Maasa Sudo

is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.

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".

Television + Year Title Role Notes 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!!" 2011 Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen Fuyumi Okubo 12 episodes 2012 Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka Han Kaho Ōtomo Episode: "The School Girls Saw!" Juhō 2405: Watashi ga Shinu Wake Haruka Sawatari 2 episodes 2015 Minami-kun no Koibito Nurse Episode: "I Know I'm Useless"

Theater

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