Nagasawa Wakana (長澤和奏) is a Japanese idol. She is a current member of seeDream under Label The Garden, a former member of Sakura Girls under Office Zan and a former member of Hello Pro Egg under Hello! Project.
She was first introduced as a member of Hello Pro Egg at the Shinjin Kouen 2010 March ~Yokohama GOLD!~ concert, and withdrew from the program sometime around September 2011.
Biography
Nagasawa Wakana, 2013
Nagasawa Wakana, 2012
Nagasawa Wakana, May 2012
2010
Nagasawa joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello Pro Egg, a program in which young girls train in hopes that one day they will debut into idols.
Her first time performing was on May 2, 2010 during the second day of the Golden Week events "Hello! Project Presents ~ Hello☆Fest in Odaiba Gurume Park".
2011
Nagasawa auditioned for S/mileage's 2nd generation, but failed. Following the auditions, Nagasawa withdrew from Hello! Project and Hello Pro Egg in September. She then pursued a career in acting and as an idol. Her profile was soon discovered on Office Zan, an agency that mainly specializes in acting.
2012
It was revealed that Nagasawa would be joining a new idol group, Sakura Girls, under Office Zan.
In October 2012, Nagasawa announced her first solo gravure image DVD, titled "Sora no Kanata e", it was released on November 23, 2012.
2015
In summer 2015, Nagasawa participated in the "Columbia Idol Audition" in hopes of joining a new idol label called "Label The Garden", although she was not chosen, her sister Yoshiho passed and became a first generation member of SeeDream, later debuting as a member of Flower Notes.
2017-present
On April 22, 2017, it was announced that both Wakana and her sister Nanako joined Label The Garden as third generation members of the trainee group seeDream.
Profile
- Name: Nagasawa Wakana (長澤和奏)
- Nicknames: Wakanya (わかにゃ), Nagasaa (ながさー),
- Birthday: November 8, 1996
- Birthplace: Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type: A
- Height: 162cm
- Measurements: B80cm, W59cm, H58cm
- Sakura Girls Color: Red[1]
- Hello! Project groups:
- Hello Pro Egg (2010–2011)
- Other groups:
- Sakura Girls (2012-2014)
- seeDream (2017-)
Discography
Solo DVDs
- [2012.11.23] Sora no Kanata e (空の彼方へ)
Singles Participated In
- SAKURA Girls
- YOU & I LONDON
Trivia
- She is the great-great granddaughter of Kokubun Kenkichi, the first elected governor of Iwate Prefecture.
- She is the oldest of three sisters in her family. Prior to the sisters joining Label The Garden, her sister Yoshiho was also under Office Zan with Wakana.
- She wants to go to Paris.
- She compares herself to a cat or rabbit, and she thinks she was a rabbit in a past life.
- If she could be reborn, she'd like to be human again.
- Her favorite brand is Liz Lisa.
- Her favorite music genres are Jpop, Rock, and Visual Kei.
- Her favorite type of man is cool, gentle, and interesting.
- Considers her advantages looking serious, and being generous.
- Her essentials are her phone, music player, lip balm and gum.
See Also
References
External Links
- Sakura Girls, Wakana Profile
- Wakana and Yoshiho's blog