Kurea Masuda

## Trivia

> "*In charge of marking! Her parent's house is a healing spot for 8 pets*"
> ― Kurea's epithet
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**Kurea Masuda** (増田來亜) was born on August 19, 2003. Her representative color is white, while her Garugaku/Chuwapane color is dark blue.

She shares her name and appearance with her anime version, Kurea.

## History

Kurea was born in Miyazaki Prefecture to a family of four, and is the eldest sister to a little sister.

Kurea is under LDH and is a graduate of EXPG Miyazaki, where she was an E-girls Bunnies (2016) before it dissolved into EXPG Lab where she joined their training unit KIZZY along with Momoka Sumitani, Youka Ogawa, and Kira Yamaguchi.

It is assumed that she joined EXPG Miyazaki sometime in 2015, having been first seen in articles and images around that time. Her last known activity at EXPG was on July 25, 2017.

### Etymology

Kurea (來亜) uses the kanji 來(Kure; To Come After), and 亜 (A; Child).

Masuda (増田) uses the kanji 増 (Masu; Increase), and 田 (Da; Field)

## Career

### 2014-2016: E-girls Bunnies

In 2014, Kurea was a back-up dancer in "SEAGAIA MUSIC RESORT 2014". In that same year, she was a back-up dancer in "EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR LIVE TOUR TOWER OF WISH 2014 ～THE REVOLUTION～". She was a back-up dancer in "EXILE LIVE TOUR 2015 'AMAZING WORLD'". She was also a back-up dancer for Flare in "水平線の花火と音楽6 (Suiheisen no Hanabi to Ongaku 5; Horizon of Fireworks and Music 5)" from 2014 to 2015. Kurea was also a back-up dancer in "Color Me Rad MIYAZAKI" for JONTE' MOANING in 2015. In 2016, she was a back-up dancer in "E-girls LIVE TOUR 2016 ～E.G. SMILE～".

In 2014, she was an extra in the movie "Children of the Country of Myth" (神話の国の子供たち). During 2015, she appeared in the MV "Himawari" for Flare's "口蹄疫復興ソング (Foot & Mouth Disease Song)", the theme song for a charity event. She appeared in GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE's MV "Y.M.C.A" in 2017. Kurea appeared in FNS 27 Hours TV "Chibikko Honki Dance Championship" as a Miyazaki representative.

### Magical x Heroine MagimajoPures / Magical2

Kurea was announced as a cast member for the 2nd season of the Girls x Heroine series "Magical x Heroine MagimajoPures!" as Yuria Nijiiro. She was announced as a MajoPure in late August with her first tv appearance on September 16. The series began in April of that year which took off her career in acting.

Aside from being a part of the cast, she was a member of the idol unit they released through the series called "Magical2". Activities with the group lasted for a year.

### Girls2

On March 29, 2019, it was announced that Kurea became a member of the new unit "Girls2" released from the Girls x Heroine series a combination unit between 'miracle2', 'magical2' and 'mirage2'.

Their debut took place on June 26 with the release "Daijoubu" which was the opening theme for the 3rd season of the Girls x Heroine series "Secret x Heroine Phantomirage'.

Kurea appeared as a guest for an episode of Phantomirage along with the other MagimajoPures cast.

In late March of 2019, it was announced that Kurea will be a cast for the children's morning television show "Ohasuta" as an Oha-Girl along with 4 other Girls2 members. Her broadcast day is Thursday, however, this was changed to Tuesday from 2020 onwards. She then graduated from Ohasuta on March 26, 2021.

On October 7, Kurea was announced along with fellow member Misaki Tsuruya as a duo group. The duo appeared for the first time on the Monday broadcast of OhaSuta to perform the ending theme song "Friendship No.1" for the anime "Puzzle & Dragons X" as ‘Misaki Kurea from Girls2.’

### Solo Activities

In late March of 2020, it was announced that Kurea would voice an astronaut in anime "Go! GO! Atoms".
On May 31, it was announced that Kurea was to appear as Princess for Bittomo x Heroine Kirameki Powers, her second lead role within the Girls x Heroine series following her role as Yuria Nijiiro from MagimajoPures.

## Filmography

### Movies

 Kiss Him, Not Me
 2021

## References

1. ↑ *LDH Profile*
2. ↑ *CM Now 2020-2021 Issue*
3. ↑ *Girls2 Fanclub Profile Card*
4. ↑ EXPG *Christmas 2015*
5. ↑ EXPG *「ホンダロック 黒潮会夏祭り」出演☆*