Haruka Kudō (singer)

This article is about the actress. For the Japanese voice actress, see Haruka Kudō (voice actress).

Haruka Kudō (工藤遥, Kudō Haruka, born October 27, 1999) is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume, Kudō was a Hello! Pro Egg member. Kudō is the youngest member in history to join Morning Musume, at 11 years and 11 months old, surpassing Ai Kago's 12-year record.^[1] She is also known for playing the role of Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow in the tokusatsu series Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger.

Haruka Kudō 工藤遥
Kudo in 2016
Background information
Born	(1999-10-27) October 27, 1999 (age 25) Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupations	Singer Actress Dancer
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Zetima

Biography

Early life

Kudō was born on October 27, 1999, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

2010–2011: Debut in Morning Musume

On March 27, 2010, at the 2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kōen sangatsu: Yokohama Gold! concert, Kudō was introduced as a new member of Hello! Pro Egg.^[2] She debuted in concert on May 1, 2010, at the Hello! Project presents: Hello Fest in Odaiba Gurume Park festival.^[2]

On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special, it was announced that Kudō had passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida and Masaki Satō, and would be joining Morning Musume.^[3]

2017–present: Departure from Morning Musume and acting debut

On April 29, 2017, Kudō announced her upcoming departure from Morning Musume and Hello! Project.^[4] On December 11, at the Morning Musume Autumn concert tour Kudō graduated from the group.^[5] In February 2018, Kudō made her acting debut in Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger as Lupin Yellow.^[6]

Discography

For Haruka Kudō's releases with Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		JPN Oricon [7]	JPN Hot 100 [8][a]
Miss Henkan! ! (Miss変換! !) (with Masaki Sato)	2017	—	82	Non-album single

Bibliography

Books

1. Haruka (April 27, 2019, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-88660-139-1)

Photobooks

1. Do (October 27, 2012, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4847045035)
2. Ashita Tenki ni Naare! (あした天気になーれ！) (September 27, 2014, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4686-5)
3. Harukaze (ハルカゼ) (February 27, 2016, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4822-7)
4. Kudo Haruka (October 27, 2017, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-4961-3)
5. Haru Camera (ハルカメラ) (April 11, 2018, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8112-5)
6. Lively (March 27, 2020, Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8276-4)

Filmography

DVDs and Blu-rays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN[7]
		DVD	Blu-ray
Haruka	Released: November 7, 2012 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	30	—
Simple	Released: October 22, 2014 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	59	—
Harunatsu -Haruka- (春夏 -Haruka-)	Released: July 6, 2016 Label: Zetima Formats: DVD	44	—
Do The Vacation	Released: November 22, 2017 Label: Zetima Formats: Blu-ray	—	58

Television

• Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園) (NTV, 2012)
• Otona e Novel (オトナヘノベル) (NHK, 2015)
• Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (快盗戦隊ルパンジャーVS警察戦隊パトレンジャー) (TV Asahi, 2018–2019)
• Toshishita Kareshi (ABC Television, 2020.6.7)
• Iryusosa (TV Asahi, 2021.2.4)
• Kamen Rider Geats (TV Asahi, 2023) Eps 45
• Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku (2023)^[10]

Movies

• Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film (2018), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow
• Lupinranger VS Patranger VS Kyuranger (2019), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow
• Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger VS Lupinranger VS Patranger the Movie (2020), Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow ^[11]
• Kotera-san Climbs! (2020)
• 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020)
• Angry Rice Wives (2021)^[12]
• Suicide Forest Village (2021)^[13]
• Two Outs Bases Loaded (2022), Saki^[14]
• Kamen Rider Geats The 4 Aces and the Black Fox (2023), Melo
• Dreaming in Between (2023), Yuma Suenaga^[15]
• Insomniacs After School (2023), Haya Magari^[16]

Theater

• Ima ga Itsuka ni Naru Mae ni (今がいつかになる前に) (2010)
• Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~ (リボーン～命のオーディション～) (2011)
• 1974 (Ikunayo) (1974(イクナヨ)) (2011)
• Stacies Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki (ステーシーズ 少女再殺歌劇) (2012)
• Gogakuyuu (ごがくゆう) (2013)
• Lilium -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki (-Lilium －リリウム 少女純潔歌劇－) (2014)
• Triangle (トライアングル) (2015)
• Zoku 11nin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (続・11人いる！東の地平・西の永遠) (2016)
• JK Ninja Girls (JKニンジャガールズ) (2017)
• Pharaoh no Haka (ファラオの墓) (2017)
• Itsumo Pocket ni Chopin (いつもポケットにショパン) (2019)
• Mahō Tsukai no Yome (魔法使いの嫁) (2019–2020)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actress	Kotera-san Climbs!	Nominated	[17]

Notes

1. Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Miss Henkan! !"^[9]