Michiyo

Michiyo (2002)

Michiyo (みちよ) is a Japanese pop singer. Michiyo was the winner of an audition that Tsunku held on the TV show ASAYAN to find a new female vocalist for his band Sharan Q in 1997. Her first single, GET, was chosen as the song all the girls had to sing in the final round of the audition. Tsunku's plans were diverted, however, and he ended up giving more attention to five other girls, whom he made into the group Morning Musume. Even though Heike won the audition, she never became as famous as the five "losers".

She hosted a reality/infotainment show Idol wo Sagase along with Nakazawa Yuko. Michiyo became a solo artist in Tsunku's Hello! Project under the name Heike Michiyo. She left Hello! Project in 2002, later releasing two albums on her own as Michiyo.

In March of 2007, Michiyo announced on her blog that she was three months pregnant and has married the father of her child. She hasn't been active in the music industry since.

In 2013, Hello! Project held a concert called Hello! Project Countdown 2013 ~Hello & Good Bye~, Heike was one of the acts performing on stage along with several other graduated members.

Trivia

• Is considered the first Hello! Project member due to wining the ASAYAN audition.

Profile

• Real Name: Heike Michiyo (平家充代)
• Other Name: Heiko Michiyo (平家みちよ)
• Birthdate: April 6, 1979
• Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Raised in: Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Blood Type: B
• Hello! Project Shuffle Groups:
  • 2000: Kiiro 5
  • 2001: 7nin Matsuri
  • 2002: Sexy 8

Discography

Albums

• [1998.03.25] Teenage Dream
• [2004.03.03] JECICA (Michiyo)
• [2005.02.28] Koimizuki (恋水姫) (Michiyo)
• [2006.07.25] Fantasia (Michiyo)

Best Albums

• [2000.09.13] For ourself ~Single History~

Singles

• [1997.11.05] GET
• [1998.02.15] Sotsugyou ~TOP OF THE WORLD~ (卒業～TOP OF THE WORLD～)
• [1998.07.01] Daikirai (ダイキライ)
• [1998.10.25] Dakedo Aishisugite (だけど愛しすぎて)
• [1999.02.10] Anata no Yume ni Naritai (アナタの夢になりたい)
• [1999.07.28] scene
• [2000.05.17] One Room Natsu no Koi Monogatari (ワンルーム夏の恋物語)
• [2000.08.09] Ai no Chikara (愛の力)
• [2001.02.07] Kekkyoku Bye Bye Bye (結局 Bye Bye Bye)
• [2001.11.07] Propose (プロポーズ)
• [2002.06.05] Murasaki Shikibu (ムラサキシキブ)
• [2005.01.09] Ran RUN Ran (嵐・RUN・乱) (Michiyo)
• [2005.12.09] unaffected (Michiyo)

External links

• Official Site
• Official Blog
• Up-front Works: Heike Michiyo discography Only lists last two singles, the ones under the zetima label.
• Japanese Wikipedia: みちよ