Sakura Miyawaki

Birthday:

03/19/1998

Place of birth:

Kagoshima, Japan:

Biography:

Sakura Miyawaki, known mononymously as Sakura, is a Japanese singer and actress under Source Music. She is a member of the girl group LE SSERAFIM, a former member of the girl group IZ*ONE, formed through the reality competition show Produce 48 (2018), and of the Japanese girl groups AKB48 and its sister group HKT48. Sakura began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011 and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from 2014 to 2018. During her tenure, she held center positions for the singles Kimi wa Melody and No Way Man. She took a hiatus from HKT48 in 2018 after placing second in the reality competition show Produce 48, joining the girl group IZ*ONE until 2021, then leaving HKT48 a few months later to pursue her idol career in South Korea by joining LE SSERAFIM, which debuted in May 2022.