Yurina Hirate


Yurina Hirate is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol group Keyakizaka46.

Early life and education

Yurina Hirate was born on June 25, 2001. In March 2017, she graduated from junior high school.

Career

Hirate was the choreography center of the idol group Keyakizaka46 for eight singles. When she was selected as the center for the first time, she was 14 and was the youngest member of the girl group. The second Keyakizaka46's single "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" contained Hirate's solo song.
On 8 October 2016, at the GirlsAward 2016 Autumn/Winter show, she had her catwalk debut. In January 2017 she and Rika Watanabe appeared in the women's fashion magazine Larme for the first time. The 2017/14 issue of the manga magazine Weekly Young Jump marked her first solo magazine cover. In the 2017/16 issue of the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine, she again had a solo cover.
In June 2016 she debuted as an actress on TV (in Keyakizaka46's TV drama titled Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?. Since April 17, 2017, she has been a regular on a popular radio show for teenagers titled School of Lock! on Tokyo FM. Hirate played one of the lead roles in the 2017 Nippon TV dorama Zankoku na Kankyakutachi.
Hirate withdrew from Keyakizaka46 on January 23, 2020.

Personal life

Public image

Hirate has been dubbed a "rebirth of Momoe Yamaguchi", "a masterpiece beyond Atsuko Maeda" and called one of the most attractive idols of 2016.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards