Kanna Arihara
Japanese singer and actress
Kanna Arihara (有原 栞菜, Arihara Kanna; born June 15, 1993), known professionally as Kanna (栞菜), is a Japanese talent, actress, and a former idol singer.
Arihara began her career as a trainee of the umbrella idol group Hello! Project and later debuted as a member of Cute in 2006. After departing from the group in 2009, she ventured into modeling and acting.
Career
2004-2009: Cute
Arihara was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, and joined Hello! Project in 2004 as part of the Hello! Pro Egg. Then she joined Tomoiki Ki o Uetai from 2005 until 2006, where she moved on to the current group, Cute.
On February 26, 2009, Hello! Project announced that Arihara was having difficulty performing onstage due to having hallux valgus, or bunion deformity and would also be absent from more Hello!
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