Iida Kaori

Iida Kaori (2009)

Iida Kaori (2005)

Iida Kaori promoting Morning Musume single The Peace (2001)

Iida Kaori is a former leader of Morning Musume. She is currently a Hello! Project soloist. She was one of the first five original members of the group and graduated on January 30, 2005, giving her the longest tenure of not only the first generation but of any Morning Musume member, with 7 years and 4 months.

On July 6, 2007 it was announced that Iida was 10 weeks pregnant with her first child and to marry ex-7HOUSE member Kenji. [1] Then, in late July, it was announced that the marriage papers were filed on the day after the pregnancy and marriage announcement, July 7. [2]. Iida then was on maternity leave, the name of her son was never publicly revelead.

On November 28, 2008 newspapers reported that Iida's 6-month-old child had passed away of chronic renal failure on July 27, 2008. Iida held a memorial service on September to lay his ashes. Up-Front Agency's message concering the situation stated that the child was hospitalized soon after being born due to renal problems, and after having some discussions, both the agency and Iida agreed that she would return to show business. She performed on stage on January 2009.

Profile

• Name: Iida Kaori (飯田圭織)
• Nickname: Johnson, Kaorin, Kao-tan
• Birthdate: 1981.08.08
• Birthplace: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
• Blood type: A
• Height: 168 cm
• Hobbies: Drawing, cooking
• Special skills: Communicating, making puns
• Favorite words: LOVE & PEACE
• Favorite color: Red
• Favorite flowers: Roses, tulips
• Favorite season: Summer
• Favorite food: Oysters, scallions, cream bread
• Disliked food: Fried tofu, bacon
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Morning Musume (1997-2005)
  • Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai (2007)
• Subgroups:
  • Tanpopo (1998-2002)
  • Morning Musume Otome Gumi (2003-2004)
  • Hello! Project Akagumi (2005)
• Shuffle Groups:
  • 2000: Aoiro 7
  • 2001: 10nin Matsuri
  • 2002: Odoru 11
  • 2003: 11WATER
  • 2004: H.P. All Stars
  • 2005: Puripuri Pink

Trivia

• As a member of Morning Musume, Iida has the most singles under her belt with a grand total of 26 (counting "Ai no Tane"). Second up are Yaguchi Mari and Yoshizawa Hitomi, each with 25.
• Is an experienced acoustic guitar player.
• Her nickname "Johnson" comes from the hosts of Utaban constantly referring to her as such. The origin comes from the 1999.02.16 episode where Ishibashi Takaaki decided to associate each member with a baseball player (so he could remember them easier), and Iida supposedly resembled Davey Johnson. Iida's nickname is the only one that stuck.
• Is the only member of Hello! Project to have been in a shuffle unit each year, and each year she has been in the largest group, with the exception of 2005, in which she was in Puripuri Pink which tied Elegies for largest, both with four members.
• Attended Hokkaido Sapporo Tousei High School and later transferred to Tokyo Municipal Yoyogi High School, where she was the same year as SPEED member Uehara Takako.
• Loves to draw and has published a few children's books.
• Her long hair was a trademark of her image, but she cut it short not long after her graduation from Morning Musume. Since then, she has grown it out long again.
• Fans and members have remarked that she must be "communicating with aliens," due to her frequent blank and spacey expressions.
• She is the one who came up with the nickname "Ayaya" for Matsuura Aya.
• Maeda Yuki joined Hello! Project thanks to Iida.
• Prior to joining Morning Musume, she appeared in a battery commercial back in Sapporo. She was even a finalist in Komuro Tetsuya's auditions held by ASAYAN at the same time.
• She once said in an interview that her future dream was to be a happy mother.
• She considers herself her rival.

Discography

Albums

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	オサヴリオ～愛は待ってくれない～ (Osavurio ~Ai wa Matte Kurenai~)	2003.04.23	8,130	11,217
2	パラディノメ ～恋に身をゆだねて～ (Paradinome ~Koi ni Mi wo Yudanete~)	2003.10.22	3,425	4,463
3	アヴニール～未来～ (Avenir ~Mirai~)	2004.12.29	5,140	5,140
4	プラン・ダムール～愛がいっぱい～ (Plein d'Amour ~Ai ga Ippai~)	2005.12.21	2,504	2,504

Singles

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#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	エーゲ海に抱かれて (Aegekai ni Dakarete)	2004.02.04	10,691	12,482
2	ドアの向こうでBellが鳴ってた (Door no Mukou de Bell ga Natteta)	2004.07.28	4,904	6,422

DVD

Aegekai] Goju no To * エーゲ海 (Aegekai) 相田翔子&飯田圭織 (Iida Kaori & Aida Shoko) * ガッツ石松主演 五重塔 (Goju no To) [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBD-7431 [3

Concerts

• [2007.??.??] 湘南ＳＰＥＣＩＡＬ　ＬＩＶＥ ２００７～あじさい～Vol．6 飯田圭織 (Shounan SPECIAL LIVE 2007 ~Ajisai~ Vol. 6 Iida Kaori)

Photobooks

• [2002.05.01] かおりKAORI圭織 (Kaori KAORI Kaori) amazon.co.jp
• [2003.09.??] ポケットモーニング娘。〈Vol.2〉 (Pocket Morning Musume. (Volume 2)) (With Abe Natsumi, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki) amazon.co.jp
• [2004.01.30] エーゲ海―相田翔子&飯田圭織 (The Agean Shoko Aida & Kaori Iida) (With Aida Shoko) amazon.co.jp
• [2005.03.16] Hello! Project 2005 Winter オールスターズ大乱舞 ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! 飯田圭織卒業スペシャル (Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! Iida Kaori Sotsugyo Special~) amazon.co.jp

Essay books

• [2001.12.??] 心のスケッチブック。 (Kokoro no Sketch Book) amazon.co.jp
• [2002.12.??] ライオンのマルジャン (Lion no Marujan) (With Kamata Toshi) amazon.co.jp

External links

• Offical Profile
• Official Fanclub Page
• UP-FRONT WORKS: Iida Kaori discography
• English Wikipedia: Kaori Iida
• Japanese Wikipedia: 飯田圭織
• Iida Kaori official blog
• Hello! Database entry
• IMDb entry
• projecthello.com: Iida Kaori lyrics
• Asayan Profile
• Iida Kaori Fansite
• http://momusu.namida-girl.net/kaoriiida.html