Kobayashi Honoka

Kobayashi Honoka promoting "Hai to Diamond / Go City Go / Fuuku no Housoku" (2024)

Kobayashi Honoka (小林萌花) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. She is a member of the group SeasoningS and its collective group BEYOOOOONDS.

Profile

Name: Kobayashi Honoka (小林萌花)
Nickname: Yashikoba (やしこば)
Birthdate: August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16) (age 23)
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 164cm
Specialties: Piano, painting
Hobbies: Eating, listening to music
Looks Up To: Sato Masaki, Kamikokuryou Moe
Hello! Project groups:
- BEYOOOOONDS (2018–)
  - SeasoningS (2018–)

History

Kobayashi Honoka was revealed as a new member of BEYOOOOONDS on December 3, 2018 during the "BEYOOOOONDS Ouen Kikaku FC Event 2018 ~Fuyu no Jin ZIN~" at Yamano Hall, alongisde Hirai Miyo and Kobayashi Honoka, two other winners from the 2018 Hello! Project "ONLY YOU" Audtion.

Publications

Photobooks

[2020.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS① (Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka, Satoyoshi Utano)
[2020.09.09] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2020 AUTUMN Vol.2 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2020 AUTUMN Vol.2) (Niinuma Kisora, Kamikokuryo Moe, Tanimoto Ami, Kaga Kaede, Hirai Miyo, Morito Chisaki, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kobayashi Honoka, Shimakura Rika, Asakura Kiki, Satoyoshi Utano, Ono Mizuho, Makino Maria, Yokoyama Reina, Dambara Ruru, Sasaki Rikako, Inoue Rei)
[2021.04.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING Vol.5 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 SPRING Vol.5) (Kanazawa Tomoko, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kawana Rin, Kawamura Ayano, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kitagawa Rio, Kiyono Momohime, Kudo Yume, Kobayashi Honoka, Sasaki Rikako, Sato Masaki, Satoyoshi Utano, Shimakura Rika, Takase Kurumi, Takeuchi Akari, Tanimoto Ami, Tamenaga Shion)
[2021.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS②
[2021.11.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 Autumn Vol.7 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 Autumn Vol.7) (Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Haga Akane, Kaga Kaede, Yamazaki Mei, Matsumoto Wakana, Inoue Rei, Dambara Ruru, Tanimoto Ami, Ono Mizuho, Akiyama Mao, Ichioka Reina, Yamazaki Yuhane, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

[2019] The Girls Live

Internet

[2019–] Hello! Station (ハロ!ステ)
[2019] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!)
[2019] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2019 (ハロプロ紅白対抗ザ☆バトル2019)
[2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! 2 (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!2)
[2020] Hello Pro no Collabo NIGHT! (ハロプロのコラボNIGHT!)

Commercials

[2020] Kagome GO! ME. "ONE DAY"

Theater

[2019] Fushigi no Kuni no Alice Tachi (不思議の国のアリスたち)
[2019] Reborn ~13-nin no Tamashi wa Kami-sama no Yume wo Miru~ (リボーン~13人の魂は神様の夢を見る~) (as Chopin)
[2020] Arabeyooooonds Nights (アラビヨーンズナイト) (as Onkou-san)

Radio

[2019–] Kanazawa Tomoko no Vivid Midnight (金澤朋子のVivid Midnight)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no Biyo～～～～～tto Tobikoe Night! (BEYOOOOONDSのビヨ～～～～～っと飛び越えナイト!)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no O no Kazu wa Itsutsu Desu (BEYOOOOONDSのOの数は5つです)

Recording Credits

BEYOOOOONDS

We Need a Name! (Piano)

Matsubara Takeshi

Yukikaze (雪風) (Piano)

Trivia

Was in her 3rd year as a student at the Tokyo College of Music High School (東京音楽大学付属高等学校) when she joined BEYOOOOONDS.
Enrolled in a music college in April 2019 to continue studying piano alongside her idol work.
Her favorite genres of music are J-Pop, classical, and western music.
Her favorite sport is kendo.
Her motto is "Where there's a will, there's a way" (為せば成る; Naseba naru).
Has a pet cat named Clara, after the 19th century German composer Clara Schumann.
Became a fan of Hello! Project by watching idol videos while in bed with the flu; she thought they were cool and wanted to become someone that could give energy to others. She has specifically mentioned Morning Musume member Fukumura Mizuki's dash across the stage to perform with a suddenly injured Michishige Sayumi during the latters graduation concert.
Her favorite Hello! Project songs are "Naseba Naru" by Kobushi Factory and "One・Two・Three" by Morning Musume.
She started playing piano when she was 5 years old. She considers it part of her identity and wants to be strongly associated with it.
Her favorite composers are Brahms and Mozart.
Likes listening to music, painting, studying languages, and eating.
Her favorite foods are natto and mayonnaise. She likes drinking coffee and tea.