Natsumi Abe aka Natsumi biography

Real biography:

Natsumi Abe (born August 10, 1981 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a former member of the Hello! Project mothership group Morning Musume, and a current solo artist under the Hello! Project banner. Nacchi isn't known for much other than her incredibly sweet and innocent disposition, despite some rumors that she was a turtle-killer circulating a few years back...as well as her multiple-times proven lack of understanding copyright laws...but if either of those are ever brought up, you can bet that Nacchi will dodge the question, and be extra cute doing so.

Abe was one of the five original members of the group. She graduated in 2004.

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Abe was one of the five runner-ups in a 1997 contest to find a new female vocalist for the rock band Sharan Q. Tsunku, the producer, gave the five a challenge: sell 50,000 copies of their demo single in five days, and he would produce them as their own act. Abe and the other four met the challenge in four days. They were dubbed Morning Musume.

Though Kaori Iida was originally the lead vocalist for many early Morning Musume singles, Tsunku later switched all the leads over to Abe. Their sixth single, Furusato, in fact featured Abe as the only lead vocal with the other six girls singing backup.

In 2003, Morning Musume was split into two: Otomegumi and Sakuragumi. Abe was placed into Sakuragumi, and was the group's leader until her graduation in 2004. Mari Yaguchi took over after her departure.

In 2003, Abe formed a short duo with Keiko Yosumi to prepare for her solo career.

Since her graduation, Abe has been a member of three "one-shot" groups, two of which grouped her with Maki Goto and Aya Matsuura. Rika Ishikawa was also a member of one of those groups. Each group disbanded after releasing one single.

As of now, Abe has released two full albums, one mini-album, and ten singles. She has also collaborated with Maimi Yajima (ten years her junior) on a single about being 16 years old.

Releases Albums #TitleRelease date1 Hitoribocchi 2004-02-042 2nd ~Shimiwataru Omoi~ 2006-03-293 25 ~Vingt-Cinq~ (Mini-album) 2007-03-14 Singles #TitleRelease date1 22sai no Watashi 2004-02-042 Datte Ikitekanakucha 2004-06-023 Koi no Telephone GOAL 2004-08-114 Yume Naraba 2005-04-195 Koi no Hana 2005-08-316 Sweetholic 2006-04-127 The Stress 2006-06-288 Amasugita Kajitsu 2006-10-049 Too Far Away ~Onna no Kokoro~ 2007-05-0910 Iki o Kasanemashou 2007-10-24 Photobooks # Title Release date 1 Nacchi 1999-12-?? 2 Natsumi 2001-11-01 3 Deai 2004-04-24 4 Fu 2005-05-26 5 Alo-Hello! Abe Natsumi 2005-10-02 6 écru 2006-06-10 7 sCene 2007-03-28 8 Cam On 2007-11-25