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Yuuka Maeda
前田憂佳
Yuuka Maeda 前田憂佳
Born	December 28, 1994 (age 29)
Origin	Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2004–2011
Labels	Good Factory Records
Formerly of	Smileage; Hello Pro Egg; Tomoiki-Ki wo Uetai; High-King; Shugo Chara Egg!;
Website	helloproject.com

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Yuuka Maeda (前田憂佳, Maeda Yūka, born December 28, 1994) is a former Japanese singer. After joining Hello Pro Egg, a trainee program associated with Hello! Project, she achieved early fame as Amulet Heart in Shugo Chara Egg! before debuting in S/mileage, a Japanese idol girl group associated with Hello! Project. On December 31, 2011, she retired from the entertainment industry to pursue academic studies.

Career

2004–2007: Hello Pro Egg

Maeda Yuuka joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 following auditions of thirty-two other girls. The group aimed to prepare the young girls for their entertainment debut. Maeda received free dance and vocal training alongside the other Eggs.

In October 2005, Maeda became one of the founding members of Hello! Pro Egg group Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai. They debuted at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2005.

In 2006, Maeda continued her training and appeared at numerous Hello! Project concerts as a backing dancer, including "Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~". In March Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's blog opened and in July their first song was announced, "Minna no ki". On August 22, Tomoiki participated volunteered at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken. In September, Maeda performed "Minna no ki" with Tomoiki at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2006. She was a backing dancer to Morning Musume's Kusumi Koharu. She released a single in a group known as Paretto.

In April 2007 Maeda received a role in the musical Soto wa shiroi haru no kumo that was later released on DVD. In September, Maeda featured in Standardsong Entertainment's Ekubo ~people song~. Maeda appeared in Chao.TV (started 2007/09/02). Maeda appeared as a part of Tomoiki at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2007.

2008–2009: High-King, Shugo Chara Egg!

Maeda received her first proper Hello! Project role when she was selected to become part of High-King, alongside Hello! Project singers such as Morning Musume's Ai Takahashi and Reina Tanaka, The group was created to promote Morning Musume's upcoming rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, titled Cinderella the Musical. The group's debut single, "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" was released on June 11, 2008, and peaked at number 6. Maeda was selected as one of the four members for a new Hello! Pro Egg unit alongside Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon and Saho Akari. The group was called Shugo Chara Egg! and was formed to record the opening songs for the anime that Buono! sings for Shugo Chara. She released two singles with the group until the line-up changed, and she was replaced by Mizuki Fukumura.

2009–2011: S/mileage and retirement

On April 4, 2009 Tsunku announced on his blog that a new group was in the works. The members listed were Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, Ogawa Saki, and Wada Ayaka. He stated the lineup was subject to change, and that it would be their "major debut". On May 5, 2009, Tsunku revealed the group's name to be "S/mileage" (smile of age). On August 15, 2009, she played her first musical drama titled Shugo Chara! Musical and took the main role of Amu Hinamori.

Maeda and the rest of the S/mileage members graduated from Hello! Pro Egg in the Hello! Project Spring Concert, They released their first major single titled 夢見る15歳 (Yume Miru sai) on 2010-05-26, Yuuka, Kanon and Ayaka are cast as the main characters of Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri and eventually released singles as Lilpri.

On October 25, Maeda announced she would graduate from S/mileage and Hello! Project. Her graduation was held on December 31. She stated she want to focus on her studies and university. She felt that it would be unfair to her fans and supporters to devote only half of her energy on stage.^[1] Her final single with S/mileage was "Please Mini Skirt Post Woman!".

Musical groups

Tomoiki-Ki wo Uetai
High-King
Shugo Chara Egg!
S/mileage
Lilpri

Discography

Filmography

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN^[2]
		DVD	Blu-ray
See You-karin～Special Making Edition～	Released: February 15 m 2012 Label: Hachama Formats: DVD	53	—

References

^ Comment from Maeda Yuuka Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. takamaruyo. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
^ "Yuuka Maeda | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2019.

