

[16] "逃げきれた夢". eiga.com. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[17] "君は放課後インソムニア". eiga.com. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[18] "最多は『スパイの妻』！第75回毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表". Cinematoday. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

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Haruka Kudō (singer)