Koharu Kusumi
Actor · b. 1992 · Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
久住小春 (Kusumi Koharu) is a model, actress, TV personality and singer. She is a former member of the idol group Morning Musume. and the side unit Dream Morning Musume., as well as a former exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam. Kusumi joined Morning Musume. in 2005 as the only seventh generation member, being only twelve years old when she joined. Shortly after joining, she was given the role of Tsukishima Kirari for the anime Kirarin☆Revolution. She became the youngest Hello! Project soloist to debut following the release of "Koi☆Kana". She graduated from Morning Musume. and Hello! Project on December 6, 2009 to pursue a career in modeling. As a Hello! Project soloist under the name Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume.), her highest selling single is "Balalaika" with 72,709 copies. Her lowest selling single is "Hapi☆Hapi Sunday!" with 14,468 copies sold.
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TV7.5DramaMysteryDaimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
TV7.5AnimeAnimationKirarin Revolution is a Japanese shōjo manga by An Nakahara. The series' title is the supposed name of Kirari's debut single. As of August 2007, it runs in the shōjo magazine Ciao published by Shogakukan. It won the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The anime adaptation is a Japan and South Korea coproduction, and it premiered on 7 April 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo and ran for 153 episodes until March 27, 2009. Starting from episode 103, this show aired in High-Definition 16:9 with 3D animation. Its airing time was 18:00-18:30 on Fridays.
TV6.5ComedyDramaKamiwatari Kotone is a geisha in Kyoto. While she is sleeping after a night of drinking, her fellow geisha is killed. Kotone Kamiwatari is falsely accused of her murder and is sent to prison. There, she is bullied by other prisoners, but Kotone relies on her training from senior geishas to persevere. She also learns why she was framed for murder and sent to prison.
TV7.6DramaAn unassuming office lady decides to finally get the relationship experience she lacks. But dating means dealing with men and her inner struggles. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Uri wo Waru" (瓜を破る) by Itakura Azusa (板倉梓).