Hiromi Yanagihara 柳原 尋美 |
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Born | October 19, 1979 |
Died | July 16, 1999 | (aged 19)
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Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 1999 |
Labels | Zetima |
Associated acts | Country Musume |
Website | Hello! Project.com |
Hiromi Yanagihara (柳原 尋美? Yanagihara Hiromi, October 19, 1979 – July 16, 1999) was a founding member of Hello! Project J-pop group Country Musume. She joined Country Musume in 1999 along with Rinne Toda and Azusa Kobayashi. On July 16, 1999, Yanagihara was killed in a car accident one week before the group's first release, Futari no Hokkaidou on July 23, 1999. She is the only Hello! Project member past or present to die.