Arihara Kanna
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Kanna Arihara有原 栞菜
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Also known as
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AriKan
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Born
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June 16, 1993 (1993-06-16) (age 16)
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Origin
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Genre(s)
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J-pop
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Occupation(s)
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Singer
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Years active
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2004–2009
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Label(s)
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Zetima
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Website
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Hello! Project.com
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Kanna Arihara is a Japanese pop singer and former member of ℃-ute.
Arihara joined Hello! Project in 2004 as part of the Hello! Pro Egg. Then she joined Tomoiki Ki o Uetai from 2005 until 2006, where she moved onto the current group, ℃-ute.
On February 26, 2009, Hello! Project announced that Arihara was having difficulty performing onstage due to having hallux valgus, or bunion deformity, and would not be able to attend the HaroTen Fanclub event that week. She would also be absent from Hello! Project activities, including activities in ℃-ute, while receiving treatment. Before Arihara ever returned to the group, Hello! Project announced in July that she had left the group and would not be returning in the future
Hello! Project sadly announced that of has left both C-ute and the Hello! Project. Around 4 months ago, she stopped C-ute and H!P activities while recovering from a pretty bad bunion on her foot. Many fans agreed that this was a most probable truth when comparing pictures of her feet (because that’s not odd!). Kanna has since decided that she no longer wants to be part of the idol world, and return to the life of a normal girl.
However, other sources have claimed that the bunion was not the only reason Kanna left the Hello! Project, and that a previous scandal which came to light almost a year ago involving her on a date with a Johnny’s Jr. member. H!O has claimed that an inside source has told them that Kanna’s graduation () is linked to the boyfriend scandal, and new “” being uncovered – pictures which apparently can’t be shown because Kanna is still a minor. All in all, this sounds a lot more unsettling.
As fans cry out in an uproar, I actually think H!P have done the correct thing here. Dragging Kanna through the same process was, when scandal erupted for her a few years ago, would probably be just as personally destructive to Kanna as it was for Kago. Breaking her ties with the show business will also mean that the potentially damaging photos of her may not be published. Let’s not forget, Kanna is 16, pretty young by all accounts, with a life ahead of her. H!P have to think of the business side of this too – wota don’t like their girl’s dating! However, in the same breath, if this scandal involved or , I do think it would have be handled very differently.
[edit] Profile
- Name: Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜)
- Nickname: Kanna-chan, Arikan, Kan-kan
- Birth Date: 1993-06-15
- Blood Type: A
- Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Height: 153 cm
- Favorite Food: melon, ume, chicken
- Favorite Subject: music
- Favorite Sport: soccer
- Hello! Project Groups:
- Hello! Pro Egg (2004–2006)
- Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai (2005–2006)
- °C-ute (2006–2009)
- Hello! Pro Egg (2004–2006)
- Concert Units:
- Wonderful Hearts (2006–2009)
- Other:
- Little Gatas (2004–2007)
- Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (2007–2009) (Reserve player)
[edit] Trivia
- Her favorite subject is Music.
- Has said the Hello! Project member she respects the most is Yaguchi Mari.
- MC Makoto gave her the nickname "Kan-kan"
