Yuka Miyazaki

Yuka Miyazaki (宮崎 由加, Miyazaki Yuka, born 2 April 1994, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan[1]) is a Japanese television personality and former pop singer. She was formerly the leader of the Hello! Project group Juice=Juice.[4] Her fruit in the group was peach.

For the footballer, see Yuka Miyazaki (footballer).
Yuka Miyazaki
宮崎 由加
Also known as
  • Yukanya
  • Yukanyan (ゆかにゃん)
Born (1994-04-02) April 2, 1994[1]
Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan[1]
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2012[2]–
Associated acts

Miyazaki is represented by Up-Front Promotion.

Biography
  • From June to August 2011, Miyazaki auditioned for both the S/mileage Member Boshū and the Morning Musume Genki Jirushi, but both auditions were rejected.[3]
  • Miyazaki won the "Encouragement/Samantha Thavasa Award" in the 2nd Forest Award New Face Audition in March 2012.[5] During the audition, she played a piano cover of Ai Otsuka's "Planetarium".[6] After winning the award, Miyazaki received piano lessons in Tokyo every two weeks, and found out that she would debut in May.[6]
  • In October 2012, Miyazaki participated in the planning of the television series Hello! Satoyama Life. Miyazaki debuted as a member of the "Satoyama movement" group Green Fields.[7] The group had performed at Morning Musume's concert on the 28th of the same month.[8] This was Miyazaki's first stage performance.[9]
  • It was announced that Miyazaki and five Hello Pro Kenshusei members formed a new group on 3 February 2013.[10][lower-alpha 1] On 25 February, the group's name was revealed to be Juice=Juice.[3] Miyazaki is the oldest member of the group.[11]
  • On 13 June 2013 Miyazaki became the leader of Juice=Juice.[11]
  • On December 21, Miyazaki announced that she would graduate from Juice=Juice and Hello! Project at the end of Juice=Juice's 2019 spring tour.[12]

Works

Singles

Green Fields

Year Title
2012"Boys be ambitious!"
2013"Tokainaka no Kare (cw/ Haru wa Kuru)"

Videos
Year Title Ref.
2014Greeting: Yuka Miyazaki[13]

Filmography

TV series
Year Title Network Notes
2012Hello! Satoyama LifeTV TokyoAppeared before being a member of Juice=Juice

Radio
Year Title Network
2014Hello! Satoyama & Satoumi ClubRadio Japan

Publications

Photobooks
Year Title Ref.
2016Greeting -Photobook-[14]

Notes
  1. Miyazaki is not a Hello Pro Kenshusei member.[3]

References
  1. "宮崎由加プロフィール" (in Japanese). Up-Front DC. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  2. "宮崎由加 PROFILE". Up-Front Promotion (in Japanese). Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Tsunku (25 Feb 2013). "ハロプロ研修生新ユニットに関して（つんく♂オフィシャルブログ 「つんブロ♂芸能コース」 powered by アメブロ）" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  4. "（ツギクル☆アイドル）Juice=Juice". Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 12 Dec 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  5. "アップフロント音楽オーデ16歳女高生に栄冠 ニュース". Oricon Style (in Japanese). 28 Mar 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  6. "『FOREST AWARDオーディション』入賞・宮崎由加インタビュー「昨年の今頃は今の状況は想像もできませんでした！」". Web De-View (in Japanese). 7 Dec 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  7. "【SATOYAMA movement 新ユニット発表！及び CDリリースのお知らせ】". Hello! Project official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  8. "ハロプロメンバーらを擁する新ユニット2組が、娘。コンで初お披露目". Listen Japan (in Japanese). MTI. 29 Oct 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  9. "【ライブレポート】GREEN FIELDSとハーベスト、モーニング娘。のツアーでお披露目". Barks (in Japanese). Global Plus. 28 Oct 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  10. "ハロプロ新ユニット結成へ！つんく♂明かす 研修生など6人で"第1弾"". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 3 Feb 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  11. "ハロプロユニットJuice=Juice、この夏メジャーデビュー決定". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 13 Jun 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  12. "ニュース詳細｜ハロー！プロジェクト　オフィシャルサイト". helloproject.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  13. "宮崎由加DVD「Greeting ～宮崎由加～」" (in Japanese). e-LineUp! (DC Factory). 24 Feb 2014. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
  14. "Juice=Juice：リリース詳細". Hello! Project official site (in Japanese). DC Factory. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.