, is a member of Japanese idol

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

 group AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

 team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto

Yasushi Akimoto

is a Japanese television writer, lyricist, record producer, professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He also created some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.- Career :...

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Life and music career

In October 2007, she auditioned and was chosen as a trainee for AKB48. She was promoted to a regular member of former Team B. She was chosen as a "Senbatsu" member for first time on the single "Ōgoe Diamond", followed by other songs, including "Under Girls". On August 2009, it was announced that she would transfer to Team A. She transferred in July 2010.

On December 4, 2010, she attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day.

Since January 2011, Sashihara has been featured on a half-hour TV program with her nickname, , broadcast by TBS

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

, which features her character, and subtitled .

Singles

• "Ōgoe Diamond"
• 10-nen Zakura"
• "Namida Surprise"
• "Heavy Rotation
  Heavy Rotation (song)
  -Heavy Rotation:*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Haruka Nakagawa, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Aki Takajo*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono , Yuko Oshima,...
  
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• "Beginner
  Beginner (song)
  -Beginner:*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda...
  
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• "Sakura no Ki ni Narō
  Sakura no Ki ni Narō
  is a 20th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on February 16, 2011.-Release information:It is the 20th major-label single released by AKB48. It was released in five versions: a limited type-A CD+DVD edition, a regular type-A CD+DVD edition, a limited type-B CD+DVD edition, a regular...
  
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• "Dareka no Tame ni"
• "Everyday, Kachūsha"
• "Flying Get"

Stage units

• Team B 3rd Stage: Kagami no naka no Jean Da Arc
• Team B 4th stage: Itoshiki Natasha
• Team A 6th Stage: Enjou Rosen

External links

• Official profile
• Official blog
• Official profile (agency)
• Sashiko no kuseni official web page on TBS's website