Sakura Miyawaki

Sakura Miyawaki
Miyawaki in Produce 48 (2018)
Native name 宮脇 咲良
Born (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998
Kagoshima, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Other names Sakura (さくら)
Occupation Singer
Years active 2011–present
Agent AKS
Musical career
Genres J-pop, K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Associated acts

Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, Miyawaki Sakura, born 19 March 1998) is a Japanese singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48, and South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz One after placing second in the competition television show Produce 48. She is vice-captain of HKT48's Team KIV and former concurrent member of AKB48's Team A.

In the General Elections of AKB48, she was elected as No. 47 (2012), No. 26 (2013), No. 11 (2014), No. 7 (2015), No. 6 (2016), No. 4 (2017), and No. 3 (2018).[1] As one of the group's future super stars, she became the center (leading singer and dancer) of AKB48’s 43rd single "Kimi wa Melody" (Your Melody) which is AKB48's 10th Anniversary Memorial single in January 2016.[2] In 2017, together with Jurina Matsui from SKE48, the two next generation aces that are also known as JuriSaku pair were chosen to be the WCenter (double centers) for AKB48 group commemorative 48th single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare".[3]

In 2018, Miyawaki joined the survival show Produce 48 and was selected as the center of the show's performance of the theme song, "Nekkoya". She placed 2nd and will debut in October 2018 as a member of Iz One.[4]

Career

Miyawaki joined HKT48 as their first generation kenkyūsei (trainee) in July 2011. She made her first official appearance as an HKT48 member along with the other first generation trainees on October 23 at a "Flying Get" national handshake event. Her theater debut was on November 26 with a revival of Team S stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara".

Miyawaki was officially promoted to a full member of Team H on March 4, 2012, along with 15 other girls.

In 2012, Miyawaki became the first HKT48 member that originated from HKT48 to have ranked in an AKB48 general election. She received 6,635 votes, placing her at the 47th position.[5] Later that year, she landed her first A-side participation on AKB48's 28th single "Uza". Although she did not make the A-side for the 29th and 30th singles, she appeared on the A-side for the 31st single, "Sayonara Crawl", released May 22, 2013, and placed 26th overall in AKB48's 2013 general election with 25,760 votes.[6]

Miyawaki's first A-side participation with HKT48 was on their first single "Suki! Suki! Skip!"[7] (Like! Like! Skip!) and Melon Juice.[8]

On 11 January 2014, it was announced during the first day of HKT48's Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour at Oita, that Miyawaki would be transferred to the newly formed Team KIV.[9] Later, at AKB48's Group Grand Reformation Festival, she was promoted to vice captain of Team KIV and given a concurrent position in AKB48's Team A.[10]

For AKB48's 36th single, "Labrador Retriever", Miyawaki appeared on the A-side. In the 2014 AKB48 general election, she placed eleventh overall with 45,538 votes and sang on the A-side for "Kokoro no Placard".[11] For that year's rock-paper-scissors tournament, Miyawaki lost in the 3rd round of the preliminary competition. However, management decided she would share the center position with winner Mayu Watanabe for AKB48's 38th single, "Kiboteki Refrain", and became the first local HKT48 member to center on an A-side single.[12][13][14]

In 2015, Miyawaki was given a lead role in AKB48's drama Majisuka Gakuen 4 along with Haruka Shimazaki. The season premiered on January 19.[15] She placed seventh overall in the general election with 81,422 votes.[16]

In July 2015, she released her first photobook, titled Sakura. On Oricon it reached number 1 on the weekly photobook chart and number 3 on the general book chart.[17]

On AKB's 43rd single, "Kimi wa Melody", released March 9, 2016, she got her first solo center on an AKB48 single.

In 2018, Miyawaki participated and placed second in reality girl group survival show Produce 48 and became a member of Japanese-Korean idol group Iz One that will debut in October of the same year. She and the other two Japanese members of the group will take a hiatus from their respective Japanese groups until their contracts with Iz One expire in April 2021.[18] She also started her own video gaming channel on YouTube.[19]

