Erina Mano

Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and its musical group Ongaku Gatas. On March 29, 2008, she started a solo music career, working under the management and promotion of J.P Room. She continued with Hello! Project until 2013, and is now performing in solo music projects as well as acting in films and television.

• Name — Erina Mano • Native Name — 真野恵里菜 • Born — 11 April 1991 • Birthplace — Zama, Kanagawa, Japan • Website — http: just-pro.jp/manoerina • Genre — J-Pop • Occupation — * Singer • actress • Instrument — * Vocals • piano • Years Active — 2006–present • Label — Hachama • Past Member Of — Hello! Project (Hello Pro Egg, Ongaku Gatas, Gatas Brilhantes H.P., Petitmoni V, Hello! Project Mobekimasu)

Erina Mano joined Hello! Project as a Hello! Pro Egg in 2006 after passing the Up-Front Group "Egg" Audition. In 2007, she was one of the six members of the Hello! Pro Egg to be added to Ongaku Gatas and became a reserve player for the Gatas Brilhantes H.P. club. She graduated from Ongaku Gatas on March 2, 2008 and Hello! Pro Egg on March 29, 2008 to debut as a soloist. On June 29, 2008 she released her debut indie, "Manopiano". She has been featured as the opening act in various of her Senpai's concerts (Natsumi Abe, Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo and Cute), starting in August 2008.

Having received piano lessons since kindergarten, Mano's solo work within Hello! Project prominently features her playing the piano parts of her musical releases and providing the vocal and piano parts of her songs while performing in concerts and at live events. In 2008, Mano released three singles under an independent label. She has debuted under a major label Hachama with the single "Otome no Inori", released on March 18, 2009. It reached a number three position on the Oricon charts the first day of release and reached number five on the weekly chart. In 2009, Mano was announced as being one of the members of the new version of Pucchi Moni. Mano's songs are usually composed by KAN. Aya Matsuura has told her via a video comment in April 2009 that she "...needs to be the best singer in H!P, and in order to do that, she'll need to be a better singer than Ai Takahashi."

Mano, along with S/mileage and Morning Musume will star in the CS-Fuji TV-TWO dorama Half Esper which will begin broadcasting in January 2010. Mano's role is a half-trained esper that left a secret government esper research organization known as Kokueken, without being able to fully control her supernatural powers. In 2010 as well, the TBS drama Mano Spy will begin, where Mano plays herself, under the fictional premise that she's an undercover agent. She's sent to Japan as a spy for the Queen of the United Kingdom, and ends up passing an idol audition, so she has trouble with her espionage duties. The theme song of the show is "Matsuge no Saki ni Kimi ga Iru" (from Mano's first album). The show will begin streaming on the internet on January 26 and will be broadcast on BS-TBS on February 27. She also was in a new drama called DEATH GAME PARK. On July 1, 2010, Mano made her US debut in Los Angeles. Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo, a Japanese horror film in which she starred and had its world premiere at Club Nokia. She also had a short mini concert, a mini Q and A, and an autograph session for the fans who attended the event.

In 2011, Mano's radio show, "Mano-Deli", was replaced by Morning Musume 9th generation member Riho Sayashi's "Riho-Deli" Also in 2011, it was announced that Mano would star in a short film called "Miyuki's Wind Bell". In 2011 she had her another solo concert named, Mano Erina's Concert Tour 2011〜Hatachi no Otome 801DAYS. In July she made a public appearance at South Korea to attend the Puchon International Fantastic Film which would film her movie.

On April 18, it was announced that Mano, Maimi Yajima, Airi Suzuki, and Chisato Okai would star in a new stage play, Theatre In The Round. On November 30, it was announced that she would be joining the M-Line fanclub in March 2013.

