Hiromi Yanagihara

Hiromi Yanagihara 柳原 尋美
Born	(1979-10-19)October 19, 1979
Died	July 16, 1999(1999-07-16) (aged 19)
Occupation	Singer actress
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Years active	1999
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	Country Musume
Website	Hello! Project.com

Hiromi Yanagihara (柳原 尋美, Yanagihara Hiromi, October 19, 1979 – July 16, 1999) was a founding member of Hello! Project J-pop group Country Musume. She joined Country Musume in 1999 along with Rinne Toda and Azusa Kobayashi. On July 16, 1999, Yanagihara was killed in a car accident one week before the group's first release, Futari no Hokkaidou on July 23, 1999. She is the only Hello! Project member past or present to die.

Acts

Movies

• 1998 – Morning Keiji ~Daite Hold on Me!~ (モーニング刑事。～抱いてHold on Me!～, Morning Detective ~Hold on Me Hold on Me!~)

TV shows

• 1999-07-13 – Idol o Sagase

Dramas

• 1998-04-06 – Taiyō Musume to Umi (太陽娘と海, Sun Daughter and the Sea)
• 1998-07-09 – Kaze no Musumetachi (風の娘たち, Daughters of Wind)
• 1998-10-11 – Wine Musume Koi Monogatari (ワイン娘恋物語, Wine Daughter Love Story)

External links

• (Japanese) Necrology from Nikkan Sports
• Hiromi Yanagihara : Hello! Project Old School