Natsumi Abe

Natsumi Abe (安倍なつみ, Natsumi Abe^?)
Natsumi Abe (October 2005)
Origin	Hokkaido
Country	Japan
Years active	1997-present
Genre(s)	JPop
Label(s)	Hachama
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Natsumi Abe (安倍なつみ, Abe Natsumi, born August 10, 1981, in Hokkaido Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and actress and is a former member of Morning Musume. Her nickname is Nacci or Nacchi. Her younger sister, Asami Abe, is also a J-pop singer.

Abe was one of the first members of the group chosen in 1997. She was also the lead girl for many of the singles especially before Maki Goto joined, most notable in "Furusato" where all the other girls sang harmonies/back-up only. Abe has had a few solo songs including the theme for a commercial she was in and "Otoko Tomodachi" from Morning Musume's 4th album Ikimasshoi!. She also has lead roles in Morning Musume productions like their play, Love Century and their movie, Pinch Runner. Natsumi also has done quite a bit of acting in television dramas such as Nurseman.

Abe has never been a part of a Morning Musume subgroup but has led each shuffle group she has been in. She was also the lead of Morning Musume Sakura Gumi until her graduation at the end of the Hello! Project Winter tour on January 25th, 2004.

She released her first single, "22 sai no Watashi", on August 13, 2003, just a few days after her 22nd birthday. Her first full length CD was released shortly afterwards, containing many soloist versions of Morning Musume songs.

At one time, Abe was the most popular member of Morning Musume, and many songs featured her as a lead singer. However, it wasn't until the summer of 2003 that Abe officially went solo. She graduated not too long after that, in the early winter of 2004 to continue on with her solo career. She continued to release more singles while actively participating in other Hello! Project activities such as concerts, the special soloist group Nochiura Natsumi with Aya Matsuura and Maki Goto, and the Hello! Project super shuffle unit song "All for One & One for All", sung together with all other soloists and groups within Hello! Project at the time.

In late 2004, there was a plagarism scandal with some of her essays and poems in her photobooks which were copied off works by other artists, and she took a three-month personal leave, cease participation from all H!P-related activities, including Kaori Iida's graduation concert in January. It also resulted in that a planned album that was supposed to be released in early 2005 was cancelled. A single named "Nariyamanai Tambourine" that was supposed to be released january 26th 2005 was also cancelled. Instead, "Yume Naraba" took its place in april 2005. She came back in February 2005 and has been participating in H!P activities once again, most notably the Nochiura Natsumi's tour.

In fall 2005 her fifth single "Koi no hana" was released and she also became a member of the H!P special unit "DEF. DIVA" together with Maki Goto, Rika Ishikawa and Aya Matsuura. The single "Takaramono" was also released in november credited as "Ukita Sen", who is the maincharacter of the drama "Takaramono" played by Abe Natsumi. In spring 2006 Abe will have a new single "Chu Sh!te Hoshii?" together with a new album "2nd~Shimiwataru Omoi".

1 Profile
2 Discography
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 Albums
3 Photobooks
- 3.1 Calendar
4 External links

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Profile

Name: 安倍なつみ, 安倍夏美 (Abe Natsumi)
Nickname: Nacci, Nacchi
Birthday: August 10, 1981
Sign: Leo
Birth Place: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Blood type: A
Height: 152cm
Hobbies: Smiling, Talking, Poetry, Singing, Cooking, Sleeping
Hello! Project Groups:
- Morning Musume (1997–2004)
- Nochiura Natsumi (2004)
- DEF.DIVA (2005)
Subgroups:
- Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003–2004)
Shuffle Units:
- 2000: Kiiro 5
- 2001: 10nin Matsuri
- 2002: Odoru 11
- 2003: SALT5
- 2004: H!P. All Stars

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Discography

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Singles

"Haha to Musume no Dyuetto Songu" (母と娘のデュエットソング, the mother and daughter duet song^?) — 30 April, 2003 (#18; 15,689 copies sold)
A duet with Okeisan (おけいさん, Okeisan^?).
"22sai no Watashi" (22歳の私, the 22 year old me^?) — 12 August, 2003 (#2; 81,460 copies sold)
"Pihyara Kouta" (ピ～ヒャラ小唄, whistle ballad^?) — 19 November, 2003 (#22; 16,410 copies sold)
Abe is credited as "Purin-chan" (プリンちゃん, miss pudding^?), the song was a double A-side together with MiniHams (ミニハムズ, mini hamuzu^?)'s "Mirakururun Guranpurin!" (ミラクルルングランプリン!, "Mirakururun Guranpurin!"^?).
"Datte Ikite Kanakucha" (だって生きてかなくちゃ, because I got to keep on living^?) — 1 June, 2004 (#7; 55,113 copies sold)
"Koi no Terefon GOAL" (恋のテレフォン GOAL, telephone goal of love^?) — 10 August, 2004 (#5; 47,351 copies sold)
"Yume Naraba" (夢ならば, if this is a dream^?) — 19 April, 2005 (#5; 36,248)
"Koi no Hana" (恋の花, flower of love^?) — 30 August, 2005 (#9; 30,450
"Takaramono" (たからもの, treasure^?) — 30 November, 2005 (#23; 11,851 copies sold)
Abe is credited as "Sen" (千, "Sen"^?) on this release.