Quick Facts
Biography
Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, Miyawaki Sakura, born 19 March 1998 in Kagoshima Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and a member of the Japanese idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. She is vice captain of HKT48's Team KIV and 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) and No.7 (2015) among over 450 members. As one of the group's future super star, she became the center (leading singer & dancer) of AKB48 43rd single "Kimi wa Melody" (You're melody) which is AKB48's Tenth Anniversary Memorial single in January, 2016.
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 from a Kenkyūsei (Trainee) to a 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. 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.
Miyawaki's first A-side participation with HKT48 was on their first single "Suki! Suki! Skip!" (Like! Like! Skip!) and Melon Juice.
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. 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.
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". 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.
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. She placed seventh overall in the general election with 81,422 votes.
On AKB's 43rd single, "Kimi wa Melody", released March 9, 2016, she got her first solo center on an AKB48 single.
Discography
Singles with AKB48
| Year | No. | Title | Role | 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 | Also sang "Hikari to Kage no Hibi" and "Black Flower". | |
| 46 | "High Tension" | A-side |
Singles with HKT48
| Year | No. | Title | Role | 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 | |
| 6 | "Shekarashika!" | A-side | ||
| 2016 | 7 | "74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e" | A-side |
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
- (あのひとあの日) (2012) as 会川なずな
- Majisuka Gakuen 4 (2015), as herself
- Majisuka Gakuen 5 (2015), as herself
- AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night Ep.5 - Doppelganger (2015) as Juri
- Majisuka Gakuen 0 (2015) as herself
- Crow's Blood (2016), as Maki Togawa
- Cabasuka Gakuen (2016), as herself (Same)
- "宮脇咲良". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- "Hulu Horror Series Crow's Blood's Teaser Show AKB48 Idols (Updated)". Anime News Network. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.