Maasa Sudo (須藤 茉麻, Sudō Maasa, born July 3, 1992) is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.

Maasa Sudo
須藤 茉麻
in 2012
Born (1992-07-03) July 3, 1992 (age 32)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active2002–present
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
LabelsPiccolo Town

Career

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Sudo was born in Tokyo. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids audition. Sudo was a member of the group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. In March 2009, she released her first Photobook, called "Maasa". In 2010, it was confirmed that she was going to be the lead-actress of the movie Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata!, based on a light novel with the same name, together with former Hello Pro Egg Arisa Noto, Hisanori Sato and others. The movie premiered in cinemas in Japan in December 2010, and the DVD was released March 3, 2011. Maasa played the role of "Tsurugi Yabusame".[1]

Hello! Project groups and units

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Discography

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Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Minimoni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! Purple Fairy
2010 Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata Tsurugi Yabusame Lead role [1]
2011 Ōsama Game Tomoko Shimizu [2]
2018 Yassadaruman Satomi Akahata [3]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002−2003 Hello! Morning: The Way of the Kappa Herself
2003 54th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Back dancer Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Nee?"
2005 56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Ki ga Tsukeba Anata",
Morning Musume − "Love Machine"
2006 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Performer: GAM & Morning Musume − "Thanks!",
"Aruiteru", and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan"
2009 Inazuma Eleven Reika Midō (voice) Episode: "Ichinose! The Greatest Crisis!!" [4]
2011 Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen Fuyumi Okubo 12 episodes [5]
2012 Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka Han Kaho Ōtomo Episode: "The School Girls Saw!" [6]
Juhō 2405: Watashi ga Shinu Wake Haruka Sawatari 2 episodes
2015 Minami-kun no Koibito Nurse Episode: "I Know I'm Useless"

Theater

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Super Danganronpa 2 Sayonara Zetsubo Gakuen THE STAGE (スーパーダンガンロンパ2 さよなら絶望学園 THE STAGE) Tsumiki Mikan [7]
2024 7 Seeds: Spring Chapter (7SEEDS~春の章~) Chisa Taiami [8]

Radio

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  • Berryz Kobo Beritsuu! (April 10, 2009 – current) (Co-host: Captain and Tokunaga Chinami)

References

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  1. ^ a b ライトノベルの楽しい書き方 (2010). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  2. ^ 王様ゲーム. Cinema Topics Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mascot Needs Motivation in "Yassadaruman" Movie". Crunchyroll (in Japanese). November 16, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Berryz工房の清水佐紀と須藤茉麻がアニメ「イナズマイレブン」に出演!「男の子役にも挑戦したいな!」". The Television (in Japanese). July 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  5. ^ ハロプロ:全"集合ユニット「モベキマス」で初ドラマ 数学バトルの学園もの. Mantan Web (in Japanese). November 22, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. ^ ゲストインタビュー. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (in Japanese). Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  7. ^ "キャスト|スーパーダンガンロンパ2 THE STAGE 公式サイト". www.cornflakes.jp. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "舞台「7SEEDS~春の章~」". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). August 28, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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