Haruka Ishida | |
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Born |
Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
December 2, 1993
Origin | Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Occupation(s) | Japanese idol, singer, voice actress |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels | King |
Associated acts | AKB48 |
Haruka Ishida (石田 晴香 Ishida Haruka?, born December 2, 1993 in Saitama Prefecture) is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She has been a co-host on the variety show Dream Creator on TV Tokyo. and has voiced on a handful of anime shows, including Nobunaga the Fool where she voiced Bianchi Țepeş.
In the 2010 AKB48 general election, Haruka Ishida placed 27th with 3,235 votes. In the first AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament, which took place in September 2010, she placed second overall, and as a result, she landed her first appearance on an A-side of an AKB48 single.
In December 2011, Haruka Ishida auditioned for the science-fiction anime series AKB0048. Among the 200 participants, she was selected to be among the main cast of nine, with the role of Kanata Shinonome. In addition to singing the insert songs in the anime, she sang on the theme song as the group "NO NAME" releasing it as a single. She was a center performer of the B-side song "Gugutasu no Sora" which was on Manatsu no Sounds Good!. At AKB48's 2012 general election she ranked 50th, and as a result, appeared on the B-side single "Show Fight" from the group's 27th single Gingham Check. On July 7, 2012, Haruka Ishida appeared as a guest commentator at the Nico Nico 4th Video Awards.
Haruka was a semi-regular guest in 2011 on the variety show Dream Creator which was broadcast on TV Tokyo. In mid-2012, she became a co-host on the show.