Karen Iwata

岩田華怜

Height: 159 cm Twitter | Instagram Karen Iwata auditioned for AKB48 and was selected to join as a kenkyusei (trainee) in April 2011. In December 2011, Iwata auditioned for a role in the TV animated series AKB0048 and was selected to play the main character, Nagisa Motomiya. As part of the anime project, she sang with eight other AKB48 members in the subunit No Name on the show's theme songs. In March 2012, during the Saitama Super Arena concert, Iwata was one of the trainee members who were promoted to full AKB48 members in the new Team 4. In July 2012, Iwata was selected to host a TV progr…