Person: Kusumi Koharu

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Kusumi Koharu, born July 15, 1992 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, is a J-pop singer and voice actress in Hello! Project. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her school's volleyball team. Kusumi's audition process and debut was documented during the 2005 episodes of TV Tokyo television show, Hello! Morning.

Kusumi has been a member of the Hello! Project kickball team Metro Rabbits H.P. since its formation in the beginning of 2006 and since April 7, 2006, she has been the voice actress for Tsukishima Kirari, the main character in the anime Kirarin Revolution.

In early 2007, Kusumi was chosen to be a member of Morning Musume Tanjou 10 Nen Kinentai — a unit created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary as a group. Morning Musume Tanjou 10 Nen Kinentai also consists of Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki and Niigaki Risa. Their first single, Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia, was released on January 24, 2007.

Apart from her activities in aforementioned units, Kusumi is also a member of Kira Pika with °C-ute's Hagiwara Mai and Milky Way with Hello Project Eggs members Kikkawa Yuu (who also auditioned for Morning Musume back in 2006) and Kitahara Sayaka. Both units were formed for the Kirarin Revolution anime.

She is represented by the Up-Front talent agency (アップフロントエージェンシー) and contracted to the Zetima record label.

She graduated from Hello! Project and Morning Musume on December 6, 2009.