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Umeda Erika
Umeda Erika is a former member of the Hello! Project group °C-ute, and a model signed to ILLUME agency.
Profile
- Name: Umeda Erika (梅田えりか)
- Birth Date: 1991-05-24
- Nickname: Ume-san, Ume-chan, Eri-chan, Umekichi
- Blood type: A
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Height: 170 cm (5'7")
- Favorite Subject: Music
- Favorite Brand/Designer: CECIL McBEE, JSG
- Hobby: Collecting stickers
- Special Skill: Cooking
- Strong Point: Friendly personality, can get along with anyone
- Weak Point: Selfish, can be shy
- Habit: Spreading my legs because I'm always wearing pants
- Favorite Color: Pink, yellow, white, light blue
- Favorite Flower: Tulip, hibiscus, rose
- Disliked Thing/Thing to do: Studying, exercise
- Scared of: Dad, bugs, monsters
- Favorite Movie: "Tonari no Totoro," "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi"
- Favorite Book: "TV Pia"
- Favorite Word: "Mirai" (future)
- Favorite Season: Winter, summer
- Favorite Food: Edamame, beef jerky, pizza, ice-cream, cake, melon, soramame, chocolate, senbei, cookies
- Least Favorite Food: Meat
- Favorite Song: "White Love" (SPEED), "LOVE Machine" (Morning Musume)
- Charm Point: Legs
- Hello! Project Groups:
- Hello! Project Kids
- ZYX (2003)
- °C-ute (2005–2009)
- ZYX-α (2009)
- Shuffle Groups:
- 2004: H.P. All Stars
- Other:
- Little Gatas (2004–2007)
- Mix Gatas (2006–2007)
- Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (2007–2009)
History
Umeda Erika is the oldest Hello! Project Kids member. She was a part of the first Kids-featured unit ZYX and was also a back-up dancer in performances of Fujimoto Miki's "Boogie Train '03." She is now a member of °C-ute.
She was also a member of Mix Gatas until she was added to Gatas Brilhantes H.P. in April, 2007.
On August 1, 2009, it was announced that she would be graduating from °C-ute and Hello! Project at the end of their current tour on October 25, 2009. She's now signed to model agency ILLUME, which isn't one of the major model agencies in Japan, but their models appear often on popular fashion magazines.
Works
Movies
- [2002-12] 仔犬ダンの物語 Koinu Dan no Monogatari (Puppy DAN's story)
Trivia
- She has three Shih Tzus (RAMU-chan, MUU-chan, RUNA-chan.)
- More recently, she has named her favorite food as yakiniku, her least favorite food as bitter melon, and her charm point as "a row of 3 moles on the right of my cheek."
- Yaguchi Mari gave her the nickname Ume-chan.
- Is good friends with Natsuyaki Miyabi (Berryz Koubou).
