Hirai Miyo

Hirai Miyo promoting "Hai to Diamond / Go City Go / Fuuku no Housoku" (2024)

Hirai Miyo (平井美葉) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. She is the Leader of SeasoningS a member of the collective group BEYOOOOONDS.

Profile

Name: Hirai Miyo (平井美葉)
Nickname: Miyo~n (みよ〜ん)
Birthdate: December 11, 1999 (1999-12-11) (age 24)
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 156cm
Specialties: Dancing, painting
Hobbies: Taking photos, watching theater, dancing
Looks Up To: Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki
Hello! Project groups:
- BEYOOOOONDS (2018–)
  - SeasoningS (2018–)

History

Hirai Miyo participated in the 2016 13th generation Morning Musume '16 Shinseiki Audition and did not pass. The following year she tried out for the special 20th anniversaty Hello! Project Shin Member Audition, but failed to become a finalist.

Hirai and two other winners from the 2018 Hello! Project "ONLY YOU" Audtion, Kobayashi Honoka and Satoyoshi Utano, were revealed as new members of BEYOOOOONDS on December 3, 2018 during the "BEYOOOOONDS Ouen Kikaku FC Event 2018 ~Fuyu no Jin ZIN~" at Yamano Hall.

Publications

Photobooks

[2022.01.28] belles feuilles ([Fr]: Beautiful Leaves)
[2024.04.10] be-lief

[2020.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS① (Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka, Satoyoshi Utano)
[2020.09.09] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2020 AUTUMN Vol.2 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2020 AUTUMN Vol.2) (Niinuma Kisora, Kamikokuryo Moe, Tanimoto Ami, Kaga Kaede, Hirai Miyo, Morito Chisaki, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kobayashi Honoka, Shimakura Rika, Asakura Kiki, Satoyoshi Utano, Ono Mizuho, Makino Maria, Yokoyama Reina, Dambara Ruru, Sasaki Rikako, Inoue Rei)
[2021.04.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING Vol.6 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 SPRING Vol.6) (Dambara Ruru, Niinuma Kisora, Nishida Shiori, Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Hashisako Rin, Hirai Miyo, Fukumura Mizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Makino Maria, Matsunaga Riai, Matsumoto Wakana, Morito Chisaki, Yamagishi Riko, Yamazaki Mei, Yamazaki Yuhane, Yokoyama Reina)
[2021.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS②
[2021.11.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 Autumn Vol.7 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 Autumn Vol.7) (Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Haga Akane, Kaga Kaede, Yamazaki Mei, Matsumoto Wakana, Inoue Rei, Dambara Ruru, Tanimoto Ami, Ono Mizuho, Akiyama Mao, Ichioka Reina, Yamazaki Yuhane, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

[2019] The Girls Live
[2019–] AI・DOL PROJECT

Internet

[2019–] Hello! Station (ハロ!ステ)
[2019–] Hello Pro Dance Gakuen (ハロプロダンス学園)
[2019] Hello Pro Dance Gakuen Kagai Katsudou (ハロプロダンス学園課外活動)
[2019] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2019 (ハロプロ紅白対抗ザ☆バトル2019)
[2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! 2 (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!2)
[2020] Hello Pro no Collabo NIGHT! (ハロプロのコラボNIGHT!)

Commercials

[2020] Kagome GO! ME. "ONE DAY"

Theater

[2019] Fushigi no Kuni no Alice Tachi (不思議の国のアリスたち)
[2019] Reborn ~13-nin no Tamashi wa Kami-sama no Yume wo Miru~ (リボーン~13人の魂は神様の夢を見る~) (as Leonardo da Vinci)
[2020] Arabeyooooonds Nights (アラビヨーンズナイト) (as Sinbad)

Radio

[2019–] Kanazawa Tomoko no Vivid Midnight (金澤朋子のVivid Midnight)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no Biyo～～～～～tto Tobikoe Night! (BEYOOOOONDSのビヨ～～～～～っと飛び越えナイト!)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no O no Kazu wa Itsutsu Desu (BEYOOOOONDSのOの数は5つです)

Trivia

Participated in the special Hello! Project New Member Audition in 2017.
Her favorite genres of music are K-Pop and western music.
Her favorite sport is dance.
Her motto is "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" (身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれ; Mi wo sutete koso ukabuse mo are).
Studied ballet for 14 years, jazz and contemporary for 6 months, and began attending hiphop and contemporary classes while in University.
Was part of a 4-member band called "Popcorn" (ポップコーン) in high school.
Previously sang soprano, as part of her efforts to eventually play female roles in Takarazuka musicals.
Applied to the Takarazuka Music School at one point.
She became a fan of Hello! Project after her older sister showed her music videos. Her desire to become a performer and her admiration of Hello! Project idols for their high skills led to her taking the audition.
Is interested in writing lyrics and song composition.
She's a fan of dancer and model Sugawara Koharu and the all-female musical theater troupe Takarazuka Revue. Her favorite Takarazuka show is "Wakaki Hi no Uta wa Wasureji" ( 若き日の唄は忘れじ).
Her favorite Hello! Project song is "Ashita Tenki ni Naare" by Kobushi Factory.