Kurea Masuda/Trivia

## Biography

* **Nickname(s):** Kukku (くっく), Kure-tan (くれたん)
* **Birthplace:** Miyazaki, Japan
* **Birthday:** April 19, 2003 (Leo)
* **Blood Type:** A
* **Height:** 157.2cm
* **MBTI:** INFJ
* **Family:** 4 (parents & little sister)
	+ She was told she used to look like her dad, now she's told she looks like her mom.
	+ Her little sister would always warn her to speak gently with care.
* **Pets:** 11 (2 cats, (Dan & Paku) 9 dogs (Bambi, Kirari, Gucci, Jene, Romane, Ponyo, Merce, Momo & Nika))
* **School:** She used to attend the same high school as Yuzuha (graduated in 2023), Toa, Yura, and Yuwa. (Since 2019 until 2022)
	+ It's assumed her little sister goes to the same middle school she used to attend as she's wearing the same uniform she wore when she was in middle school.

## Likes & Dislikes

### Likes:

* **Food(s):** Noodles, Meat, Salt Potato Chips, Sukiyaki
* **Drink:** Chocolate, Matcha
* **Animanga:** Neon Genesis Evangelion, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Lycoris Recoil, Summer Time Rendering, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Seraph of The End, Violet Evergarden
* **Sport(s):** Volleyball, Basketball (Specialized at watching them all)
* **Movie(s):** Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away
* **Book(s):** Nameless Shisha, When I Kill Myself
* **Song(s):** Sincerely by TRUE, irony by ClariS, Call of Silence by Hiroyuki Sawano, if by Kana Nishino, Songs that Trend on TikTok
* **Emoji(s):** 🙏🙇♀
* **Animal(s):** Dogs, Cats
* **Motto(s):** "By the way, average me, do you really have the time to be looking down right now?", "When you accept your destiny and believe in your destiny, you realize your destiny", "Ten people, ten colors"
* **Color(s):** Red, Green, White

### Dislikes:

* **Food(s):** Fruits, Vegetables
* **Animal(s):** Insects

## Skills & Hobbies

* Kurea began dancing at 5 years old and joined EXPG in 5th-grade elementary school. Her dance teacher at another school told her to audition for EXPG because she was also a teacher there.
	+ She also did ballet for 2 years.
* She taught herself Korean due to her love of K-pop.
* Her special skills are to get along well with dogs and cats, along with hair arrangement.
* She's dexterous.
* Her hobbies are watching anime, watching movies, reading, and watching TikTok videos.
* She is good at making fresh spring rolls.

## Girls x Heroine

* Kurea is the only member to play another main character in the Girls x Heroine series, although not as Yuria Nijiiro but instead an entirely new character.

## Childhood

* She used to be an E-girls Bunnies member before it was dissolved into EXPG Lab.
* She was a member of EXPG Lab and their trainee unit "KIZZY".
	+ While part of this unit, her name was romanized as Krea.
* Being from Miyazaki, she's childhood friends with Youka, having met as EXPG Students.
	+ She used to go to Youka's house, revealing that the Ogawa household had a pool.
* During her time as a nursery student, she was very organized.

## Miscellaneous

* Upon her first appearance, many fans assumed she was of mixed ethnicity due to her foreign look. She later confirmed that she was fully Japanese.
* She was given her name because her parents wanted to give her a unique name.
* She is known to be competitive. This is shown in an Oha Suta airing where the girls are at a water park, and cried when she lost.
* Her favorite magical girl anime is "Magical Princess Minky Momo" and "Sailor Moon". However, her favorite anime is "Seraph of the End".
* Her favorite Girls2 songs are Kizuna Plus and Centimeter.
* Her favorite anime characters are Mikasa Ackerman from "Attack on Titan", and Kaworu Nagisa from "Evangelion".
* She looks up to Minami Hamabe.
* If she wasn't an artist, she would be a sports player.
* She compares herself to a cat.
* She describes her personality as lazy.
* She prefers singing over dancing.
* The trait she likes about herself is her quick decision making.
* The trait she dislikes about herself is when she hesitates a lot.
* When asked where she wanted to go within Japan, she answered with Okinawa.
* When asked where she wanted to go overseas, she answered with Guam.
* She can't make funny faces.
* If she could go back to the past, she would go back to when she was in grade 4 of elementary school.
* If she could go to the future, she would live happily.
* When nervous, she relives stress by jumping.
* She describes Youka as somebody who never says 'no' when at work.
* She describes Momoka as a person who unexpectedly reacts to her.
* She describes Toa as somebody who is hard to handle.
* She describes Yuzuha as a person who talks a lot.
* She describes Misaki as a person who is always working or running behind the scenes.
* She describes Minami as a younger sister type of person.
* She describes Ran as a person who is always thinking ahead.
* She describes Kira as her no.1 best friend.
* Memorable events to her with her members were the arena lives.
* She wants to try acting and voice acting.
* The member she thinks that changed the most within a year was Ran, due to her being independent.
* She wants to do a scary prank with Youka and Kira.
* She prefers the sea over the mountains.
* She wants to have a pet lion and dolphin.
* She wants to live a quiet life when she becomes an old person.
* Her goal in life is to live a happy life.
* Her ideal type is a gentle person.
* She wants to go to Korea.
* A place that she likes is her home.
* Her treasures are her pets at home.
* She wants to be able to drive a car before she dies.
* She would like to start having piano classes.
* She would rather live in a house that is 100 years old instead of one haunted with ghosts.
* She would rather be bald instead of having an afro.
* She would like her date to be spontaneous instead of planned.
* She doesn't mind being the one surprised or being the one surprising people.
* She would like to be proposed in her home.
* She prefers her significant other to be more talkative.
* She would like to see her significant other everyday.
* She would prefer a handcrafted present instead of an expensive one.
* She wants to be the one being chased by the person she loves.
* She would rather deal with her significant other having flashy clothing instead of a messy house.
* She would rather be unable to do her makeup forever instead of hair setting.
* Kurea's playlist for going to school or work in winter included these songs:
	+ 10°C (Sharou)
	+ Tsumugu (Tota)
	+ Ditto (NewJeans)
	+ BETELGEUSE (Yuuri)
	+ Pink Blood (Hikaru Utada)
	+ Michi (Hikaru Utada)
	+ Subtitle (Official Hige Dandism)
	+ Lovin’ it (Ariana Grande)
	+ Snow Dome (Yuika)
	+ Mahou ni Kakerarete (Saucy Dog)

## References

1. ↑ Girls2 Official TikTok (January 29, 2023)
2. ↑ Kurea's Blog "質問コーナーの返答！見てね！" (March 15, 2020)