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Maasa Sudo | |
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須藤 茉麻 | |
| Born | July 3, 1992 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Genres | J-pop |
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| Labels | Piccolo Town |
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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.
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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" |
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