External links

Hello! Project -Official Site-
S/mileage -Official Site-
Yuuka Maeda Official blog(Ended)
Yuuka Maeda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] Comment from Maeda Yuuka Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. takamaruyo. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

[OriconPositions2-2] "Yuuka Maeda | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2019.

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+| death_date       =
+| origin           = [[Chiba Prefecture]], Japan
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+| label            = Good Factory Records
+| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
+* [[Smileage]]
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-| origin              = [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
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-{{nihongo|'''Yuuka Maeda'''|前田憂佳|Maeda Yūka|born December 28, 1994}} is a former [[Japanese pop]] idol singer, and was one of the four founding members of [[S/mileage]]. She retired from S/mileage, [[Hello! Project]] and [[Up-Front Agency]] on December 31, 2011.
+{{nihongo|'''Yuuka Maeda'''|前田憂佳|Maeda Yūka|born December 28, 1994}} is a former Japanese singer. After joining [[Hello Pro Egg]], a trainee program associated with [[Hello! Project]], she achieved early fame as Amulet Heart in [[Shugo Chara Egg!]] before debuting in [[S/mileage]], a [[Japanese idol]] [[girl group]] associated with [[Hello! Project]]. On December 31, 2011, she retired from the entertainment industry to pursue academic studies.
-==Biography==
+== Career ==
+=== 2004–2007: Hello Pro Egg ===
-{{Empty section|date=July 2011}}
+Maeda Yuuka joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 following auditions of thirty-two other girls. The group aimed to prepare the young girls for their entertainment debut. Maeda received free dance and vocal training alongside the other Eggs.
-===2004===
-Maeda Yuuka joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2004 when she passed the auditions alongside thirty-two other girls. The aim of the group was to prepare the young girls for their debut into the world of the entertainment, as such Maeda received free dance and vocal training alongside the other Eggs.
-===2005===
 In October 2005, Maeda became one of the founding members of Hello! Pro Egg group Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai. They debuted at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2005.
+In 2006, Maeda continued her training and appeared at numerous Hello! Project concerts as a backing dancer, including "Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~". In March Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's blog opened and in July their first song was announced, "Minna no ki". On August 22, Tomoiki participated volunteered at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken. In September, Maeda performed "Minna no ki" with Tomoiki at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2006. She was a backing dancer to Morning Musume's Kusumi Koharu. She released a single in a group known as Paretto.
-===2006===
+In April 2007 Maeda received a role in the musical ''Soto wa shiroi haru no kumo'' that was later released on DVD. In September, Maeda featured in Standardsong Entertainment's ''Ekubo ~people song~''. Maeda appeared in ''Chao.TV'' (started 2007/09/02). Maeda appeared as a part of Tomoiki at Morning Musume's environmental Culture Festival 2007.
-In 2006, Maeda Yuuka continued her training and appeared at numerous Hello! Project concerts as a backing dancer, including the Country Musume concert "Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~". In March Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai's blog opened and in July their first song was announced, "Minna no ki". On August 22, Tomoiki went to do tree-planting activities at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken. In September, Maeda performed "Minna no ki" with Tomoiki at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2006 and were backing dancers to Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu. Also she released a single in a mini-unit known as Paretto.
+=== 2008–2009: High-King, Shugo Chara Egg! ===
