Saki Ogawa
| Saki Ogawa 小川 紗季 | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sakitty, Sakirin, Ogasakichan |
| Born | November 18, 1996 |
| Origin | Saitama, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 2004–2011 |
| Labels | Good Factory Records |
| Associated acts | S/mileage, Hello Pro Egg, ZYX |
| Website | Hello! Project.com |
Saki Ogawa (小川 紗季 Ogawa Saki) is a former Japanese pop singer, best known as one of the 4 founding members of the Japanese pop group S/mileage.
Biography
Ogawa joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls. During her time as a member of Hello! Pro Egg, she was also one of Erina Mano’s back-up dancers for her single “Hajimete no Keiken”.
It was announced in 2009 that Ogawa would make her debut with S/mileage, a Japanese pop group consisting of Yuuka Maeda, Kanon Fukuda, Ayaka Wada, and herself. Their first single titled “Ama no Jaku” was released on 6/7 exclusively at Mall City and at the Shinjin Kouen Egg concert.
On April 1, 2010 Ogawa debuted as an Oha Girl with 2 other girls, Erika Tanaka and Shiori Inoue, on the TV Tokyo Japanese children morning TV show called Oha Suta. She made regular appearances on the show as an Oha Girl while maintaining her regular duties with S/mileage.[1]
On August 24, 2011 it was announced that Ogawa would be graduating from S/mileage and Hello! Project on August 27 to return to a normal life.[2][3] She has also retired from her work on Oha Suta as an Oha Girl.[4]
References
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||