Discography

Singles with AKB48

Year No. Title Role[20] Notes
2012 27 "Gingham Check" B-side Ranked 47th in 2012 general election. Sang 'Do Re Mi Fa Onchi' with Next Girls.
28 "Uza" A-side
29 "Eien Pressure" B-side Sang HKT48's first original song, 'Hatsukoi Butterfly'.
2013 30 "So Long!" B-side Sang 'Waiting Room' with Undergirls.
31 "Sayonara Crawl" A-side
32 "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" B-side Ranked 26th in 2013 General Election. Sang Ai no Imi o Kangaete Mita with Undergirls.
33 "Heart Electric" B-side Sang 'Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku' with Undergirls.
34 "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de..." B-side Sang 'Wink wa Sankai' with HKT48.
2014 35 "Mae Shika Mukanee" B-side Sang 'Kinou Yori Motto Suki' as part of the unit Smiling Lions.
36 "Labrador Retriever" A-side Also sang 'Kimi wa Kimagure' as part of Team A.
37 "Kokoro no Placard" A-side Ranked 11th in 2014 General Election.
38 "Kibōteki Refrain" A-side, Center Center along with Mayu Watanabe. Also sang 'Juujun na Slave' as part of Team A.
2015 39 "Green Flash" A-side Also sang on "Majisuka Fight" and "Otona Ressha"
40 "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" A-side
41 "Halloween Night" A-side Ranked 7th in 2015 general election. Also sang "Ippome Ondo" "Yankee Machine Gun" & "Gunzou"
42 "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" A-side Also sang "365 Nichi no Kamihikōki", "Yasashii Place" and "Senaka Kotoba".
2016 43 "Kimi wa Melody" A-side, Center First solo center. Marked as the 10th Anniversary Single. Also sang "Make noise" with HKT48, "Mazariau Mono" as NogizakaAKB and "M.T ni Sasagu" as part of Team A.
44 "Tsubasa wa Iranai" A-side Also sang "Set me free" as Team A.
45 "Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai" A-side Ranked 6th in the 8th General Election. Also sang "Hikari to Kage no Hibi" and "Black Flower".
46 "High Tension" A-side
2017 47 "Shoot Sign" A-side Also sang "Tomaranai Kanransha" with HKT48 and "Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?" as Sakamichi AKB.
48 "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" A-side, Center Center along with Jurina Matsui.
49 "#SukiNanda" A-side Ranked 4th in the 9th general election. Also sang "Give up wa Shinai" center along with Jurina Matsui
50 "11gatsu no Anklet" A-side
2018 51 "Jabaja" A-side Also sang "Buttaoreru Made" center along with Rino Sashihara and "Kokkyo no Nai Jidai"
52 "Teacher Teacher" A-side
53 "Sentimental Train" A-side Ranked 3rd in the 10th general election
54 "No Way Man" A-side, Centre Last AKB48 single to participate before promoting as Iz One member for 2.5 years

Singles with HKT48

Year No. Title Role[21] Notes
2013 1 "Suki! Suki! Skip!" A-side Also sang on "Onegai Valentine", "Seifuku no Bambi" and centered "Kataomoi no Karage "
2 "Melon Juice" A-side Also sang on "Soko de Nani o Kangaeru ka?", "Namioto no Orugoru " and centered "Kibou no Kairyuu "
2014 3 "Sakura, Minnade Tabeta" A-side Also sang on "Kimi wa Doushite?" and "Mukashi no Kareshi no Oniichan to Tsukiau to Iu Koto"
4 "Hikaeme I Love You!" A-side Also sang on "Natsu no Mae" with Team KIV
2015 5 "12 Byō" A-side, Center WCenter along with Haruka Kodama. First center position in a HKT48 single
6 "Shekarashika!" A-side
2016 7 "74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e" A-side
8 "Saikō Kayo" A-side
2017 9 "Bagutte Iijan" A-side
10 "Kiss wa Motsushikanai no Deshōka?" A-side Also sang "Koisuru Ribbon!"
2018 11 "Hayaokuri Calendar" A-side Also sang "Kisetsu no Sei ni Shitaku wa nai" and centered "Boku no Omoi ga Itsuka Niji ni Naru Made"

Stage units

Team H 1st Stage "Te o Tsunaginara" (Hand in hand)
  • "Wimbledon e Tsureteitte" (Take me to Wimbledon)
Team H Waiting Stage "Hakata Legend"
  • "Glass no I Love You" (Glass-like I love you)
  • "Seifuku no Bambi" (Bambi in Uniform)
HKT48's Himawarigumi 1st Stage "Pajama Drive"
  • "Pajama Drive"
Team KIV 1st Stage "Theater no Megami" (The Goddess of Theater)
  • "Candy"
Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei" (Revival) (Regulations of Forbbiding Love)
  • "Heart Gata Virus" (Heart-shaped Virus)

