Murakami Megumi

Murakami Megumi (村上愛) is a dance instructor and choreographer, often credited as Meg. She is a former member of Hello! Project Kids and the Hello! Project group ℃-ute. On October 31, 2006, she resigned from the group and Hello! Project without a graduation ceremony to focus on her studies. In 2011, she signed to the dance agency, WANTS.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Murakami was born on June 6, 1992 in Saitama, Japan to a couple whose names are undisclosed.
===2002===
On June 30, Murakami Megumi passed the "Hello! Project Kids Audition" along with 14 other girls.Hello! Morning. Broadcast Date: 2002-06-30.
===2003===
On June 7, She became an elected member of ZYX, a group led by Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari.
===2004===
She sang alongside Tanaka Reina and Suzuki Airi in "Suki ni Nacha Ikenai Hito", one of the coupling tracks on the "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!" EP, making her one of only seven girls to be chosen from the entirety of Hello! Project to sing on a separate track.
Murakami also appeared on multiple occasions as a backing dancer for other Hello! Project acts. She also appeared on the Goto Maki's PV "Yokohama Shinkirou".
===2005===
Murakami was featured in the 2005 shuffle group, Sexy Otonajan. She was one of the only two Hello! Project Kids featured in any shuffle group.
Murakami was assigned as a member of Hello! Project group ℃-ute alongside seven other Hello! Project Kids members.Tsunku. "℃-ute （キュート） に関して" (in Japanese). Tsunku Official Website. 2005-06-11. These seven members had been passed over when it came to the forming of Berryz Koubou, which had originally been formed to teach the Hello! Project Kids about being in a group by rotating the line-up amongst the kids until the idea was dropped.
===2006===
During the second half of 2006, amateur photographs of Murakami holding hands with her supposed boyfriend in the street appeared on the internet.
Later on October 31, she retired from ℃-ute and Hello! Project, shortly before ℃-ute made their major label debut.Hello! Project, Murakami Megumi. "『℃-ute　村上 愛』について皆様へ大事なお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2006-11-01. Though the official reason stated was because she wanted to return to an ordinary school life, it is believed that she left because she was afraid of these people following her.
===2011===
On April 4th, 2011, she returned to show business by signing on to WANTS, a dance agency.
===2019===
On February 11, she appeared as a guest dancer during the encore of Okai Chisato FC Live ③ ~Katte ni Hello Pro 20 Shuunen Omedetou! 2013-2018~.
===2024===
On August 1, she announced her marriage after reconnecting with her high school sweetheart.https://www.instagram.com/meg_5683/p/C-IOJWtPrEp/
==Personal Life==
==Profile==
==Dicography Featured In==
==Works==
===DVD===
*[2006.08.06] Music Kyutibijuaru ~ ~ V Special
*[2007.11.22] Hello Pro vol.1
*[2007.03.21] Hello Pro vol.9
===Movies===
*[2002] Koinu Dan no Monogatari (仔犬ダンの物語, "Puppy Dan's Story")
*[2003.01] Little Hospital (リトル・ホスピタル)
*[2006.03] Takaramono (たからもの)
===TV Programs===
*[2002-2006] Hello! Morning
*[2006] ℃-ute has come. ~℃-ute ga Yatte Kita~ (℃-ute has come.～キュートガヤッテキタ～) (2 episodes)
===TV Dramas===
*[2003] Pretty Diary III Ritoruhosupitaru (with Murata Aiko)
*[2003] Liliput Oukoku (リリパット王国)
*[2005] What treasure
===Music Videos===
*[2004] Yokohama Shinkirou - Goto Maki
===Internet===
*[2005.08.26] Haropurobideochatto 24th (Hello! Project on FLET)
*[2006.03.03] Hello Pro Hour # 1
===Theater===
*[2004] 34 Choume no Kiseki -HERE'S LOVE- (34丁目の奇跡 -HERE'S LOVE-)
==Trivia==
*On the June 30, 2002 episodes of Hello! Morning, where the members of Hello! Project Kids were introduced, Abe Natsumi accidentally called her "Ai-chan". This is because the kanji for the given name is rarely read as "Megumi".
*Videos of her in dance rehearsal at WANTS have been uploaded onto the YouTube channel SATOSHI NAKAJIMA.
==Honorary Titles==
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==References==
==External Links==
*Twitter (inactive)
*Instagram
*D'z Dance Instructor Profile (studio was formerly E.T.C)
*studio LOOP Instructor Profile
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