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Aika Mitsui 光井愛佳 | |
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 Mitsui at the Japan Expo in Paris, 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | 光井 愛佳 (Mitsui Aika) |
| Also known as | Mittsī |
| Born | January 12, 1993 Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan |
| Occupations | |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2006-2013, 2015-2018 |
| Labels | Zetima |
Aika Mitsui (光井 愛佳, Mitsui Aika, born January 12, 1993, in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan[1]) is a Japanese singer. She is a member of Hello! Project and a former member of the J-pop group Morning Musume, joining as a member of the eighth generation from the audition in Japan during December 2006. Mitsui's audition process was documented during the late 2006 episodes of Hello! Morning. She performed Ayumi Hamasaki's "Blue Bird" in round one of her audition and Morning Musume's "Furusato" and "Osaka Koi no Uta" in rounds two and three. She graduated from Morning Musume on May 18, 2012. She retired from the entertainment industry to pursue culinary studies in New Zealand on November 3, 2018.[2]
- ^ Hello! Morning. Episode 347. 8:53 minutes in.
- ^ 元モー娘。光井愛佳が芸能界引退、料理の道へ進む. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-11-08.