Sakura Miyawaki

Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, Miyawaki Sakura, born March 19, 1998), better known mononymously as Sakura, is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is currently a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim, and is a former member of South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One, Japanese girl group AKB48, and Japanese girl group HKT48.

The native form of this personal name is Miyawaki Sakura. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Sakura Miyawaki
Sakura in June 2023
Born (1998-03-19) March 19, 1998
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Other namesSakura
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • radio host
Years active2011[1]–present
AgentA.M.
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
Member ofLe Sserafim
Formerly of
Japanese name
Kanji宮脇 咲良
Hiraganaみやわき さくら
Katakanaミヤワキ サクラ
RomanizationMiyawaki Sakura

Korean name
Hangul미야와키 사쿠라
Revised RomanizationMiyawaki Sakura
McCune–ReischauerMiyawak'i Sak'ura
Signature
Sakura Miyawaki signature (Le Sserafim).svg

Miyawaki began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011, and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from 2014 to 2018. During her tenure, she held center positions for the singles "Kimi wa Melody" and "No Way Man". Miyawaki took a hiatus from HKT48 in 2018 after placing second in the reality competition show Produce 48, joining the girl group Iz*One until 2021, then leaving HKT48 a few months later to pursue her idol career in South Korea by joining Le Sserafim, which debuted in May 2022.

Career

2011–2017: Career beginnings

Miyawaki joined HKT48 as a first generation trainee in July 2011.[2] She made her first official appearance as an HKT48 member on October 23 at a national handshake event for the song "Flying Get". She made her theater debut on November 26 with a revival of SKE48 Team S stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara".[3][4][5]

Miyawaki was officially promoted to full member status of HKT48 Team H on March 4, 2012, along with 15 other trainees.[6][7]

In 2012, Miyawaki became the first HKT48 member to have ranked in the AKB48 general election. She received 6,635 votes, placing her at the 47th position.[8] 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 on May 22, 2013, and placed 26th overall in AKB48's 2013 general election with 25,760 votes.[9]

Miyawaki's first A-side participation with HKT48 was on its first single "Suki! Suki! Skip!"[10] (Like! Like! Skip!) and Melon Juice.[11]

On January 11, 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.[12] Later, at AKB48's Group Grand Reformation Festival, she was promoted to vice captain of Team KIV and given a concurrent position in AKB48 Team A.[13]

Miyawaki participated in the 2014 AKB48 general election and placed 11th overall with 45,538 votes, landing her a position on the A-side for "Kokoro no Placard".[14] In that year's rock-paper-scissors tournament, Miyawaki lost in the 3rd round of the preliminary competition. However, management decided she would share the lead position with winner Mayu Watanabe for AKB48's 38th single, "Kiboteki Refrain", and became the first local HKT48 member to have lead position on an A-side single.[15][16][17]

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.[18] She placed 7th overall in the general election the same year with 81,422 votes.[19]

In July 2015, she released her first photobook, titled Sakura which reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon photobook chart and number 3 on the general book chart.[20]

She got her first solo lead position on AKB's 43rd single with "Kimi wa Melody", released on March 9, 2016.[21]

2018–2021: Produce 48, Iz*One, graduation from HKT48
Main articles: Produce 48 and Iz*One
Sakura in 2018, as a contestant on Mnet's reality-survival program, Produce 48.

In 2018, Miyawaki participated and placed second in reality girl group survival show Produce 48 and became a member of Korean-Japanese idol group Iz*One that debuted in October of the same year. She and the other two Japanese members of the group took a hiatus from their respective Japanese groups until their contracts with Iz*One expired in April 2021.[22] She also launched her own video gaming channel on YouTube.[23] As of August 6, 2021, Miyawaki has over 692,000 subscribers and garnering 22 million video views.[24]

After Iz*One's disbandment in April 2021, a preview of her interview with the July issue of Vivi leaked that she was leaving HKT48. On May 15, 2021, Miyawaki confirmed her departure, with a graduation concert scheduled to be held on June 19.[25] A short version for the music video of her graduation song, "Omoide ni Suru ni wa Mada Hayasugiru" (思い出にするにはまだ早すぎる, lit. "It's Too Early to Turn it Into a Memory Yet"), was uploaded to YouTube on June 14, while the official audio was released on June 20.[26] Her final performance with HKT48 was on June 27.[27] In May 2021, Miyawaki became the face of the hair care brand Kerastase and the Chinese cosmetics brand Flower Knows.[28][29] On November 1, 2021, Vernalossom announced that Miyawaki's contract with them has concluded.[30]

