Karen Fujii

Karen Fujii (藤井 夏恋, Fujii Karen, born 16 July 1996, in Osaka Prefecture)[1] is a Japanese singer, dancer, model and actress. She is a member of J-Pop group Happiness, and a former member E-girls, and ShuuKaRen, and an exclusive model for the magazines JJ and Nicola. Karen is represented by LDH.

Karen Fujii
Karen Fujii, in 2018
Born (1996-07-16) 16 July 1996
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesKaren
Occupations
Years active2009–present
AgentLDH
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) (2013)
Relatives
    • Ryusei Fujii (brother)
    • Shuuka Fujii (sister)
    • Leo Imamura(brother-in-law)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
LabelsRhythm Zone
Member ofHappiness
Formerly of
Japanese name
Kanji藤井夏恋
Hiraganaふじい かれん
RomanizationFujii Karen

Early life

Karen entered the entertainment industry at a very young age after she was scouted in her hometown, Osaka. While belonging to the office in which she got scouted, she participated in one of Exile's dance competitions and began attending LDH's talent academy EXPG (Exile Professional Gym), studying both dancing and singing. Her sister Shuuka also attended EXPG.[2] As a junior high school student, she moved from Osaka to Tokyo and started to live in a dormitory.[3]

Career

On October 26 in 2008, Karen became one of the EXPG graduates who were chosen to be members of the performance group Happiness, marking the start in her career as a vocalist and performer. Her official stage name became Karen (stylized as KAREN).

In February 2009 she started her modeling career by becoming an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Nicola.

On February 9, 2011, she made her major debut with Happiness with their single "Kiss Me". On April 24 in the same year, she was announced as member of E-girls (alongside all other members of Happiness), having a concurrent position in E-girls and Happiness.

Karen graduated as an exclusive model for Nicola in May 2013.[4] In June she changed her stage name and started using her birth name.[5] On July 22, it was announced that Karen would start working as an exclusive model for JJ, also a fashion magazine, from its September issue onward.[6]

In January 2014 she made her debut as actress on the Nippon TV drama A Perfect Day for Love Letters (Koibumi Biyori).

On August 11, 2016, she was announced to debut in the unit ShuuKaRen alongside Shuuka Fujii. The duo debuted on October 5.[7][8]

In February 2017, she was the cover of the April issue of JJ, being her first magazine cover since her debut as a model.[9][10] On December 31 in the same year, Shuuka graduated from Flower and ShuuKaRen and retired from entertainment industry. With Karen being the only remaining member of the duo, ShuuKaRen disbanded.[11][12]

In November 2018, Karen was chosen as one of the ambassadors for LDH Martial Arts' "ENERGY PROJECT" which advertises different fitness supplies from LDH's original brand.[13]

On July 16, 2019, she released her first photobook titled KAREN.[14] In August of the same year, Karen collaborated as a creative director with fashion label Samantha Thavasa for a collection of designer bags, titled Samantha Vega Girl.[15] In the same year, she also starred in a special collaboration movie of Saint Laurent and i-D Japan alongside Sho Kiyohara.[16][3]

Personal life

Karen is the younger sister of Johnny's West member Ryusei Fujii and former E-girls, Flower and ShuuKaRen member Shuuka Fujii. Karen is an aunt of twin boys by her sister Shuuka.[17]

Filmography

To see her appearances with Happiness, see Happiness (Japanese group), to see her appearances with E-girls, see E-girls.

Runways
Year Title Season Ref.
2011Tokyo Girls CollectionAutumn / Winter [18][19]
2012point spring collection
Girls Award Autumn / Winter [20]
2013Kansai CollectionSpring / Summer [21][22]
2014Kobe Collection
Tokyo Runway [23][24]
2015Girls AwardAutumn / Winter [25]
2017 Tokyo Girls Collection [26]
Girls Award [27]
2018 Tokyo Girls Collection Spring / Summer [28]
Tokyo Girls Collection Autumn / Winter [29]
Girls Award [30]
2019 Tokyo Girls Collection Shizuoka 2019 for SDGs [31]

TV Dramas
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2014A Perfect Day for Love LettersFumiko KobayashiNTVEpisode 5; Lead role [32][33]
2015High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.Lara [34]
2016 High & Low Season 2

Films
Year Title Role Ref.
2016Road To High & LowLara
High & Low: The Movie [35]
2017 High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky
High & Low THE Movie 3 / Final Mission

Internet TV
Year Title Website Notes
2009 - 2010nicola-changoomoOccasional appearances

TV shows
Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2012 - 2013Odori-baTV TokyoMC [36][37]

Commercials
Year Title Notes Ref.
2017 & chouette with other E-girls members

directed by Nicola Formichetti

 [38][39]
2019 Samantha Thavasa 25th [40][41]
Yofuku no Aoyama with other E-girls members [42]

Music videos
Year Title Artist
200824 karats -type EX- (Kodomo Version) Exile
2019 ONE -we are one- Samantha Thavasa Family

Voice acting
Year Title Role
2017 High & Low g-sword Animation DVD Special Edition Lara

Bibliography

Style books/Photo books
Year Title Ref.
2016Antithese[43]
2019 KAREN [14]

Magazines
Year Title Notes
2009 - 2013NicolaExclusive model
2013–presentJJ
2019 SWAG HOMMES ISSUE9

Catalogues
Year Title
2012Kyoto Kimono Yuzen

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