{Biography English} My Idol : Shinoda Mariko
Shinoda
Mariko
Shinoda
Mariko was born on 11 March 1986 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a Japanese singer,
actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in
which she was the captain of team A.
In
october 2005, she auditioned for AKB48 but did not make the first generation.
She started working at a cafe in AKB48’s theater, then known as Akihabara 48,
as a staff member. Yasushi Akimoto, general producer of AKB48 on the condition
that she learn the group’s 12 songs and dances in four days. She became AKB48’s
first nongeneration, or “1.5 generation”, member with her debut on Team A on
January 22, 2006. Her first single as part of the main group was on
“Aitakatta”. On March 30, 2011, she began to host a show with her own name, Mariko-sama
no Oriko-sama on NHK. She has appeared individually in television
commercials and was cited as the “queen of TV commercial” (CM joo) for 2012 for
having more contracts (a total of twenty) with companies to appear in their ads
than any other female tarento (fellow AKB48 member Tomomi Itano was tied at
20).
In
August 2012, AKB48 Theater’s manager Tomonobu Togasaki announced sweeping team
changes that placed shinoda as the new captain of Team A.
In 2013,
Shinoda launched her clothing brand “ricori” which featured clothing that she
had designed and produced. She stated that staring her own line of clothing had
been a dream of hers before joining AKB48. In July 2014, ricori ceased
operation and closed down its stores. Shinoda stated she was working as an
adviser for tht label only until 2013.
Shinoda
placed fifth overall in the 2013 AKB48 General Election. On June 8, during the
broadcast of the election results, Shinoda announced that she would be leaving
the group. Her graduation ceremony was held on july 21 at the Fukuoka Yahoo
Dome, and her final performance at the AKB48 theater was on July 22.

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