Yoshizawa Hitomi
Name: Yoshizawa Hitomi (吉澤ひとみ) | Nicknames: Yossui * (よっすぃ), Yocchan Birthday: April 12, 1985 Blood Type: O Sign: Aries Height: 164 cm (5'4") Born In: Saitama, Japan * Alternate spellings are Yossy, Yossie, or Yossi. |
Yoshizawa Hitomi is a Hello! Project soloist and former leader of Morning Musume. Yoshizawa joined Morning Musume as a fourth generation member in April 2000 along with Ishikawa Rika, Tsuji Nozomi, and Kago Ai.
In July 2000, Yoshizawa was added into the subgroup Pucchimoni to replace Ichii Sayaka who left the group earlier that year. In 2002, the graduations of Goto Maki and Yasuda Kei were announced and Ogawa Makoto and Ayaka were added into the group to replace them. The new lineup had one original song, WOW WOW WOW, which was released in the "Pucchi Best 4" album, but they never released a single.
Yoshizawa became the subleader of Morning Musume to Yaguchi Mari in 2005 when then-leader Iida Kaori graduated. However, when Yaguchi suddenly resigned from the group, Yoshizawa became the leader, with Fujimoto Miki as subleader.
On May 6, 2007, Yoshizawa graduated from Morning Musume. In June 2007, Ongaku Gatas was formed, in which she was the leader. In October 2008, a new group, HANGRY & ANGRY, was formed to promote h.NAOTO's fashion line of the same name. Yoshizawa and Ishikawa Rika were placed in the group portraying the characters "Hangry" and "Angry", respectively.
On May 31, 2009 all Elder Club (the older members of Hello! Project. All members/groups that are not Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, and C-ute) members graduated from Hello! Project, including Yoshizawa. She is currently active in HANGRY & ANGRY and Ongaku Gatas, as well as a variety talent.
Groups
Groups
. Morning Musume (2000 - 2007)
. Ongaku Gatas (2007 - )
Subgroups
. Pucchimoni (2000 - 2003)
. Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
Shuffles
. 10nin Matsuri (2001)
. Sexy 8 (2002)
. 11WATER (2003)
. H.P. All Stars (2004)
Non-H!P
. HANGRY & ANGRY (2008 - )