Michiyo

Heike Michiyo was the winner of an audition 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.

Heike became a solo artist in Tsunku's Hello! Project. She left Hello! Project in 2002, later releasing two albums on her own. She is now known as just Michiyo (みちよ).

In March of 2007, Heike announced on her blog that she was three months pregnant and has married the father of her child.

Profile

• Name: 平家みちよ (Heike Michiyo)
• Full Name: 平家充代 (Heike Michiyo)
• Birthdate: 1979.04.06
• 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

1. 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

1. 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] 恋水姫 (Koimizuki)
• [2006.07.25] Fantasia [1]

[edit] External links

• Official Site