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Haruka Shimada
島田 晴香
Haruka Shimada in 2013
Born	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 32) Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupations	Businessperson singer (former) actress (former)
Agent	Flave Entertainment (2009–2017)
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) (2010)
Spouse	Unknown ​(m. 2023)​
Children	1
Musical career
Also known as	Harū (はるぅ) Shimagon (しまごん) Shima-chan (島ちゃん) Ura Banchō (裏番長) Gian (ジャイアン, Jaian)
Years active	2009–2017
Formerly of	AKB48 (2009–2017)
Musical artist

Haruka Shimada (島田 晴香, Shimada Haruka, born 16 December 1992) is a Japanese businessperson and former singer and actress. She is a former member of AKB48, and has founded two companies aiming to provide second career options for aspiring and active entertainers.

Biography

Shimada joined AKB48 in 2009. During her time with the group, she had served as the vice-captain of Team K. In April 2017, Shimada announced that she would graduate from the group in September 2017 and retire from the entertainment industry. Her graduation live concert was held on November 13, and she released her photo book the same month. She posted her farewell message on her official Twitter and Instagram accounts on December 31, 2017 and stated that she will only maintain her Instagram account going forward.

In 2018, Shimada moved to London and lived there for about a year to learn English. She worked at an advertising agency after returning to Japan, and went on to establish the company Dct Inc. in May 2021. Drawing from her own experiences, the company offers courses to prepare Japanese idols for the general workforce should they decide to retire from the entertainment industry, considering that they often start out while in school and have little or no work experience outside the industry such as part-time work, although they might have an advantage in communication skills. Former AKB48 members have enrolled in the courses, three of whom found employment in January 2022. She later established a second company named Clover Academy, which offers a combined course of performing arts training and child care qualification for high school graduates who aspire to enter show business, similarly to provide an option for a second career should they later retire.

Shimada also helps manage her family's ryokan, Tachibana, in her hometown of Atami. After the 2021 Atami landslide, she launched a crowdfunding project for reconstruction of the affected areas, which managed to collect 3,331,000 yen.

Personal life

On November 22, 2023, Shimada announced her marriage to a general businessman. On May 12, 2024, she gave birth to her first child.

AKB48 participation

Singles

Albums

Other songs

Stage units

Filmography

TV dramas

Variety

Other TV programmes (mainly tennis related)

Stage

Radio

Films

Events

Internet

Bibliography

Books

Calendars

References

Notes

1. The cast members are Ryoka Oshima, Nana Okada, Shimada and Miho Miyazaki.

Sources

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External links

• Haruka Shimada on Instagram (in Japanese)
• Haruka Shimada on 755 (in Japanese)
• Dct.inc (in Japanese)
• Clover Academy Archived 2022-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

• AKB48 members
• Japanese idols
• 21st-century Japanese actresses
• Singers from Shizuoka Prefecture
• Living people
• 1992 births