Yuka Miyazaki

Yuka Miyazaki
Native name	宮崎 由加
Also known as	Yukanya Yukanyan (ゆかにゃん)
Born	April 2, 1994[1] Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan[1]
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2012[2]–
Associated acts	Green Fields[2] Juice=Juice[3]

Yuka Miyazaki (宮崎 由加 Miyazaki Yuka, born 2 April 1994, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)^[1] is a Japanese pop singer. She is the leader of the Hello! Project group Juice=Juice.^[4] Her official nickname is Yukanya (ゆかにゃ). Her fruit in the group is the peach.

Miyazaki is represented by Up-Front Promotion.

Biography

• From June to August 2011 Miyazaki applied for the S/mileage Member Boshū Audition and the Morning Musume Genki Jirushi Audition but were both failed. Her audition for S/mileage was left until its final review.^[3]
• Miyazaki won the "Encouragement/Samantha Thavasa Award" in the 2nd Forest Award New Face Audition on March 2012.^[5] During the audition she played a piano cover of Ai Otsuka's "Planetarium".^[6] After winning the award Miyazaki received lessons in Tokyo every two weeks, and heard that she will debut on May.^[6]
• On October 2012 she participated on the planning of the television series Hello! Satoyama Life. Miyazaki debuted as a member of the "Satoyama movement" group Green Fields.^[7] The group had performed at Morning Musume's concert on the 28 of the same month.^[8] This was Miyazaki's first stage performance.^[9]
• It was announced that she and five Hello Pro Kenshusei members are members of a new group on the 3 February 2013^{[10][lower-alpha 1]}, later on the 25 of the same month the groups name was reveiled as Juice=Juice.^[3] Miyazaki is the oldest member of the group.^[11]
• On the 13 June 2013 she became the leader of Juice=Juice.^[11]

Works

Singles

Green Fields

Year	Title
2012	"Boys be ambitious!"
2013	"Tokainaka no Kare (cw/ Haru wa Kuru)"

Videos

Year	Title	Ref.
2014	Greeting: Yuka Miyazaki	[12]

Filmography

Concerts

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Morning Musume Tanjō 15-shūnenkinen Concert Tour 2012-aki: Colorful Character	Appeared in the opening act as a member of Green Fields
2013	Hello! Project Tanjō 15-shūnenkinen Live 2013-fuyu: Bravo!	As a member of Green Fields

TV series

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2012	Hello! Satoyama Life	TV Tokyo	Appeared before being a member of Juice=Juice

Radio

Year	Title	Network
2014	Hello! Satoyama & Satoumi Club	Radio Japan

Publications

Photobooks

Year	Title	Ref.
2016	Greeting -Photobook-	[13]

Notes

1. Miyazaki is not a Hello Pro Kenshusei member.^[3]

References

1. "宮崎由加プロフィール" (in Japanese). Up-Front DC. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
2. "宮崎由加 PROFILE". Up-Front Promotion (in Japanese). Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
3. Tsunku (25 Feb 2013). "ハロプロ研修生新ユニットに関して（つんく♂オフィシャルブログ 「つんブロ♂芸能コース」 powered by アメブロ）" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
4. "（ツギクル☆アイドル）Juice=Juice". Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 12 Dec 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
5. "アップフロント音楽オーデ16歳女高生に栄冠 ニュース". Oricon Style (in Japanese). 28 Mar 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
6. "『FOREST AWARDオーディション』入賞・宮崎由加インタビュー「昨年の今頃は今の状況は想像もできませんでした！」". Web De-View (in Japanese). 7 Dec 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
7. "【SATOYAMA movement 新ユニット発表！及び CDリリースのお知らせ】". Hello! Project official site (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
8. "ハロプロメンバーらを擁する新ユニット2組が、娘。コンで初お披露目". Listen Japan (in Japanese). MTI. 29 Oct 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
9. "【ライブレポート】GREEN FIELDSとハーベスト、モーニング娘。のツアーでお披露目". Barks (in Japanese). Global Plus. 28 Oct 2012. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
10. "ハロプロ新ユニット結成へ！つんく♂明かす 研修生など6人で"第1弾"". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 3 Feb 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
11. "ハロプロユニットJuice=Juice、この夏メジャーデビュー決定". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 13 Jun 2013. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
12. "宮崎由加DVD「Greeting ～宮崎由加～」" (in Japanese). e-LineUp! (DC Factory). 24 Feb 2014. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.
13. "Juice=Juice：リリース詳細". Hello! Project official site (in Japanese). DC Factory. Retrieved 23 Aug 2016.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)