Maasa Sudo

Maasa Sudo (須藤 茉麻, Sudō Maasa; born July 3, 1992) is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.

Maasa Sudo
須藤 茉麻
in 2012
Born	(1992-07-03) July 3, 1992 (age 33) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Singer actress
Years active	2002–present
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Labels	Piccolo Town

Career

Sudo was born in Tokyo. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids audition. Sudo was a member of the group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. In March 2009, she released her first Photobook, called "Maasa". In 2010, it was confirmed that she was going to be the lead-actress of the movie Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata!, based on a light novel with the same name, together with former Hello Pro Egg Arisa Noto, Hisanori Sato and others. The movie premiered in cinemas in Japan in December 2010, and the DVD was released March 3, 2011. Maasa played the role of "Tsurugi Yabusame".^[1]

Hello! Project groups and units

• Hello! Project Kids
• ZYX (2003−2015)
• Berryz Kobo (2004–2015)
• H.P. All Stars (2004)
• Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)

Discography

For releases with Berryz Kobo, see Berryz Kobo discography.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Minimoni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!	Purple Fairy		[2]
2010	Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata	Tsurugi Yabusame	Lead role	[1]
2011	Ōsama Game	Tomoko Shimizu		[3]
2018	Yassadaruman	Satomi Akahata		[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002−2003	Hello! Morning: The Way of the Kappa	Herself
2003	54th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Back dancer	Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Nee?"
2005	56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen		Performer: Aya Matsuura − "Ki ga Tsukeba Anata", Morning Musume − "Love Machine"
2006	57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen		Performer: GAM & Morning Musume − "Thanks!", "Aruiteru", and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan"
2009	Inazuma Eleven	Reika Midō (voice)	Episode: "Ichinose! The Greatest Crisis!!"	[5]
2011	Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen	Fuyumi Okubo	12 episodes	[6]
2012	Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka Han	Kaho Ōtomo	Episode: "The School Girls Saw!"	[7]
	Juhō 2405: Watashi ga Shinu Wake	Haruka Sawatari	2 episodes
2015	Minami-kun no Koibito	Nurse	Episode: "I Know I'm Useless"

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Super Danganronpa 2 Sayonara Zetsubo Gakuen THE STAGE (スーパーダンガンロンパ2 さよなら絶望学園 THE STAGE)	Tsumiki Mikan		[8]
2024	7 Seeds: Spring Chapter (7SEEDS～春の章～)	Chisa Taiami		[9]

Radio

• Berryz Kobo Beritsuu! (April 10, 2009 – current) (Co-host: Captain and Tokunaga Chinami)