Mano Erina

Mano Erina, September 2009

Mano Erina (真野恵里菜) is a Japanese pop singer and idol produced by J.P ROOM and part of Hello! Project.

Profile

• Name: Mano Erina (真野恵里菜)
• Nickname: Manoeri (まのえり)
• Birthday: April 11, 1991 (18 years old)
• Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Blood type: B
• Hobby: Piano
• Specialties: Basketball, Y-balance
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Hello! Pro Egg (2006–2008)
  • Ongaku Gatas (2007–2008)
  • Elder Club (2008)
  • Wonderful Hearts (2008–2009)
  • Petitmoni V (2009–)
• Other:
  • Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (Reserve player) (2007–2008)

History

Mano Erina joined Hello! Project as a Hello! Pro Egg in 2006 after passing the Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition. In 2007, she was one of the six members of the Hello! Pro Egg to be added to Ongaku Gatas and became a reserve player for Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. She graduated from Ongaku Gatas on March 2nd, 2008 and Hello! Pro Egg on March 29th, 2008 to debut as a soloist. On June 29th, 2008 she released her debut single, Manopiano.

She's been featured as the opening act in various of her senpai's concerts (Abe Natsumi, Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou and C-ute), starting in August 2008.

From October 30th, 2008, Mano Erina's indies singles began being sold at TOWER RECORD stores throughout Japan.

Mano was featured in the BS-i dorama special Pocky 4 Sisters ~Dasenai Tegami~ (Pocky 4 Sisters!～出せない手紙～) that aired in December 27th, 2008. She was the protagonist in the BS-i Tokyo Shoujo (東京少女) dorama series during the February 2009 episodes. She's the protagonist in the first TBS internet dorama series, Koisuru Seiza (恋する星座), which is scheduled to have 12 episodes, and in each one of them Mano has the role of a different girl; each episode features one of the 12 actors that interact with Mano (usually romantic interest).

It was announced at the end of January 2009 that Mano would debut under a major label, she released her debut single "Otome no Inori" on March 18th 2009 , It reached 5th place on Oricon for its first week.

Starting April 5th 2009, Mano began her weekly radio show named MANO-DELI which currently airs every Sunday.

Mano's songs are usually composed by KAN. Matsuura Aya has told her via a video comment in April 2009 that she needs to be the best singer in H!P, and in order to do that, she'll need to be a better singer than Takahashi Ai.

Discography

Singles (Indies)

No.	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales	Highest rank
1	マノピアノ (Manopiano)	2008.06.29	-	-	-
2	ラッキーオーラ (Lucky Aura)	2008.10.05	-	-	-
3	ラララ-ソソソ (Lalala-Sososo)	2008.12.13	600	600	138

Singles (Major)

No.	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales	Highest rank
1	乙女の祈り (Otome no Inori)	2009.03.18	20,812	25,228	5
2	はじめての経験 (Hajimete no Keiken)	2009.05.20	22,107	24,721	6
3	世界は サマー・パーティ (Sekai wa Summer Party)	2009.07.29	14,111	18,647	10
4	この胸のときめきを (Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo)	2009.09.30	14,834	14,834*	7
5	LOVE＆PEACE＝パラダイス (LOVE & PEACE = Paradise)	2009.11.25

Concert DVDs

• [2009.08.05] Mano Erina Debut Concert "Prologue ~Otome no Inori~"
• [2009.??.??] Mano Erina First Concert Tour "Introduction ~Hajimete no Kandou~"

Other DVDs

• [2009.04.01] マノグアム (Manoguam)
• [2009.08.19] (Pocky 4 Sisters!)
• [2009.11.04] 恋する星座 (Koisuru Seiza)

Works

Select Concerts

• [2007.10.20] ハロプロエッグデリバリーステーション！02 (Hello! Pro Egg Delivery Station! 02) (with Noto Arisa, Furukawa Konatsu, Fukuda Kanon, Okai Asuna)

Photobooks

• [2009.02.10] Mano Erina (真野恵里菜)

Trivia

• Her first live appearance was on 2 January 2007, as a backup dancer for Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro~.
• Her Gatas uniform number was #27 (December 2007–July 2008).
• Is allergic to cats.
• Is a huge Magic Knights Rayearth fan.
• Is a fan of the Dragon Quest and Pokemon games (for DS).
• Prior to joining H!P, she admired Matsuura Aya.
• She's played the piano since she was 6 years old.
• Her admired pianist is Richard Clayderman
• Is good friends with Komine Momoka and Tsugunaga Momoko.

External links

• Official Website
• Mano Erina Official Blog
• Artist Profile, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. Profile
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Pocky 4 Sisters official site
• Tokyo Shoujo homepage
• Koisuru Seiza homepage