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.

Trivia

• Is considered the first Hello! Project member due to wining the ASAYAN audition. She (and Nakazawa Yuko) also served as captains/leaders in the Hello! Project sport festivals.

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

Singles

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	GET c/w プリペアー (Prepare)	1997.11.05	21,380	70,260
2	卒業～TOP OF THE WORLD～ (Sotsugyou ~Top Of The World~) c/w 支えてくれなくちゃ (Sasaete Kurenakucha)	1998.02.15	7,560	34,810
3	ダイキライ (Daikirai) c/w Fall the rain	1998.07.01	6,070	8,680
4	だけど愛しすぎて (Dakedo Aishisugite) c/w 深呼吸しよう!! (Shin Kokyuu Shiyou!!)	1998.10.25	2,060	2,060
5	アナタの夢になりたい (Anata no Yume ni Naritai) c/w 春だよ (Haru da yo)	1999.02.10	3,470	3,470
6	scene c/w return	1999.07.28	2,760	2,760
7	ワンルーム夏の恋物語 (One Room Natsu no Koi Monogatari) c/w ステキな恋 ステキな夜 (Suteki na Koi Suteki na Yoru)	2000.05.17	11,830	18,430
8	愛の力 (Ai no Chikara) c/w 都会の夜 (Tokai no Yoru)	2000.08.09	7,640	11,250
9	結局 Bye Bye Bye (Kekkyoku Bye Bye Bye) c/w 雨・雨・夜 (Ame, Ame, Yoru)	2001.02.07	7,000	10,240
10	プロポーズ (Propose) c/w パパとママ (Papa to Mama)	2001.11.07	9,000	11,980
11	ムラサキシキブ (Murasaki Shikibu) c/w 夢の話 (Yume no Hanashi)	2002.06.05	4,860	6,890

As Michiyo (independent):

• [2005.01.09] 嵐・RUN・乱 (Ran RUN Ran) (Fan Club only release)
• [2005.12.09] unaffected

Albums

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	Teenage Dream	1998.03.25	6,060	9,270
2	For ourself ～Single History～	2000.09.13	9,120	12,250
	Morning Cop OST (With Morning Musume)	1998.09.30	26,350	41,330

As Michiyo (independent):

• [2004.03.03] JECICA
• [2005.02.28] Koimizuki (恋水姫)
• [2006.07.25] Fantasia [1]

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