On February 19, it was announced that Mano would star in TV Tokyo's drama Minna! ESPer Dayo!. On February 23, she released the photobook Mano na no and graduated from Hello! Project. On July 25, it was announced she would star in the drama Nijushi no Hitomi, which was her first prime time drama. On August 18, Mano appeared on the cover of the magazine Nini-Funi. On December 6, her manager announced that she would appear in a new drama, Shark, in January 2014, starring Johnnies Jr.

In June 2014, Mano held her first concert since her graduation from Hello! Project1, titled "Again ~ Live House de Moetsukiyou!~".

Mano married footballer Gaku Shibasaki on July 16, 2018. On July 8, 2024, she announced the birth of their first child.

On July 1, 2010, Mano made her first promotional appearance outside Japan at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for her movie debut in Kai-Ki: Tales of Horror. Mano sang two songs before the screening and held a Q&A and autograph session for her fans. In July 2011, she made her second appearance outside Japan in South Korea.

• # — Title — Release date • Peak ranks • Indies • 1 — "Mano Piano" — June 29, 2008 • 2 — "Lucky Aura" — October 5, 2008 • 3 — "LaLaLa-SoSoSo" — December 12, 2008 • Major • 1 — "Otome no Inori" — March 18, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #5 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #17 • 2 — "My First Experience" — May 20, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #6 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #11 • 3 — "Worldwide Summer Party" — July 29, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #10 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #37 • 4 — "The Beating of This Chest" — September 30, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #7 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #31 • 5 — "Love & Peace = Paradise" (Love & Peace = パラダイス) — November 25, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #12 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #45 • 6 — "Haru no Arashi" — February 24, 2010 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #10 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #28 • 7 — "Onegai Dakara..." — May 12, 2010 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #7 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #20 • 8 — "Genkimono de Ikō!" — September 15, 2010 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #7 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #23 • 9 — "Seishun no Serenade" — January 26, 2011 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #13 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #45 • 10 — "My Days for You" — June 29, 2011 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #10 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #35 • 11 — "Heart Pounding Baby/Twilight Intersection"" — February 22, 2012 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #9 * Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales: #35 • 12 — "Song for the Date" — June 27, 2012 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #7 • 13 — "Next My Self" — December 12, 2012 • * Oricon Weekly Singles: #8

• Artist(s) — Title — Release date • Bekimasu — "Makeruna Wasshoi!" — August 6, 2011 (digital) December 21, 2011 (CD single) • Hello! Project Mobekimasu — "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" — November 16, 2011

• # — Title — Release date • Peak ranks • 1 — FRIENDS — December 16, 2009 • * Oricon Weekly Albums: #33 • 2 — MORE FRIENDS — November 24, 2010 • * Oricon Weekly Albums: #32 • 3 — More Friends Over — March 28, 2012 • * Oricon Weekly Albums: -

• Show — Start date — End date — Station • Pocky 4 Sisters! — December 27, 2008 — BS-i • Tokyo Shōjo — February 7, 2009 — February 28, 2009 — BS-i • Koisuru Seiza — April 6, 2009 — June 25, 2009 — BS-i • Hanbun Esper "Half ESPer" — January, 2010 — March 19, 2010 — Fuji Television two(CS) • SPEC (ONLY episode#7 as Satori) — October, 2010 — December, 2010 — TBS • SPEC Special Episode~SHOH(#10) — April 1, 2012 — TBS • Minna! ESPer Dayo! — April 12, 2013 — July 5, 2013 — TV Tokyo • Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (逃げるは恥だが役に立つ) — October 11, 2016 — December 20, 2016 — TBS • Kono Yo ni Tayasui Shigoto wa Nai — April 6, 2017 — May 25, 2017 — NHK

• Show — Start date — End date — Station • Berikyū! — March 31, 2008 — October 3, 2009 — TV Tokyo • Yorosen! — October 6, 2008 — March 27, 2009 — TV Tokyo

The authorities additionally record the headings Mano Erina, Manoeri and Manochan. Her recorded language was Japanese. She married Gaku Shibasaki.