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singer, actress and former member of the

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

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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 "

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", 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

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and

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formed a subunit called Nattō Angel. At the event, they sang the self-titled track. On January 22, 2010, in the TV series ''

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'', 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 "

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". 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

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, 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

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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 ''

'' 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 footsal team called Xanadu loves NHC.

Singles with AKB48

AKB48 stage units

; ''AKB48 Himawarigumi 2nd Stage "Yume o Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai"'' * "Bye Bye Bye" *:

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's and

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's stand-by ; ''Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Ren'aichū" * *:

's stand-by ; ''AKB48 Team A 5th Stage "Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei"'' * *:

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, Miho Miyazaki ; ''THEATER G-ROSSO "Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai" * *:

Erena Ono , is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was in "Team K" and her talent agency was Ohta Production. She was also part of AKB48 subgroups "Honegumi from AKB48", "AKBIdoling !! " and "ICE from AKB48". Career Ono was born ...

, Miho Miyazaki,

Aika Ōta , is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48, the captain of its Team KIV. She has also been a member of AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) a ...

; ''AKB48 Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami"'' *

Filmography

TV series

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

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), as Myao * (July 31, 2010 - August 27, 2010, WOWOW) * (May 6 - July 1, 2011,

), Myao * Ep.30 - Class Reunion (January 21, 2016,

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

References

External links

Miho Miyazaki profile
at

Miho Miyazaki agency profile
at

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