is a Japanese singer, actress and former member of the idol

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where she was active in Team A. She also participated in the Korean-Japanese show '' Produce 48''.

Biography

In 2007, Miyazaki passed an audition for

and became a kenkyūsei (trainee) for the group's 5th generation. On July 13, 2008, she was promoted to Team A along with four other girls. On October 22, 2008, when AKB48 released the 10th single " Ōgoe Diamond", Miyazaki was listed among the performers on the A-side track for the first time. In February 2009, Miyazaki changed her talent agency to Horipro. In the AKB48 general election for that year, she ranked 18th and was put on the A-side team for the group's 13th single. She still have the record of being shortly senbatsu (1 year after she debuted in AKB...) On July 10, 2009, for an event dedicated to the

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Day, Miyazaki with Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai formed a subunit called Nattō Angel. At the event, they sang the self-titled track. On January 22, 2010, in the TV series '' Majisuka Gakuen'', Miyazaki debuted as an actress. On May 21, Miho Miyazaki was transferred from Team A to Team B. The transfer was announced on August 23 of the previous year. In the AKB48's 17th single selection Miyazaki placed 21st with 6,231 votes. This result was enough to pass the selection for the title track, but left her out of the media senbatsu*, that she was part of for the previous, 16th, single " Ponytail to Shushu". In July, she again participated in the Nattō Day celebration. That time, her group was called Nattō Angel Z, and the other girls in the unit were Sumire Satō and Haruka Ishida, both from Team B. On November 20, Miyazaki performed in AKB48's concert at the J-pop Culture Festival in

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. On May 14, 2011, Miyazaki joined AKB48 members Misaki Iwasa and Mika Komori to launch the first AKB48 concept store in

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. The event gathered hundreds of fans. In the general election, Miyazaki placed 27th. In the 2012 general election, held on June 6 at

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, Miho Miyazaki placed 38th. Miyazaki was transferred from Team B to Team K as part of the teams' reshuffle announced during the Tokyo Dome concert on August 24, 2012. On April 6, 2016, Miyazaki acted on the radio "ON8+1" as a radio host for the first time and has worked on this radio show every Wednesday. In 2018, she participated in the South Korean television competition '' Produce 48'' where she was eliminated in the final episode in 15th place. On December 12, 2021, Miyazaki announced her graduation from AKB48. She officially graduated from the group on April 15, 2022. She plans to start a career in

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after graduation.

Personal life

Miyazaki played for a

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team called Xanadu loves NHC.

Singles with AKB48

AKB48 stage units

; ''AKB48 Himawarigumi 2nd Stage "Yume o Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai"'' * "Bye Bye Bye" *: Hitomi Komatani's and Minami Takahashi's stand-by ; ''Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Ren'aichū" '' * *: Minami Takahashi's stand-by ; ''AKB48 Team A 5th Stage "Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei"'' * *: Minami Takahashi, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki ; ''THEATER G-ROSSO "Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai" '' * *: Erena Ono, Miho Miyazaki, Aika Ōta ; ''AKB48 Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami"'' *

Filmography

TV series

* (January 22 - February 5, March 26, 2010,

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.WOWOW) * (May 6 - July 1, 2011,

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), Minori Shinozaki * Ep. 18 - Marriage Meeting (June 15, 2016, TV Asahi), Miki

References

External links

Miho Miyazaki profile
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Miho Miyazaki agency profile
at Horipro {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyazaki, Miho 1993 births Living people Singers from Tokyo Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers AKB48 members Horipro artists Produce 48 contestants 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses