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Emika Kamieda上枝 恵美加
Emika Kamieda in a fan photo event in 2017Emika Kamieda in a fan photo event in 2017
Background information
Also known asえみち (Emichi)
Born (1994-07-13) July 13, 1994 (age 30)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupations
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
Years active2012–present
Labels
Formerly ofNMB48
Websiteemikakamieda.com
Musical artist

Emika Kamieda (上枝 恵美加, Kamieda Emika, born 13 July 1994 in Osaka) is a former member of the Japanese idol group NMB48.

Career

She auditioned for AKB48 and, after becoming a reserve, she was recommended for NMB48's third-generation members. She passed the audition and became the first captain of the newly founded Team BII in 2012.

In 2013, in the Janken Taikai, she got the second position which granted her to appear in a single for AKB48.

In March 2015 she announced she would be taking a hiatus of her activities as an idol in order to focus on her studies and going abroad. After a six-month pause she joined back his team in October 2015. She graduated from community college in 2016.

After the general NMB48 shuffle of late 2016, Kamieda was appointed member of Team M.

In 2017 she started hosting a radio program twice a month with Anna Ijiri (former vice-captain of Team BII) called Unlimited.

In order to pursue her acting career, on July 2, 2017, she announced her graduation making the stage performance of July 31 her last appearance as an NMB48 member.

In March 2023, she announced that she had signed with Is.Field, which also manages former AKB48 member Aki Takajo.

Personal life

Kamieda's hobbies are horse-back riding, One Piece, beatboxing, and dancing.

She can speak English fluently (as seen in co-hosting the show Tanieda English 谷枝イングリッシュ with Airi Tanigawa), and has studied on a short-term period exchange in Australia, she can use Spanish and Catalan to some extent since she is currently living in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Appearances

TV

  • "NHK Rekishi Hiwa Historia" (2016)
  • "Tanieda English" (2016-2017)

Variety

  • "Manubu-kun"

Movie

  • "Aichaku" (2024, currently in production)

Radio

  • "Unlimited" (Kiss-radio) 12 programs. (2017). With Anna Ijiri.

Concerts

with NMB48
  • AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 21 (May 22, 2014)

Bibliography

Magazines

References

  1. "Kamieda Emika - Wiki48".
  2. "上枝 恵美加|メンバー|NMB48公式サイト". Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
  3. Corporation, Mynavi (19 September 2013). "松井珠理奈VS上枝恵美加、勝敗を分けた"経験"と"勘" - AKB48じゃんけん大会". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  4. "Kamieda Emika will cease her NMB activities temporarily". hoshidoru48.Blogspot.jp. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. "NMB・上枝恵美加、休業からの本格復帰を宣言「これからも引っ張って行きたい」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  6. "NMB上枝恵美加が卒業「私にしか出来ない道を」(日刊スポーツ) - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  7. 元NMB48上枝恵美加、アイエス・フィールド所属に 櫻井淳子、高城亜樹ら在籍. Oricon News. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  8. "TaniEda English". 48videodouga.net. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  9. "谷枝イングリッシュ - YNN NMB48 CHANNEL". ynnnmb48channel.wiki.fc2.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  10. "Aichaku". Tokyo-Cowboys (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  11. "NMB48 リクエストアワー セットリストベスト50 2014 - エケペディア". 48pedia.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-04.
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