<figure id="attachment_363018" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-363018" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fb7ae7dd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/03/87e2e48c21f05478b13697f3caec7e35.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-363018" class="wp-caption-text">Finally, Meruru Ikumi has decided to star in &#8220;Tuesday 10&#8221; for the April season.</figcaption></figure>
<p> When he first appeared on variety shows as a &#8220;balladol&#8221;, who would have guessed that he would become the actor he is today? &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p> Meruru Ikumi will be playing the lead role in the April season&#8217;s Tuesday 10 drama &#8220;Who&#8217;s in Love with Me? (TBS) in April. This is what people are saying on social networking sites,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> When she first came out, I thought she was just a silly celebrity, but she&#8217;s amazing!</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I think she is a fire 10 who has won not by being pushed by her agency, but completely by her ability and effort. She is an actress I want to support.</span></p>
<p> She has received a storm of praise from the public.</p>
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<p> Meruru took her first steps as a model 10 years ago when she was selected as an exclusive model for the elementary school fashion magazine &#8220;Nico☆Puchi. In 2003, she won the Popteen Award and Ray Award at the &#8220;TOKYO GIRLS AUDITION 2015&#8221; and became an exclusive model for the teenage fashion magazine &#8220;Popteen. She became the magazine&#8217;s most popular model, winning first place in a survey of &#8220;favorite models&#8221; in the April 2007 issue of the magazine&#8217;s present entry form.</p>
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<p> In 2008, she was selected as a regular personality for the radio program &#8220;Meruru no happi-su-room&#8221; (Bunka Hoso), and was a regular on &#8220;Hirunan desu! Hirunandes! and &#8220;School Revolution&#8221; (both on Nippon Television). She became popular for her slightly &#8220;silly&#8221; natural character.</p>
<p> Meruru made her debut as an actor in the late-night drama &#8220;Oshare no Ansoku ga Mukidanai&#8221; (NTV), which aired in the March 2009 season. It was her first appearance in a drama and she played the lead role.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Meruru&#39;s acting is a natural gift."></div>
<p><span class="strongInContent">At the time, there were words of criticism such as, &#8220;He was just riding on his popularity&#8221; and &#8220;He was being pushed by his office,&#8221; but he was already highly regarded as an actor in the TV industry.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In April 2009, Meruru appeared in a zombie comedy in the first special edition of the comedy show &#8220;New Key&#8221; (Fuji TV), which started airing in April 2009. Isn&#8217;t she a good actor? I didn&#8217;t even realize she was Meruru because the atmosphere was so different. I don&#8217;t think she had studied acting much up to that point, but I thought she was a talented girl.</span></p>
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<p> In 2010, she won the Best New Actor Award at the 46th Japan Academy Awards for her role as a lonely JK in the movie &#8220;Moekare wa ORANGE-iro&#8221;. He has been making a name for himself remarkably, and his talent as an actor has blossomed.</p>
<p> Although this is only her sixth film, her performance in the drama &#8220;Sexy Tanaka-san&#8221; (NTV) made a drama production producer at a key station realize her talent.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> I think she has a natural talent, but her acting is so natural that it is hard to believe she hasn&#8217;t had a long career. I don&#8217;t want to be rude to say that she is surprisingly clever, but she is quick to catch on and has a lot of facial expressions. I think he developed this through modeling and variety show appearances, but just because he has modeled and appeared in variety shows a lot as well does not necessarily mean he can be that resourceful. I still think he has talent as an actor. I think he still has a lot of room to grow, and I look forward to seeing what he can do in the future.</span></p>
<p> She is always smiling and cheerful, and many of the staff members are fans of hers. Her starring role in a prime time drama series was a foregone conclusion, but we have a feeling that she will become an even bigger star in the future.</p>


 Yusuke Kondo

 Meruru Ikumi will play the leading role in the April season Tuesday 10 drama "Who fell in love with me? a drama series that will premiere on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. She has steadily risen from a teen model to a balladol and then to an actor, but "it is amazing that she has made it this far solely on her ability," says a source.

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