Actor's School Hiroshima


Actor's School Hiroshima, commonly abbreviated to ASH, is a performing arts school in Hiroshima, Japan, founded in 1999. It is managed by the production company, a subsidiary of Shinhiroshima Telecasting, and is located within TSS Production offices. It has a longstanding business relationship with the talent agency Amuse, Inc. In October 2017, ASH opened a branch school near Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama, the second-largest city in Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Activities

Classes offered at Actor's School Hiroshima include acting, singing, dancing, and modelling.
ASH maintains several internal idol groups, the membership of which consists of active students who perform both in internal and outside events, allowing them to obtain real-world experience. These include, MAX♡GIRLS, peony, and Kakumei Shojo.
ASH holds recitals, or "Acts", twice a year in the spring and autumn. The audience is allowed to record the performances using professional equipment. Students may perform solo or in groups after passing auditions, and the internal idol groups also perform there, often groups where a former ASH student is present.

Alumni relations

In March 2019, to commemorate the school's 20th anniversary, ASH students performed a medley of songs released by their notable alumni in that year's Spring Act.
In June 2019, former Morning Musume member Riho Sayashiwho had been out of the public eye for over three yearsbecame a temporary backing dancer for the kawaii metal band Babymetal, appearing with them at Yokohama Arena and the UK's Glastonbury Festival. This was a shocking occurrence in the Japanese entertainment industry due to Sayashi's prominent position in Morning Musume, which is signed to a different agency to Babymetal, and because Sayashi and Babymetal lead singer Suzuka Nakamoto were considered two of the top students and rivals during their time at ASH. Their history is believed to be an influence on the decision.
On December 1, 2020, Arisa Mineyoshi of STU48 covered "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" by Babymetal in the final rounds of the AKB48 Group No. 1 Singer Contest.
On February 2, 2021, Nikkan SPA! reported on a series of concerts at the Nippon Budokan by three different musical acts fronted by ASH graduates, which it dubbed the "Budokan ASH Relay". It started with STU48, which performed there on January 15 and announced that Chiho Ishida would be the lead performer in their sixth single. Mitsuki Imamura, the group's captain, tweeted after the show "We left the baton at the Budokan", and =Love leader Anna Yamamoto tweeted "We received the baton" before her group performed there the next day. Babymetal would also perform in Budokan on the 19th and 20th, the first two shows in a planned ten-day performance.
On September 20, 2021, STU48 announced the "New Wave Project", an STU48 trainee recruitment process exclusively for active ASH students, at the 2021 ASH Autumn Act.

Notable faculty

Notable alumni