-===2007===
+Maeda received her first proper [[Hello! Project]] role when she was selected to become part of [[High-King]], alongside [[Hello! Project]] singers such as [[Morning Musume]]'s [[Ai Takahashi]] and [[Reina Tanaka]], The group was created to promote [[Morning Musume]]'s upcoming rendition of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Cinderella]]'', titled ''Cinderella the Musical''. The group's debut single, "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" was released on June 11, 2008, and peaked at number 6. Maeda was selected as one of the four members for a new [[Hello! Pro Egg]] unit alongside [[Wada Ayaka]], [[Fukuda Kanon]] and [[Saho Akari]]. The group was called ''Shugo Chara'' Egg! and was formed to record the opening songs for the [[anime]] that [[Buono!]] sings for [[Shugo Chara!|Shugo Chara]]. She released two singles with the group until the line-up changed, and she was replaced by [[Mizuki Fukumura]].
+=== 2009–2011: S/mileage and retirement ===
-In April 2007 Maeda received a role in the musical "Soto wa shiroi haru no kumo" which was later released onto DVD. A few months later in September, Maeda featured in Standardsong Entertainment's "Ekubo ~people song~". Maeda also took part in a television show, "Chao.TV" (started 2007/09/02). Maeda appeared as a part of Tomoiki at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2007.
+On April 4, 2009 [[Tsunku]] announced on his blog that a new group was in the works. The members listed were [[Maeda Yuuka]], [[Fukuda Kanon]], [[Ogawa Saki]], and [[Wada Ayaka]]. He stated the lineup was subject to change, and that it would be their "major debut". On May 5, 2009, Tsunku revealed the group's name to be "[[S/mileage]]" (smile of age). On August 15, 2009, she played her first musical drama titled Shugo Chara! Musical and took the main role of Amu Hinamori.
+Maeda and the rest of the [[S/mileage]] members graduated from [[Hello! Pro Egg]] in the [[Hello! Project]] Spring Concert, They released their first major single titled ''夢見る''15歳 (''Yume Miru sai'') on 2010-05-26, Yuuka, Kanon and Ayaka are cast as the main characters of [[Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri]] and eventually released singles as Lilpri.
-===2008===
+On October 25, Maeda announced she would graduate from [[S/mileage]] and [[Hello! Project]]. Her graduation was held on December 31. She stated she want to focus on her studies and university. She felt that it would be unfair to her fans and supporters to devote only half of her energy on stage.<ref>[http://www.takamaruyo.net/?p=1115 Comment from Maeda Yuuka] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121954/http://www.takamaruyo.net/?p=1115|date=February 4, 2012}}. takamaruyo. Retrieved October 25, 2011.</ref> Her final single with [[S/mileage]] was "Please Mini Skirt Post Woman!".
-Maeda received her first proper [[Hello! Project]] role when she was selected to become part of the new unit, [[High-King]], alongside important [[Hello! Project]] singers such as [[Morning Musume]]'s [[Ai Takahashi]] and [[Reina Tanaka]], The group was created to promote [[Morning Musume]]'s upcoming rendition of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s [[Cinderella]], titled Cinderella the Musical. The group's debut single, "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" was released on June 11, 2008 and attained a peak rank of No. 6. Maeda was selected to be one of the four members for a new [[Hello! Pro Egg]] unit alongside [[Wada Ayaka]], [[Fukuda Kanon]] and [[Saho Akari]]. The group was called Shugo Chara Egg! and was formed to record the opening songs for the anime that [[Buono!]] sings for, [[Shugo Chara!]]. She released two singles with the group until the line-up changed, her position as Amulet Heart was replaced by [[Mizuki Fukumura]].
-===2009===
-On April 4, 2009 [[Tsunku]] announced on his blog that a new group was in the works. The members listed were [[Maeda Yuuka]], [[Fukuda Kanon]], [[Ogawa Saki]], and [[Wada Ayaka]]. He stated the lineup was subject to change, and that it would be their "major debut". On May 5, 2009 Tsunku revealed the name of the new group to be "[[S/mileage]]" on his blog, that means the smile of age. On August 15, 2009, she played her first Musical Drama titled Shugo Chara! Musical and get the main role of Amu Hinamori
