Natsuyaki Miyabi

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Natsuyaki Miyabi (2009)

Natsuyaki Miyabi (夏焼雅) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Agency and part of Hello! Project. She is a member of Berryz Kobo.

Profile

• Name: Natsuyaki Miyabi (夏焼雅)
• Nicknames: Miyabi (みやび), Miiya (みーや), Miiyan (みーやん)
• Birthday: August 25, 1992
• Blood type: O
• Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Hello! Project Kids (2002–2004)
  • Aa! (2003; 2009–)
  • Berryz Kobo (2004–)
  • H.P. All Stars (2004)
  • Hello! Project Shirogumi (2005)
  • Sexy Otonajan (2005)
  • Wonderful Hearts (2006–2009)
  • Buono! (2007–)
• Other:
  • Little Gatas (2004–2007)
  • Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (2007–2008)

History

Natsuyaki Miyabi joined Hello! Project in 2002 as a member of Hello! Project Kids after passing the group's audition. In 2003 she was a member of the special unit Aa!.

In 2004, she was one of eight members selected to form Berryz Kobo. Since then, she has become one of the group's main singers and often leads in their singles.

In 2005 Miyabi became a member of Hello! Project's shuffle unit Sexy Otonajan along with Miki Fujimoto from Morning Musume and Megumi Murakami from ℃-ute. The unit was a one-shot unit, releasing their first and last single, "Onna, Kanashii, Otona" within the same year.

In 2007, Natsuyaki became part of the unit Shugo Chara Unit Buono!, along with fellow Berryz Kobo member Tsugunaga Momoko.

In 2009, Natsuyaki reprised her position as a singer in Aa!, with the release of the Hello! Project Champloo 1 ~Happy Marriage Song Cover Shuu~ album.

At the news of Umeda Erika's graduation from C-ute, Natsuyaki was said to be one of the most distressed, as the two had been close friends during their time as Hello! Project Kids and continued their friendship once establishing themselves in their individual groups.

Today, Natsuyaki remains a leading member in Berryz Kobo and in Buono!, with the occasional song being released from Aa!.

Photobooks

MIYABI

• [2007.05.31] MIYABI amazon.co.jp

Works

Filmography

• [2002] Koinu Dan no Monogatari (仔犬ダンの物語)
• [2004] Promise Land ~Clovers no Daibouken~ (Promise Land ~クローバーズの大冒険~)

TV

• [2002–2007] Hello! Morning (ハロー! モーニング)
• [2007–2008] Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@)
• [2008] Berikyuu! (ベリキュー!)
• [2008–2009] Yorosen! (よろセン!)

Dramas

• [2003] Little Hospital (リトル・ホスピタル)

Commercials

• [2008; 2009] Pizza-La

Radio

• [2009–] Tsuukai! Berryz Oukoku (痛快! ベリーズ王国) (with Kumai Yurina, Sugaya Risako) (on Fridays)

External links

• Hello! Project Official Website: Berryz Kobo Profile page
• English Wikipedia: Miyabi Natsuyaki
• Japanese Wikipedia: 夏焼雅