2022–present: Debut with Le Sserafim

On March 14, 2022, Miyawaki, alongside former Iz*One member Kim Chae-won and former Produce 48 contestant Huh Yun-jin, signed exclusive contracts with Source Music, and were confirmed to debut as members of Le Sserafim in May.[31][32] On March 21, 2022, she joined Japanese talent agency A.M. Entertainment for individual activities in Japan.[33][34] On May 2, 2022, Le Sserafim made their debut with the extended play, Fearless.[35]

AKB48 General Election placements

Miyawaki's placements in AKB48's annual general elections:

EditionYearFinal rankNumber of votesPosition on singleSingleRef.
42012476,635Next GirlsDoremifa Onchi[36]
520132625,760UndergirlsAi no Imi o Kangaete Mita[37]
620141145,538SenbatsuKokoro no Placard[38]
72015781,422SenbatsuHalloween Night[39]
82016678,279SenbatsuLove Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai[40]
92017482,803Senbatsu#Sukinanda[41]
1020183141,106SenbatsuSentimental Train[42]

Discography
See also: AKB48 discography, HKT48 discography, Iz*One discography, and Le Sserafim discography

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted.[43]

Title Year Artist Album Lyrics Music Ref.
"Love Bubble" 2019 Iz*One Vampire YesNo —
"With*One" 2020 Oneiric Diary YesNo
"Secret Story of the Swan" (Japanese version) YesNo
"Yummy Summer" Twelve YesYes
"Fiesta" (Japanese version) YesNo [44]
"Zuttomo Project" 2021 =Love Weekend Citron YesNo [45]
"Good Parts (when the quality is bad but I am)" 2022 Le Sserafim Antifragile YesYes [46]
"피어나 (Between you, me and the lamppost)" 2023 Unforgiven YesNo [47]

Filmography
See also: AKB48 videography, HKT48 filmography, Iz*One filmography, and Le Sserafim filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Documentary of HKT48: The Night Theatre Manager Ozaki Cried Herself Documentary film [48]
Raison D'etre: Documentary of AKB48 [49]
2019 Diner Waitress Cameo [50]
2020 Eyes On Me: The Movie Herself Concert film [51]

Television series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Ano Hito no Ano Hi Nazuna Imagawa Television film [52]
2013 Himitsu Mari [53]
2015 Majisuka Gakuen 4 Sakura Miyawaki Lead role
Majisuka Gakuen 5
AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night Juri Episode 5: "Doppelgänger"
Majisuka Gakuen 0 Sakura Miyawaki Television film; lead role
2016 Crow's Blood Maki Togawa Lead role [54]
AKB Love Night: Love Factory Nao Episode 29: "Guruguru Curtain"
The Hero Yoshihiko and the Seven Chosen Ones School idol group member Cameo (Episode 9) [55]
2016–2017 Cabasuka Gakuen Sakura Miyawaki Lead role
2017 Tofu Pro-Wrestling Sakura Miyawaki/Cherry Miyawaki

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 AKB48 General Elections Special: The Akiba Papers Herself [56]
Doctor-Y: Surgeon Hideki Kaji Haruka Mifune [57]
2018 Shanghai Love Map Herself Cameo [58][59]

Web shows
Year Title Role Ref.
2022–present Fearless Kkura Host [60]

Television show
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Produce 48 Contestant Finished 2nd [61]
Everyone's Kitchen Cast member Pilot broadcast [62]
2019 [63]

Radio show
Year Title Network Role Ref.
2017–2021 Tonight Under the Sakura Tree Bay FM Host [64]

Bibliography

Solo photobooks
Title Release date Charts Publisher
JP
Oricon
PB
[65]		 Oricon
Books
[66]
Sakura
(宮脇咲良ファースト写真集「さくら」)		 July 2015 1 3 Shueisha
Sakura Miyawaki Graduation Visual Booklet
(宮脇咲良 卒業ビジュアルブックレット)		 May 2021 — Mercury
Media Pal

Notes
  1. As a member of Iz*One only.

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