Emika Kamieda
| Emika Kamieda | |
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| Native name | 上枝 恵美加 |
| Also known as | えみち (Emichi) |
| Born |
July 13, 1994 Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instruments | vocals |
| Years active | 2012 - 2017 |
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| Website | Emika Kamieda on Twitter |
Emika Kamieda (上枝 恵美加 Kamieda Emika, born 13 July 1994 in Osaka)[1][2] is a former member of the Japanese idol group NMB48.
Career
She auditioned for AKB48 and, after becoming a reserve, she was recommended for NMB48's 3rd generation members. She passed the audition and became the first captain of the newly founded Team BII in 2012.
In 2013, in the Janken Taikai, she got the second position[3] which granted her to appear in a single for AKB48.
In March 2015 she announced she would be taking a hiatus of his activities as an idol in order to focus into his studies and going abroad.[4] After a 6-month pause she joined back his Team in October 2015.[5] She graduated from community college in 2016.
After the general NMB48 shuffle of late 2016, Kamieda was appointed member of Team M.
In 2017 she started hosting a radio program twice a month with Anna Ijiri (former vice-captain of Team BII) called Unlimited.
In order to pursue his acting career, on 2017, 2nd July, she announced her graduation making the stage performance of July 31st her last appearance as an NMB48 member.[6]
Kamieda's hobbies are horse-back riding, One Piece, beatboxing, and dancing.
She can speak English fluently (as seen in co-hosting the show Tanieda English 谷枝イングリッシュ with Airi Tanigawa)[7][8], and has studied on a short-term period exchange in Australia, and can use Spanish to some extent.
Appearances
TV
- "NHK Rekishi Hiwa Historia" (2016)
- "Tanieda English" (2016-2017)
Variety
- "Manubu-kun"
Radio
- "Unlimited" (Kiss-radio) 12 programs. (2017). With Anna Ijiri.
Concerts
- with NMB48
- AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 21 (May 22, 2014)[9]
Bibliography
Magazines
- Big Comic Spirits, Shogakukan. November Issue, 2013.
References
- ↑ "Kamieda Emika - Wiki48".
- ↑ "上枝 恵美加｜メンバー｜NMB48公式サイト".
- ↑ Corporation, Mynavi. "松井珠理奈VS上枝恵美加、勝敗を分けた"経験"と"勘" - AKB48じゃんけん大会". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ http://hoshidoru48.blogspot.jp/2015/04/kamieda-emika-will-cease-her-nmb.html
- ↑ "NMB・上枝恵美加、休業からの本格復帰を宣言「これからも引っ張って行きたい」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ "ＮＭＢ上枝恵美加が卒業「私にしか出来ない道を」（日刊スポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ↑ "TaniEda English". 48videodouga.net. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ "谷枝イングリッシュ - YNN NMB48 CHANNEL". ynnnmb48channel.wiki.fc2.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ "NMB48 リクエストアワー セットリストベスト50 2014 - エケペディア". 48pedia.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-04.