is a Japanese tarento, actress, and former idol. She was a member of the idol group AKB48 under Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certified weather presenter, financial planner and a disaster prevention specialist.
Career
2011
Muto passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. She was featured in AKB48 Single for the first time in Kaze wa Fuiteiru, in the coupling song "Tsubomitachi". She didn't qualify in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 20, 2011.
2012
She was promoted to Team K after the AKB48 Tokyo Dome Shuffle on August 24, 2012. In the elections for the 27th single of AKB48, she placed 49th overall with 6,428 votes and became the center of Future Girls. She is the center of Gingham Check's coupling song, "Show Fight!". "Show Fight!" remained one of few songs to rank on every Request Hour since first participation. She didn't qualify in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 18, 2012.
2013
In the elections for the 32nd single of AKB48, she placed 45th overall with 16,221 votes and became Next Girls and was featured in Koi Suru Fortune Cookie's coupling song, "Kondo Koso Ecstasy". She was eliminated in first round in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 18, 2013, she was lost to Jurina Matsui, who would win that tournament. Even though she didn't place in the tournament, she was featured in Suzukake Nanchara's coupling song, "Mosh & Dive".
2014
On January 9, 2014, she was being selected as one of the 50 winners of the Young Jump Gravure Competition. On February 24, 2014, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, it was announced that she was transferred to team A. In the elections for the 37th single of AKB48, she placed 24th overall with 30,097 votes and became Undergirls and was featured in Kokoro no Placard's coupling song, "Dareka ga Nageta Ball". She became senbatsu for the first time in Kibōteki Refrain. She was eliminated in second round in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 17, 2014.
2015
She was transferred back to Team K after the AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015 on March 26, 2015. She was being chosen for senbatsu in Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai, which contained a voting card for AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo. She was also featured in Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai's coupling song, "Summer side". In the elections for the 41st single of AKB48, she placed 16th overall with 44,637 votes and became senbatsu of Halloween Night. She was eliminated in second round in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 16, 2015. She got the 2nd place in the last round voting for the audition held by Young Magazine and won a 1-year exclusive gravure contract with the magazine. Her first solo gravure under the contract was published on November 9, 2015.
2016
She was being chosen for senbatsu again in Tsubasa wa Iranai, which contained a voting card for AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo. In the elections for the 45th single of AKB48, she placed 10th overall with 58,624 votes and became senbatsu of Love Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai. She was eliminated in first round in rock-paper-scissors tournament on October 10, 2016.
2017
Muto graduated from the economics department of Seijo University. She enrolled into a master's degree program the same year.
She was being chosen for senbatsu again in Shoot Sign and Negaigoto no Mochigusare, both of two singles she was featured as media senbatsu for the first time. She applied for the AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo, but retired her application on April 12, 2017. She formed "Okapa-zu" unit with Nao Furuhata and Nana Fujita to participate in AKB48 Group Unit Janken Tournament 2017. They were eliminated in first round in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 24, 2017.