Konoka Matsuda

Konoka Matsuda
松田 好花
Born (1999-04-27) April 27, 1999 (age 25)
Kyoto, Japan
Occupations
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Years active2017–present
LabelsSony Music Records
Member ofHinatazaka46
WebsiteOfficial website

Konoka Matsuda (Japanese: 松田 好花, Hepburn: Konoka Matsuda, born April 27, 1999)[1] is a Japanese singer, actress, television presenter, and radio personality. She is a member of the girl group Hinatazaka46.

Early life

Matsuda trained in classical ballet from the age of three until she joined Hiragana Keyakizaka46. She was also a member of the taiko club and started playing the guitar in a band in high school.[2]

Career

See also: Hinatazaka46 § Hana-chans

On August 13, 2017, Matsuda joined Hiragana Keyakizaka46, now Hinatazaka46, as a second generation member.[3] Before joining the group, she was a fan who attended Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46 meet-and-greet events.[2] She is one half of the guitar duo subgroup Hana-chans with Suzuka Tomita, and have released their first song as part of Hinatazaka46's third single.[4]

From 2019 to 2020, Matsuda served as co-host for several subjects on NHK Educational TV's High School Course program.[5][6][7] She was a co-host for the TBS Television morning show Love It! from August to September 2021.[8][9] She was also appointed as support ambassador for DAZN's AFC Asian Cup qualifications "Road to Qatar" campaign which ran from August 2021 to March 2022, along with fellow Hinatazaka46 members Mei Higashimura and Yūka Kageyama.[10] In October 2021, Matsuda started her first self-titled solo radio program, Konoka Matsuda's Hinatazaka High School Broadcast Club, on Nippon Broadcasting System,[11] which regular listeners are called "Little Yahosu".[12] In October 2022, she was appointed as regular co-host for The Time, another TBS morning show.[13]

Matsuda's first photobook, titled Furimuite (振り向いて, lit. 'Looking Back') and photographed mainly in Vancouver, was released by Kodansha on May 28, 2024. It sold 51 thousand copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking that week;[14] at the end of the year, it placed seventh and second on the annual photobook and annual solo female photobook rankings, respectively.[15][16] On August 10, her first self-titled television show, Hōsōsakka Matsuda Konoka (放送作家松田好花, lit. 'Broadcast Writer, Konoka Matsuda'), about her efforts to create an original television program, was aired on TV Tokyo.[17]

Personal life

Matsuda has an older sister.[2] She grows a Monstera named "Yahosutera" (ヤホステラ)[18] and a Sansevieria trifasciata named "Sanpa Starfish" (サンパヒトデ).[19] She holds a Kanji Kentei level 2 certification.[20]

Discography

See also: Hinatazaka46 discography

Matsuda has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs.[21] Other prominent appearances include:

Filmography

See also: Hinatazaka46 § Filmography

Television

Dramas

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2020 Dasada Ochoko [26]
2021 Koeharu! Mari Koshino/Maririn [27]

Talk, variety and educational shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2019 NHK Anytime, Anywhere High School Course 2019[b] Co-host [5]
2019–2020 NHK High School Course: Society and Information[c] Co-host [6][7]
2021 Love It![d] Co-host August 2–September 20
Choten[e] Co-host
2021–2022 DAZN Football AFC Asian Qualifiers Support Ambassador With Yūka Kageyama and Mei Higashimura [28]
2022 42nd All Japan High School Quiz Championship Observer With Yūka Kageyama [29]
2022–present The Time Co-host [13]
2023 Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Contestant 2 episodes; won grand prize on October 13 [30]
2023–present Kasuga Location Co-host [31]
2024 Broadcast Writer, Konoka Matsuda[f] Main personality [17]

Other appearances

Radio

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2021–2023 Hinakoi Presents: Hinatazaka46 Konoka Matsuda's Hinatazaka High School Broadcast Club[g] Host Nippon Broadcasting System [11][32][33][34][35]
2023–present All Night Nippon 0 Host Nippon Broadcasting System [36]

Theatre

Year Title Venue Role(s) Notes Ref(s)
2018 Ayumi AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo Various [37]
Rainbow Parakeet AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo Mariko Senri Co-lead role
2019 Zambi: Theater's End Tennōzu Galaxy Theater Mirai With Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46

Attraction

Year Title Venue Ref(s)
2019 Zambi The Room Saigo no Sentaku Shibuya Hikarie, Hikarie Hall [38]

Notes

  1. ^ 10秒天使, lit. '10-second Angel'
  2. ^ いつでもどこでも高校講座2019, Itsudemo Dokodemo Kōkō Kōza 2019
  3. ^ 高校講座「社会と情報」, Kōkō Kōza: Shakai to Jōhō
  4. ^ ラヴィット!
  5. ^ X-MOMENT Presents CHOTeN 〜今週、誰を予想する?〜
  6. ^ 放送作家松田好花, Hōsōsakka Matsuda Konoka
  7. ^ ひなこい presents 日向坂46 松田好花の日向坂高校放送部, Hinakoi Presents Hinatazaka46 Konoka Matsuda no Hinatazaka Kōkō Hōsō-bu

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