Yoshida Karen

Name

Yoshida Karen

Yoshida Karen (2019)


Kanji	吉田華恋
Kana	よしだかれん
Romaji	Yoshida Karen
Nickname	Karen (かれん)

Birth Info

Birthdate	August 27, 2002
Birthplace	Fukuoka, Japan
Blood type	O
Current Age	22 Years Old

Sizes

Height	161cm

Professional Info

Agency	**
Social Networks	7gogo / Instagram / TikTok / Twitter / YouTube

Idol Career Info

Former Group	AKB48
Former Team	Team 4
Debuted	April 2015 / Team 8
Graduated	October 2023

Yoshida Karen was a member of AKB48's Team 4.

1 Trivia
2 History
- 2.1 2015
- 2.2 2016
- 2.3 2017
- 2.4 2018
- 2.5 2019
- 2.6 2021
- 2.7 2022
- 2.8 2023
3 AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
4 AKB48 Janken Tournaments
5 Team History
6 Singles Participation
- 6.1 AKB48 B-Sides
- 6.2 Other Songs
7 Albums Participation
- 7.1 AKB48 Albums
8 Units
- 8.1 Stage Units
- 8.2 Concert Units
9 Media Appearances
- 9.1 Radio Shows
10 Gallery

Trivia

Replaced Moriwaki Yui as Team 8's Fukuoka representative
Hobbies: Dancing, taking pictures, watching television
Special skills: Can do a neat cartwheel, imitate anpanman, playing Old Maid (card game)
Strong points: Friendly, bright
Weak points: Get bored easily, quiet
Charm point: Big eyes, eyebrows
Favorite word: "Mekutte mekutte" (Season changes and changes)
Favorite foods: Tomatoes, meat
Hated foods: Onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, tuna sushi
Most admire person: Watanabe Mayu, Alfredo Despaigne (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)
Close friends: Utada Hatsuka, Hirano Hikaru, Kawahara Misaki, Yamada Kyoka
Describe yourself in one word: My pace
Animal you would describe yourself as: Rabbit
Future Dream: To become role models for juniors
Her favorite subjects in school were music and Japanese.
She shared the same nickname as Iwata Karen when they were both active in the group. Both went by "Karen". However, Yoshida's nickname is written in hiragana, while Iwata's was written in katakana.
Fellow Team 8 members have described her as cute, friendly, "fluffy", and sometimes airheaded. They said Karen was initially shy and greeted everyone with her shoulders raised tensely, but she came out of her shell after a year in the group. Staff members have described her as calm and mature.
Her ideal man is a man who is kind to insects.
She does abdominal exercises to strengthen her core.
She never appeared on AKBINGO!.
She was the only member of Okabe Team A to not appear at the senshuuraku performance of the Team A 6th Stage revival.

History

2015

On April 3rd, joined AKB48 as a member of its Team 8. This date coincides with the first anniversary of Team 8.
On June 27th, had her theater debut with Team 8's PARTY ga Hajimaru yo stage.

2016

On February 21st, had her first appearance at Team 8's Aitakatta stage.
On July 31st, won the Team 8 Janken Tournament held at the AKB48 Team 8 National Handshake event in Nagoya Dome and was consequently featured in a gravure photoshoot in FLASH as a prize.

2017

On October 29th, had her first appearance at Team 8's Kimi mo 8 (Eito) de Nakou janai ka stage.
On December 8th, at the AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle, it was announced she would receive a kennin position in Okabe Team A.

2018

On January 8th, the Fukuoka Prefectural Red Cross Blood Center chose her as the "Fukuoka Prefecture ♥ Blood Donation Promotion Girl."
On August 15th, had her first appearance at Team A's Mokugekisha stage.

2019

On January 26th, had her first appearance at Team 8's Sono Shizuku wa, Mirai e to Tsunagaru Niji ni Naru. stage.

2021

On December 8th, at the AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle, it was announced her kennin position with Okabe Team A would be removed and replaced with Kuranoo Team 4.
On December 23rd, appeared on DJ Tomoaki's Radio Show!.