-===2010===
-Maeda and the rest of the [[S/mileage]] members will graduate from [[Hello! Pro Egg]] in the [[Hello! Project]] Spring Concert in May, They released their first Major Single titled 夢見る15歳 (Yume Miru 15sai) in 2010-05-26, Yuuka, Kanon and Ayaka are cast as the main characters of [[Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri]] and eventually release several singles as Lilpri.
-===2011===
-On October 25, Maeda announced she will be graduating from [[S/mileage]] and [[Hello! Project]]. Her graduation was held on December 31. She cited her reason for graduating as wanting to focus more on her studies and to enter university, and she feels that it would be unfair to her fans and supporters when she can only have half of her concentration on stage.<ref>[http://www.takamaruyo.net/?p=1115 Comment from Maeda Yuuka] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121954/http://www.takamaruyo.net/?p=1115 |date=February 4, 2012 }}. takamaruyo. Retrieved on 2011-10-25.</ref> Her final single with [[S/mileage]] was "Please Mini Skirt Post Woman!"
 == Musical groups ==
-* [[Tomoiki-Ki wo Uetai]]
+* Tomoiki-Ki wo Uetai
 * [[High-King]]
 * [[Shugochara egg!|Shugo Chara Egg!]]
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 * [[Lilpri]]
-==Discography==
+== Discography ==
 {{See also|Angerme#Discography}}
-==Filmography==
+== Filmography ==
-{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
-! scope="col" rowspan="3"| Title
+! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Title
-! scope="col" rowspan="3"| Album details
+! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Album details
-! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak <br> chart <br> positions
+! colspan="2" scope="col" |Peak
+chart
+positions
 |-
-! scope="col" colspan="2" |<small>[[Oricon|JPN]]</small><ref name="OriconPositions">{{cite web|title=Yuuka Maeda {{pipe}} Oricon Style|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/478247/products/|work=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=2019-04-08|language=ja}}</ref>
+! colspan="2" scope="col" |<small>[[Oricon|JPN]]</small><ref name="OriconPositions2">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/478247/products/|title=Yuuka Maeda {{pipe}} Oricon Style|work=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref>
 |-
+!DVD
-! style="width:2.5em;"|DVD
-! style="width:2.5em;"|Blu-ray
+!Blu-ray
 |-
-! scope="row" | ''{{nihongo|See You-karin～Special Making Edition～|}}''
+! scope="row" |''See You-karin～Special Making Edition～''
 |
-*Released: February 15m 2012
+* Released: February 15&nbsp;m 2012
-*Label: [[Hachama]]
+* Label: [[Hachama]]
-*Formats: [[DVD]]
+* Formats: DVD
-| 53 || —
+|53
+|—
 |-
 |}
-==References==
+== References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.helloproject.com/ Hello! Project -Official Site-]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110830040221/http://s-mileage.jp/ S/mileage -Official Site-]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110826025213/http://ameblo.jp/yuuka-maeda-blog/ Yuuka Maeda Official blog](Ended)
-* {{ann|people|73493}}
-{{S/mileage}}
-{{Hello! Project}}
+== External links ==
-{{Authority control}}
+* [http://www.helloproject.com/ Hello! Project -Official Site-]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830040221/http://s-mileage.jp/ S/mileage -Official Site-]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826025213/http://ameblo.jp/yuuka-maeda-blog/ Yuuka Maeda Official blog](Ended)
+* {{anime News Network|people|73493}}
+{{S/mileage}}{{Hello! Project}}{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Maeda, Yuuka}}
 [[Category:Angerme members]]
-[[Category:Japanese idols]]
+[[Category:Japanese female idols]]
-[[Category:Japanese female pop singers]]
+[[Category:Japanese women pop singers]]
-[[Category:Japanese voice actresses]]
-[[Category:Former Hello! Project members]]
 [[Category:1994 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Musicians from Chiba Prefecture]]
+[[Category:Voice actresses from Chiba Prefecture]]
+[[Category:Singers from Chiba Prefecture]]
+[[Category:21st-century Japanese actresses]]
 [[zh:S/mileage#前田憂佳]]