Filmography

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Source Notes
2012 Ano Hito no Ano Hi Nazuna Imagawa NHK General TV [22] Television film
2013 Himitsu Mari FBS [23] Television film
2015 Majisuka Gakuen 4 Sakura Miyawaki NTV Lead role
Majisuka Gakuen 5 Sakura Miyawaki NTV, Hulu Lead role
AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night Juri TV Asahi Episode 5: "Doppelgänger"
Majisuka Gakuen 0 Sakura Miyawaki NTV, Hulu Television film; lead role
2016 Crow's Blood Maki Togawa Hulu [24] Lead role
AKB Love Night: Love Factory Nao TV Asahi Episode 29: "Guruguru Curtain"
Doctor-Y: Surgeon Hideki Kaji Haruka Mifune au VideoPass, TV Asahi douga [25] Webdrama
The Hero Yoshihiko and the Seven Chosen Ones School idol group member TV Tokyo [26] Episode 9
2016–2017 Cabasuka Gakuen Sakura Miyawaki/Same NTV Lead role
2017 Tofu Pro-Wrestling Sakura Miyawaki/Cherry Miyawaki TV Asahi Lead role
2018 Shanghai Love Map Herself iQiyi [27][28] Chinese webdrama; episode 5

Bibliography

Solo photobooks

# Title Release date Charts Publisher
JP
Oricon
PB
[29]		 JP
Oricon
Books
[30]
1 Sakura
  (宮脇咲良ファースト写真集「さくら」)		 July 2015 1 3 Shueisha

References

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  2. ↑ "AKB48's 43rd Single "Kimi wa Melody" Revealed on Final Day of Request Hour 2016!". Japanese kawaii idol music culture news | Tokyo Girls Update. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  3. ↑ http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Negaigoto_no_Mochigusare
  4. ↑ "[단독]미야와키 사쿠라, '프로듀스 48' 센터됐다". Naver (in Korean).
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  8. ↑ "ディスコグラフィー - メロンジュース". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
  9. ↑ "HKT48、新チーム「KIV」発足＆初再編　指原劇場支配人が"クラス替え"発表".
  10. ↑ "AKB48グループ「大組閣祭り」速報　乃木坂46生駒、SKE48木崎などの仰天人事も続々".
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  13. ↑ "AKB48、新曲選抜メンバー32人発表　Wセンターは？". Modelpress (in Japanese). September 17, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ http://akbzine.com/2015/07/17/sakuras-touching-response-fan-discussion/
  15. ↑ "Details on AKB48 Groups' Drama Series "Majisuka Gakuen 4" Revealed!".
  16. ↑ "Results of the AKB48 41st single elections are out!". aramajapan.com. June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ "【オリコン】宮脇咲良、初写真集が部門1位 総合も3位ランクイン". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  18. ↑ "Japanese IZ*ONE members to take hiatus from AKB48". SBS PopAsia. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  19. ↑ "Miyawaki Sakura has a gaming channel where she plays Fortnite/Splatoon 2/Undertale - Asian Junkie". Asian Junkie. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  20. ↑ Center and A-side lineup information provided by "AKB48 歴代シングル選抜メンバー（2006年～2013年）" [(2006-2013) AKB48 successive single member selection]. entamedata.web.fc2.com. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  21. ↑ Center and A-side lineup information provided by "HKT48 歴代シングル選抜メンバー/センター(2013年～)" [HKT48 successive single member selection (2013-)]. entamedata.web.fc2.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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  23. ↑ "HKT48ドラマスペシャル「秘密」" (in Japanese). Entertainment Mabui. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Hulu Horror Series Crow's Blood's Teaser Show AKB48 Idols (Updated)". Anime News Network. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  25. ↑ "勝村政信、『ドクターX』スピンオフ主役に驚き「マジかよ!」" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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  27. ↑ "女孩们，别再怀抱玛丽苏幻想" (in Chinese). 恋爱地图上海篇. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Miyawaki Sakura cast in Chinese drama SHANGHAI LOVE MAP". JShowbiz. November 9, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  29. ↑ 宮脇咲良ファースト写真集「さくら」
    "オリコン週間 写真集ランキング 2015年07月06日～2015年07月12日". ORICON STYLE. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  30. ↑ 宮脇咲良ファースト写真集「さくら」
    "オリコン週間 BOOK総合ランキング 2015年07月06日～2015年07月12日". ORICON STYLE. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
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