Karin Takahashi

**Groups** | Prizmmy

> "*When in a pinch smile! When you get the chance smile! Smile Forever!*"
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Karin Takahashi (髙橋果鈴) was born on July 22, 2000 and is from the Chiba Prefecture.

Karin has a little sister named Mirei Takahashi who was the sub-leader of Prism Mates before their disbandment. They used to own a dog named Momo and a goldfish. She now has a cat named Suzunosuke.

## Activities - Prizmmy

Karin was a student at Avex Dance Master along with former member Ayami Sema.

* History
* Debut

Before Karin learned dancing, she originally trained in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the age of 3. Karin then started learning to dance when she was 5 years old. Karin made her dance name to be "CaN" when she joined Dance Style Kids in 2008. She later joined Roni Girls Generation 2 in 2011 and continued until Generation 3 in 2012.

Karin auditioned to be a Prism Mate and successfully got the part. She became a trainee through the anime Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream where she trained to sing, dance and model.

After successfully reaching their aim during the anime series, Karin was able to debut in newly formed Prizmmy. She debuted with Prizmmy on March 16, 2012 with the single Everybody's Gonna Be Happy. However, on their debut stage, Karin had hay fever and therefore had to wear an eye patch to cover one of her eyes which she claimed to be a scary experience because she couldn't see the stage.

Karin's little sister Mirei auditioned to be a Prism Mate and eventually became a member.
She was given a solo song in their first album called Tear Smile. Later in their last album, her solo song was made by into a 4 member version where all the Prizmmy members sang.

They unfortunately disbanded in 2017 because they wanted to do more solo activities.
## Solo Activities

Karin said she that after getting the role of Sailor Saturn, she found a new love of acting. So after disbandment, she decided to continue to act in musicals because it still involves singing and dancing which she loves.

Karin's first role in a musical or theatre was a main role in the Sailor Moon Musical (Un Nouveau Voyage) as Sailor Saturn in 2015. The other Prizmmy members surprised Karin who ended up crying. She got high praises for playing the role because she had to play 3 different characters. Hotaru Tomoe, a weak young girl, Sailor Saturn, a serious sailor senshi and Mistress 9, an enemy. Karin then played her again in the next musical (Sailor Moon Musical ~Amour Eternal) in 2016 and even joined them when they went to Houston, Texas in 2017. She, unfortunately, couldn't continue her role for the last musical because the Death Note Musical was now in her schedule. She was then replaced by Mirai.

Because of this role, she became close friends with the outer scouts and continues to meet up with them even when the musical ended. She also likes to call them "mama" and "papa".

## Prizmmy Profile

1. **Hobby** - Dancing, singing,
2. **Skill** - Dancing and singing
3. **Favorite food** - Omurice
4. **Favorite animal** - Dog
5. **What type of character are you?** - A hard worker, weird and prone to worrying
6. **Dance history** - 7 years
7. **Addicted to** - collecting local Kewpie
8. **Favorite color** - Yellow and orange
9. **Where do you want to go?** - France
10. **What do you treasure?** - Family and friends
11. **What nickname do you want to call yourself** - Karin-chan, Kan-chan
12. **The subject you're good at** - Music
13. **The subject you're bad at** - Maths
14. **What's your favorite game while on vacation** - Basketball
15. **Favorite lunch meal** - Melon bread
16. **If you were to be born again, what would you be? Why?** - A dog, because they love humans
17. **If you were to be born as a person from long ago, what era would you go? Why?** - Edo period. It's because it was very peaceful
18. **If you were to be born at the Yamanote Line where would you be? Why?** - Tokyo. It is the most central station that everybody knows, it was also very beautiful
19. **Things you want the 4 members of Prizmmy to do** - Budokan Live
20. **Other than Prizmmy, what other activities would you like to challenge** - Acting
21. **Favorite song in Prizmmy** - All, I can't choose
22. **An activity you've done with Prizmmy that stayed in your memory** - Filming an MV

## Trivia

1. Her surname (Takahashi) is often written with the wrong kanji. It's supposed to be ”髙橋” but people tend to write ”高橋”.
2. Karin can play the piano and has played it during Prizmmy lives and even in musicals.
3. When Karin was 10 years old, she was taller than Mia when Mia was 10 years old.
4. Karin hadn't watched Sailor Moon or read the manga prior to her role as Sailor Saturn.
5. When she was reading the manga of Sailor Moon, she claims her mom was starting to get into it as well.
6. She wasn't told to call the Outer Scouts "mama" and "papa", she just wanted to.
7. Karin looks more like her dad while her sister looks more like their mother.
8. During the first day of Gorilla, Karin accidentally walked in on a cast member while she was putting her pants up in the toilet.
9. She shares the kanji "鈴" (suzu) with Mirei.
	* They also share this with their cat, Suzunosuke.
10. When you put the first two kanji's of Karin and Mirei's name together, "果" (Ka) and "実" (Jitsu), you get Kajitsu which means fruits.
	* Karin's former Ameba blog was called Kajitsu Shimai (Kajitsu Sisters), while Mirei's was Kajitsu Shimai M.