Mirei Sasaki

Mirei Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 美玲, Hepburn: Sasaki Mirei) is a Japanese singer, model, actress, and reporter. She is a member of Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46, represented by Sony Music Records, and also an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Non-no.

Mirei Sasaki
佐々木 美玲
Also known asMīpan (みーぱん)[1]
Born (1999-12-17) December 17, 1999
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
OriginHyōgo Prefecture, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)
Years active2013–present
LabelsSony Music Records
Member of
Formerly of
    • choco☆milQ (2013 (2013)–2015 (2015))

Sasaki has appeared in dramas such as Women's Gourmet Burger Club (2020) and Kakegurui Twin (2021), and starred in Koeharu! (2021). She is also a lifestyle reporter for the Nippon TV morning show ZIP!

Career

Music

In 2013, Sasaki became a founding member of the Osaka-based local idol group choco☆milQ. She left the group on November 1, 2015.[2]

On 11 May 2016, Sasaki passed the auditions for new members of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46, which was hosted on the streaming platform Showroom. Sasaki, along with ten other people that passed the audition, joined Neru Nagahama in Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and was known as the "first generation".[3] Her first concert occurred on 28 October of the same year at Akasaka Blitz, where she performed Kanji Keyakizaka46's songs "Silent Majority" and "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", as well as Hiragana Keyakizaka46's own "Hiragana Keyaki".[4]

During her time at Hiragana Keyakizaka46, she has consistently appeared in every single between "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" and "Kuroi Hitsuji". She also appeared in every Hinatazaka46 single to date and a Sakamichi AKB song, "Hatsukoi Door", which included select members from the Sakamichi Series.[5]

Sasaki served as center (lead performer) for the main songs in both of Hinatazaka46's studio albums, namely "Kitai Shitenai Jibun" (期待していない自分, "I don't expect anything of myself") in Hashiridasu Shunkan (2018)[6] and "Azato Kawaii" (アザトカワイイ, "Cunning Cuteness") in Hinatazaka (2020).[7]

Other ventures

Sasaki portrayed the main character in the music video of Aimer's 2019 song "Hanabiratachi no March".[8] In February 2019, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Non-no.[9] On 18 September 2019, Sasaki hosted the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan along with fellow Hinatazaka46 members Kumi Sasaki, Nao Kosaka, and Miho Watanabe.[10]

As a bread lover, Sasaki hosted her first self-titled special program Kaiten! Mīpan Bakery (開店!みーぱんベーカリー, lit. 'Open for Business! Mīpan Bakery') (2019) on TV Asahi CS 1.[1] In April 2020, she became a regular lifestyle reporter for the "Kiterune!" (キテルネ！, transl. This is trending!) segment of the long-running Nippon TV morning show, ZIP!.[11] She also appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Japan Women's Gourmet Burger Club (2020)[12] and as Mikura Sado in the live-action series adaptation of Kakegurui Twin (2021),[13][14] and starred in the Hinatazaka46 drama Koeharu! (2021).[15] In 2022, she co-starred in the television series Piece of Cake on Nippon TV, which was adapted into a stage play in January 2023.[16] In March 2023, she co-starred as Yor Forger in the stage adaptation of best-selling manga Spy × Family.[17][18]

Personal life

Sasaki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Hyōgo Prefecture. She lived in Taiwan for four years as a child and can speak Mandarin.[19][20]

Filmography

Theater
Year Title Role(s) Venue(s) Run Notes Ref(s)
2018 Ayumi (あゆみ) Various AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo April 20–May 6 Part of Team Castanets (チームカスタネット) [21]
Magia Record (マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝) Nanami Yachiyo (七海やちよ) Akasaka ACT Theater August 24–September 9
2023 Piece of Cake (ぴーすおぶけーき) Nao Nakamura (中村直) Tennōzu Galaxy Theater January 20–29 Main role [16]
Spy × Family (SPY×FAMILY) Yor Forger (ヨル・フォージャー) Imperial Theater March 8–29 [17][18]
Hyogo Performing Arts Center April 11–16
Hakata-za May 3–21

Variety and talk shows
Year Title Role Channel Notes Source
2019 Kaiten! Mīpan Bakery Host TV Asahi [1]
2020–present ZIP! Regular reporter for lifestyle segment Nippon TV [11]

