Kasahara Momona

Momona propromoting "L to R" (2026)

Kasahara Momona (笠原桃奈) is a Japanese artist under LAPONE GIRLS. She is a member of the Japanese pop girl group ME:I and is a former fifth generation member of ANGERME.

Profile

• Stage Name: Momona
• Birth Name: Kasahara Momona (笠原桃奈)
• Nickname: Kassa (かっさー)
• Birthdate: October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)
• Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 163cm
• MBTI: ENFJ → ENTJ
• Family: Parents, two younger sisters
• Education:
  • Nakagawa Junior High School (Graduated)
  • Kashima Gakuen High School (Correspondence – Graduated)
• Hobbies: Eating candy, playing games, athletics, dancing, cycling with her family, film camera
• Specialties: Ballet, acrobatics, swings, dancing
• Hello! Project Groups:
  • Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (2015–2016)
  • ANGERME (2016–2021) Dark Pink
• Other Groups:
  • ME:I (2023–) Black

History

Kasahara Momona joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Kenshuusei, and was officially introduced through a website announcement on April 27, 2015. She was revealed to be a new member of ANGERME in a surprise announcement on July 16, 2016, during the first day of the Hello! Project 2016 Summer concert tour, where she also performed with the group.

On June 21, 2021 Kasahara's graduation from ANGERME and Hello! Project was announced to take place by the end of the year, with a specific date to be announced later. The official announcement revealed discussions had begun around the end of 2020. In her personal statement she apologized for the abruptness of the announcement, discussed her love for ANGERME and her plans to study singing and dancing abroad in order to realize a new dream, and offered her thanks to those that have supported her.

Discography

Digital Singles

• [2021.11.16] Chikyuu wa Kyou mo Ai wo Hagukumu (地球は今日も愛を育む)

Publications

Photobooks

• [2019.10.22] Momona
• [2021.11.15] Dear sister

• [2019.05.24] Angermook (アンジュルムック) (Wada Ayaka, Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Murota Mizuki, Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kasahara Momona, Kawamura Ayano, Funaki Musubu, Oota Haruka, Ise Layla)
• [2020.09.09] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2020 AUTUMN Vol.3 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2020 AUTUMN Vol.3) (Onoda Saori, Haga Akane, Funaki Musubu, Maeda Kokoro, Akiyama Mao, Yamazaki Yuhane, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Kitagawa Rio, Kudo Yume, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Okamura Homare, Yamazaki Mei, Matsunaga Riai, Hashisako Rin)
• [2021.04.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING Vol.4 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 SPRING Vol.4) (Akiyama Mao, Asakura Kiki, Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Ise Layla, Ichioka Reina, Inaba Manaka, Inoue Rei, Uemura Akari, Eguchi Saya, Okamura Homare, Okamura Minami, Oda Sakura, Onoda Saori, Ono Mizuho, Kaga Kaede, Kasahara Momona)
• [2021.11.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 Autumn Vol.8 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 Autumn Vol.8) (Fukumura Mizuki, Yokoyama Reina, Morito Chisaki, Kawamura Ayano, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Kawana Rin, Tamenaga Shion, Inaba Manaka, Kudo Yume, Matsunaga Riai, Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Kishimoto Yumeno, Takase Kurumi, Okamura Minami)

Magazines

• [2020.08.12] BABY'S BREATH VOL.4 (Photographer)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

• [2016–2019] The Girls Live
• [2019–2020] AI・DOL PROJECT
• [2021] ANGERME no Hello Pro! TOKYO Sanpo (アンジュルムのハロプロTOKYO散歩)
• [2023] PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

Inernet

Net Dramas

• [2020] Hobonichi no Kaidan (ほぼ日の怪談。)

Net Programs

• [2016–] 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 Oshigoto Challenge! 3 e no Michi ~Kinkyuu Kikaku Kaigi~ (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ！3への道 ~緊急企画会議~)

Theater

• [2016] Mode (モード)
• [2017] Yumemiru Television (夢見るテレビジョン)
• [2018] Attack No.1 (アタックNo.1) (as Obata Suzume)

Trivia

• Her favorite foods are peaches and fruit.
• Her least favorite food is meat.
• Her favorite colors are purple and pink.
• She looks up to Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Michishige Sayumi, and Kamei Eri.
• Her favorite sport is ballet.
  • She practiced ballet for 9 years.
• Her motto is "With all of one's might".
• Her favorite Hello! Project songs are "Kimagure Princess" and "Yuugure wa Ameagari" by Morning Musume.
• Her favorite ANGERME songs are "Dondengaeshi", "Gashinshoutan", and "Jitensha Chiririn".
• Thinks her strength is her strong sense of right and wrong.
• She believes her weakness is being scatterbrained.
• She considers her charm point to be her pale skin.
• Her favorite subjects are P.E. and History.
• Her favorite music genre is classical.
• She likes The Beatles because of her parents.

Gallery

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External Links

• Hello! Project Official Profile
• ANGERME Official Blog