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.
Miyazaki is represented by Up-Front Promotion.
Career
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][a] 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]
Personal life
On 4 August 2023, Miyazaki announced through a handwritten letter on her official twitter account that she has registered her marriage to her non-celebrity husband.[13]
^ abc"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.
^ ab"宮崎由加 PROFILE". Up-Front Promotion (in Japanese). Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