Dramas
Year Title Role Channel Run Notes Ref(s)
2017 Re:Mind Herself Netflix, TV Tokyo October 20–December 29, 2017 Main role [22]
2020 Dasada Ichigo Okada Nippon TV January 16–March 19 [23]
Japan Women's Gourmet Burger Club Emi Moribayashi TV Tokyo [12]
2021 Kakegurui Twin Mikura Sado Amazon Prime Video [13]
Koeharu! (声春っ!) Meiko Hinowa Nippon TV April 29–July 1 Lead role [15][24]
2022 Piece of Cake (ぴーすおぶけーき, Pīsu obu kēki) Nao Nakamura October 27–present Main role [16]

Music video
Year Artist Title Notes Ref(s)
2019 Aimer "Hanabiratachi no March" Main role [25]

Radio
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2022–present Lawson presents Hinatazaka46 no Hotto Hitoiki! (ローソン presents 日向坂46のほっとひといき!) Host (alternating with Suzuka Tomita and Hina Kawata) Tokyo FM April 1–present, Every Friday from 11:30 am [26][27]

Discography

Keyakizaka46 singles
Year Album Song
2016 "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai"[28] "Hiragana Keyaki" (ひらがなけやき)
"Futari Saison"[29] "Dare Yori mo Takaku Tobe!" (誰よりも高く跳べ!)
2017 "Fukyōwaon"[30] "W-KEYAKIZAKA no Uta" (W-KEYAKIZAKAの詩)
"Bokutachi wa Tsukiatteiru" (僕たちは付き合っている)
"Kaze ni Fukarete mo"[31] "Soredemo Aruiteru" (それでも歩いてる)
"No War in the Future"
2018 "Glass wo Ware!"[32] "Ima ni Mite Iro" (イマニミテイロ!)
"Ambivalent"[33] "Happy Aura" (ハッピーオーラ)
2019 "Kuroi Hitsuji"[34] "Kimi ni Hanashite Okitai Koto" (君に話しておきたいこと)
"Dakishimete Yaru" (抱きしめてやる)

Keyakizaka46 albums

The songs listed below are not included in any singles above.

Year Album Song Notes
2017 Masshiro na Mono wa Yogoshitaku naru[35] "Eien no Hakusen" (永遠の白線)
"Taiyou wa Miageru Hito o Erabanai" (太陽は見上げる人を選ばない)
2018 Hashiridasu Shunkan[36] "Kitai Shitenai Jibun" (期待していない自分) Center
"Wazuka na Hikari" (わずかな光) Solo
"Halloween no Kabocha ga Wareta" (ハロウィンのカボチャが割れた)
"Knock o Suru na!" (ノックをするな!)
"Oide Natsu no Kyoukaisen" (おいで夏の境界線)
"Yakusoku no Tamago" (約束の卵)
"Sharin ga Kishimu you ni Kimi ga Naku" (車輪が軋むように君が泣く)
"Konna Seiretsu o Dare ga Saseru no ka?" (こんな整列を誰がさせるのか？)
"Sanrinsha ni Noritai" (三輪車に乗りたい) Duet with Memi Kakizaki
"Hiragana de Koishitai" (ひらがなで恋したい)

Hinatazaka46 singles
Year Single Song Notes
2019 "Kyun"[37] "Kyun" (キュン)
"Joyful Love"
"Mimi ni Ochiru Namida" (耳に落ちる涙)
"Footsteps"
"Tokimeki Sō" (ときめき草)
"Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do"[38] "Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" (ドレミソラシド)
"Kitsune" (キツネ)
"My God"
"Konna ni Suki ni Natchatte Ii no?"[39] "Konna ni Suki ni Natchatte Ii no?" (こんなに好きになっちゃっていいの?)
"Honto no Jikan" (ホントの時間)
"Kawa wa Nagareru" (川は流れる)
2020 "Sonna Koto Nai yo"[40] "Sonna Koto Nai Yo" (ソンナコトナイヨ)
"Seishun no Uma" (青春の馬)
"Suki to Iu Koto wa..." (好きということは…)
"Mado o Hirakenakute mo" (窓を開けなくても)
2021 "Kimi Shika Katan"[41] "Kimi Shika Katan" (君しか勝たん)
"Koe no Ashiato" (声の足跡) co-center with Akari Nibu; Koeharu! theme song
"Dōsuru? Dōsuru? Dōsuru?" (どうする?どうする?どうする?)
"Bōdai na Yume ni Oshi Tsubusarete" (膨大な夢に押し潰されて)

Sakamichi AKB
Year Single Song
2019 "Jiwaru Days"[5] "Hatsukoi Door" (初恋ドア)

Video albums
Year Video album Notes Ref(s)
2022 Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary Memorial Live in Tokyo Dome (日向坂46 3周年記念MEMORIAL LIVE ～3回目のひな誕祭～ in 東京ドーム) [42]

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