Yōko Shōgenji

Yōko Shōgenji
正源司 陽子
Shōgenji in 2024
Born (2007-02-14) February 14, 2007
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • television personality
Years active2022–present
Height157.5 cm (5 ft 2.0 in)
RelativesMao Ioki (cousin)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Instruments
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
Member ofHinatazaka46
WebsiteOfficial website

Yōko Shōgenji (Japanese: 正源司陽子, Hepburn: Shōgenji Yōko; born February 14, 2007)[1] is a Japanese singer and television personality. She is a member of the girl group Hinatazaka46.

Shōgenji joined Hinatazaka46 in 2022 and has served as the lead performer for the singles "Kimi wa Honeydew" (2024) and "Zettaiteki Dairokkan" (2024). She has also been a co-host for the NHK High School Courses educational show and starred in the feature film All of Tokyo! (2024).

Career

Shōgenji joined Hinatazaka46 in late 2022 as a fourth generation member and was the second youngest among the twelve new members at age 15. She was inspired to take the audition for the group after her cousin Mao Ioki joined Nogizaka46 earlier that year.[2] Her introduction documentary video was published on October 14, 2022, on the group's official YouTube channel.[3][4] In a collaboration between the group and major media outlets during the audition period, Shōgenji received the most "media awards", entitling her to appear in solo features in the awarding publications, of all the new members.[a][17] She plays the Western flute and guitar and has performed on both instruments in Hinatazaka46 concerts.[18][19]

From 2023 to 2024, Shōgenji was a co-host for the "Informatics I" subject (a compulsory Japanese high school subject since 2022[20]) of NHK Educational TV's NHK High School Courses (NHK高校講座, NHK Kōkō Kōza) educational show.[21] As an anime enthusiast, she also co-hosts Hinatazaka Anime Club, a variety show about learning anime production, broadcast irregularly on Kansai TV since 2023.[22]

Shōgenji became a song center (lead performer) for the first time for the fourth generation's song "Coelacanth", released on the 2023 single "One Choice".[23] She made her live music program debut on TV Asahi's Christmas special edition of Music Station, Super Live 2023, as the substitute center for the group's live performance of "One Choice".[24][25][26]

Shōgenji, along with Nao Kosaka and Miku Kanemura, was a subject for the Triangle Magazine 02 photo collection, or "visual magazine", published by Kodansha on January 23, 2024. Among the three models, she represented the theme of "youth". It placed first on both the Oricon Weekly Book and Photobook charts of its release week with 61 thousand copies sold.[27]

Shōgenji was the center of Hinatazaka46's 11th single, "Kimi wa Honeydew", released on May 8, 2024, and is the first fourth generation member to be a title song center.[23][28] She was again announced as center for the 12th single, "Zettaiteki Dairokkan", along with fellow fourth generation member Kaho Fujishima, making both of them the first double centers of a Hinatazaka46 title song.[29]

Shōgenji and Fujishima, fourth generation members of the same age, have been described as two of the group's emerging "leading figures" and are frequently paired together as the duo "Shogekaho".[30][31][32] They co-starred in the 2024 web commercial series Ice de Breakers for Morinaga & Company's Ice Box brand,[33] and in 2025 in a television commercial series for Sony Assurance (ソニー損保, Sony Sonpo), where they portrayed three sisters with series regular Nao Kosaka.[34]

Shōgenji made her film debut as the lead of 2024's All of Tokyo! (ゼンブ・オブ・トーキョー, Zenbu of Tokyo), with an ensemble cast of Hinatazaka46 fourth generation members and directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri.[35][36] She also starred in the music video of its theme song, "Kyūkōken to Rhythm" by Conton Candy.[37] In an interview, Kumakiri remarked that Shōgenji had been selected for the lead role as she could express various "colors".[38]

Shōgenji is scheduled to join the long-running All Night Nippon radio franchise as the Thursday host for All Night Nippon X (Cross) in April 2026, taking over from former fellow Hinatazaka46 member Konoka Matsuda.[39] She had previously served as a special host for an August 2025 broadcast of All Night Nippon 0 (Zero).[40]

Personal life

Shōgenji hails from Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, and has an older sister. All her family members play musical instruments. She practiced karate regularly until middle school and holds a brown belt.[41] Her surname has been noted for its rarity,[42][43] with only around 50 people in Japan sharing it.[44]

Discography

See also: Hinatazaka46 discography

The following are Shōgenji's notable participation in Hinatazaka46's discography.[45]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2024 All of Tokyo! (ゼンブ・オブ・トーキョー, Zenbu of Tokyo) Yurika Ikezono Lead role [35][36]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2023−2024 NHK High School Courses − "Informatics I" Co-host [21][46]
2023−present Hinatazaka Anime Club Co-host [22]
2024 Oha Suta Yōko Shōgenji in the Daimonji and Mondaiji comedy shorts series Guest star; 4 episodes [47][48]

Commercials

Year Title Notes
2024 Ice de Breakers[33][49] Morinaga Ice Box commercial series
2025 Sony Assurance[34] Sony Financial Group

Music videos

Year Title Artist Notes Ref(s)
2024 "Kyūkōken to Rhythm" (急行券とリズム; lit. 'Express Ticket and Rhythm') Conton Candy Lead role; All of Tokyo! theme song [37]

Bibliography

Title Release date Publisher ISBN
Triangle Magazine 02 (photo collection) January 23, 2024 Kodansha ISBN 978-4065347737

Radio

Other appearances

Stage play

Notes

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