Mitsui Aika

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Mitsui Aika promoting "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" (2010)

Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳) is a Japanese pop singer and idol produced by Up-Front Agency and part of Hello! Project. She is an eighth generation member of Morning Musume.

Profile

• Name: Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳)
• Nicknames: Mittsii (みっつぃー), Aika (あいか)
• Birthday: January 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)
• Birthplace: Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
• Blood type: O
• Height: 154.5 cm
• Skills: Massage, keeping her room tidy, camera photoshots
• Hobbies: Shopping, looking through brochures, talking to herself, taking pictures, making sushi.
• Motto: Hakuna matata
• Favorite food: Plums, strawberries, roast beef, kombu, cuttlefish
• Favorite words: Unbeatable in heaven and earth
• Favorite colors: Black, purple, gold
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Morning Musume (2006–)
  • Athena & Robikerottsu (2007–2008)
  • Wonderful Hearts (2008–2009)
  • Guardians 4 (2009–)
  • Tanpopo# (2009–)
  • Muten Musume (2010–)

History

Mitsui Aika joined Hello! Project as the sole member of Morning Musume's eighth generation on December 10, 2006 as the winner of the Morning Musume Happy 8ki Audition. She made her concert debut on January 25, 2007 at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter concert tour.

Discography

DVDs

• [2011.01.26] Mittsi (みっつぃー)

Photobooks

• [2011.01.26] Aika (愛佳)

Works

Filmography

Films

• [2011] Real Kakurenbo Final (リアル隠れんぼファイナル)
• [2011] Keitai Deka The Movie 3: Morning Musume Kyuushutsu Daisakusen! ~ Pandora no Hako no Himitsu~ (ケータイ刑事　THE　MOVIE3　モーニング娘。救出大作戦！～パンドラの箱の秘密)

TV Programs

• [2007] Hello! Morning (ハロー! モーニング)
• [2007–2008] Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@)
• [2008] Berikyuu! (ベリキュー!)
• [2008–2009] Yorosen! (よろセン!)

TV Dramas

• [2010] Hanbun Esper (半分エスパー)

Anime

• [2007] Kirarin☆Revolution (きらりん☆レボリューション) (guest role)

Radio

• [2007–2008] Morning Musume Mitsui Aika no, Ai say hello (モーニング娘。光井愛佳の、愛 say hello) (e-radio)

Theater

• [2008] Cinderella the Musical (シンデレラ the ミュージカル)
• [2010] Fashionable (ファッショナブル)

Trivia

• Morning Musume Happy 8ki Audition songs:
  • Round 1: "BLUE BIRD" (Hamasaki Ayumi)
  • Round 2: "Furusato" (Morning Musume)
  • Round 3: "Osaka Koi no Uta" (Morning Musume)
• She became good friends with Yoshizawa Hitomi, who adopted an "older sister" figure.
• Proclaimed herself to be Kusumi Koharu's new rival.
• Her favorite number is 397 because it was her entry number in the audition. Her mother stated she won because it means bloom like a flower (sa ku na = 397).
• Has a toy poodle named Leo.
• Lives with her older sister in Tokyo.
• Her grandmother named her.
• Has an inhaler with her in concerts in case her breathing gets bad.
• In the period between the graduation of Linlin and the addition of the Ninth Generation, she was the only member of the group who was under 20 years old.

External Links

• Hello! Project Profile
• Official Blog: Aika no Pastel Color Days (FC Limited) (Translations)
• Wikipedia Profiles: Japanese: 光井愛佳 | English: Aika Mitsui
• Bright Smiles: An English Mitsui Aika Fansite