Kumi Sasaki

Kumi Sasaki
佐々木 久美
Sasaki in September 2024
Born (1996-01-22) January 22, 1996 (age 30)
Chiba, Japan
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • radio personality
  • model
Years active2016–present
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
Formerly of
Modeling information
Height168.5 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlack
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Kumi Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 久美, Hepburn: Sasaki Kumi; born January 22, 1996) is a Japanese television personality, radio personality, and model. She is a former founding member and captain of Japanese girl group Hinatazaka46 (formerly Hiragana Keyakizaka46).

Sasaki hosts the financial radio program Radionomics on the J-Wave radio station and has hosted several television variety shows. She joined Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in 2016 and was appointed its captain in 2018, and continued as captain after the group's rebranding into Hinatazaka46 in 2019 until her departure from the group in 2025. She was also an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Ray from 2019 to 2025.

Career

Sasaki's musical career began on 11 May 2016, when she passed the auditions for new members of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and joined Hiragana Keyakizaka46 as the "first generation".[1] Her first concert took place on 28 October at Akasaka Blitz, where she performed Kanji Keyakizaka46's songs "Silent Majority" and "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", as well as Hiragana Keyakizaka46's own "Hiragana Keyaki".[2] She was a member of the subgroup's first subunit, Lima Cantik (りまちゃんちっく; Indonesian for 'Five Beauties'),[3] and was named captain of Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on a live stream on 3 June 2018.[4] Her fandom name is Kumitens (くみてんず, Kumitenzu; optionally appended with a giraffe emoji).[5]

Sasaki's first fashion show appearance was at the 27th Tokyo Girls Collection Autumn/Winter event, which took place on 1 September 2018.[6][7] In February 2019, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Ray.[8]

Hiragana Keyakizaka46 was rebranded into Hinatazaka46 in March 2019, with Sasaki retaining her captaincy. She hosted the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan along with fellow Hinatazaka46 members Mirei Sasaki, Nao Kosaka, and Miho Watanabe.[9] She was the title song center (lead performer) for "Kimi wa 0 kara 1 ni nare", the main song of the group's third album (second under the Hinatazaka46 name), Myakuutsu Kanjō (2023).[10]

From 2020 to 2022, Sasaki co-hosted talk shows on TV Asahi and Abema such as Mieru and 2:59.[11][12] She started hosting the financial radio program Radionomics on the J-Wave radio station in 2024.[13] As a sports enthusiast, she has gone on location reporting of the annual MLB All-Star games in the United States since 2023[14][15] and participated in location reporting with TV Tokyo for the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea[16] and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] In 2024, the baseball team Yomiuri Giants released limited edition merchandise featuring her name to commemorate her throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at their home stadium, the Tokyo Dome.[18]

Sasaki is a fan of the manga series One Piece. In December 2020, she released an original set of stamps for the messaging application Line based on the series, as part of the "LINE Creators Collaboration x One Piece" campaign.[19] On September 3, 2021, she also participated in a collaboration event between the series and the JAXA space agency to commemorate the series's 1000th chapter, which featured the manga characters visiting the Kibō space module.[20]

On 6 January 2025, Sasaki and fellow first generation members Mirei Sasaki and Mana Takase announced that they would part ways with Hinatazaka46 after the promotions for the upcoming 13th single have concluded, marking the end of the founding first generation's tenure in the group.[21] Her "graduation" ceremony took place on 6 April at the Yokohama Stadium as part of the group's Hinatansai anniversary concert, where she named vice captain Mikuni Takahashi her successor as captain.[22] Sasaki also ended her contract with Ray, with her final appearance in its May 2025 issue.[23] As a solo talent, she continues to be represented by Seed & Flower, the management company under Sony Music Entertainment Japan that manages Hinatazaka46.[24]

Sasaki's first photobook, titled Mekuru no Hibi (めくる日々; lit. 'Turning Through Days'), was published on 25 March 2025 by Ray publisher Shufunotomosha. It was photographed in Tokyo and Langkawi, Malaysia. It sold 16 thousand copies on its release week and topped the Oricon Photobooks charts for that week.[25][26]

Sasaki appeared in the drama My Fave, the Killer (推しの殺人, Oshi no Satsujin) (2025) as supporting character Shihō Yanagida, her first acting role outside Hinatazaka46 dramas.[27]

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In an interview with Sodane, Neru Nagahama described Sasaki as a "fun" girl who "breaks the convention" of idols and was able to bring out the hidden qualities of other members. Mirei Sasaki noted that she had been regarded as a natural leader since the group early days, making her the captain even "before she was officially appointed". Her vocal projection is frequently cited as a key element in her ability to command a concert venue and boost the morale of both the audience and her fellow members.[28] This stage presence is supported by her technical skill in dance, which stems from years of experience in classical ballet; in an interview with Real Sound, Yūka Kageyama credited her with helping the other members improve their dancing.[29]

Filmography

See also: Hinatazaka46 § Filmography

Variety and talk shows

Year Title Role Channel(s) Notes Ref(s)
2020–2021 Mieru Co-host Abema, TV Asahi [11]
2021–2022 2:59 Co-host Abema, TV Asahi [12]

Television series

Year Title Role Channel(s) Notes Ref(s)
2017 Re:Mind Kumi Sasaki TV Tokyo, Netflix [30]
2020 Dasada Yuriko Tachibana Nippon TV [31]
2025 My Fave, the Killer Shihō Yanagida Yomiuri TV, Nippon TV [27]

Radio

Year Title Station Notes Ref(s)
2024–present Logisteed Radionomics J-Wave [13]

Bibliography

  • Mekuru no Hibi (めくる日々; lit. 'Turning Through Days'), photobook, 2025, Shufunotomosha, ISBN 9784073503842[25][26]

Discography

The following are Sasaki's notable participation in Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and Hinatazaka46 discography.

References

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