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Miku Kanemura (金村 美玖, Kanemura Miku, born September 10, 2002 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and model. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group Hinatazaka46 and an exclusive model for the women's magazine Bis.
Career
= Music
=On August 13, 2017, Kanemura passed the auditions for new members of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46 (now Hinatazaka46) and became one of the second generation members of the group. As a sushi lover, she goes by the nickname "Osushi" and her catchphrase, "Everybody has to support Miku" (皆さん美玖をおすしかない, minasan Miku o osushikanai), contains a pun of "to support" (推す, osu) and "sushi" (お寿司, osushi).
Kanemura became a title song center (lead performer) for the first time for Hinatazaka46's sixth single "Tteka", released on October 27, 2021.
Aside from singing, Kanemura also plays the saxophone and drums and has played both on Hinatazaka46's television shows.
Kanemura launched her official Instagram account on her twentieth birthday.
= Modeling
=On October 1, 2020, Kanemura became an exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine Bis. She has since walked the runways of Tokyo Girls Collection (2021 Autumn/Winter, 2022 Spring/Summer) and GirlsAward (2022 Spring/Summer).
Kanemura's first photobook, titled Rashinban (羅針盤, lit. 'Compass'), was released on December 20, 2022, published by Kobunsha (the publisher of Bis). The photography took place from autumn 2021 to summer 2022 in the prefectures of Hokkaido, Kyoto, Wakayama, and Kagoshima. The book sold 73,000 copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking.
= Other ventures
=Kanemura portrayed the main character in the music video of "Natsu Arashi" (夏嵐) by the band Genie High, released in August 2021. The band's drummer, comedian Kazutoyo Koyabu, was the host of Hinatazaka46's television show Hinabingo!
In 2024, Kanemura held her first solo photo exhibition as a photography student, titled Mitomeru (みとめる, lit. 'Acknowledge'), at the New Gallery in Tokyo, which ran from September 10 to October 6.
Personal life
In January 2024, Kanemura revealed that she was in her third year of studying photography at the College of Art, Nihon University.
Kanemura's granduncle, chocolatier Masakazu Kobayashi, is the inventor of ganache-based delicacy nama chocolate (生チョコレート, lit. 'raw chocolate') and co-creator of the similar Meiji Meltykiss chocolate.
Discography
Kanemura has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs, as well as the all-member and second generation member songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (2017) and by Hinatazaka46. She was the center (lead performer) for the title song "Tteka" (2021) and has been on the front row of the choreography of all title songs since "Sonna Koto Nai yo" (2020). Other prominent appearances include:
"Dash & Rush" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), center
"Cage" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), with Mei Higashimura, Hina Kawata, and Akari Nibu
"See Through" (Hinatazaka, 2020), duet with Nao Kosaka (NaoMiku)
"Omoigakenai Double Rainbow" and "Additional Time" ("Tteka" B-sides, 2021), center
"Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), center, with Color Chart
"Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), performed by all members born in 2002 (Kanemura, Nao Kosaka, and Hiyori Hamagishi)
"Sonota Ōzei Type" ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022), with Suzuka Tomita, Yūka Kageyama, and Hinano Kamimura
Filmography
= Theatre
== Television
== Radio
== Music video
=Bibliography
References
External links
Hinatazaka46 Miku Kanemura official profile (in Japanese)
Bis profile (in Japanese)
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- Kanemura Miku
- Tteka
- Nao Kosaka
- Kimi wa Honeydew
- Sakurazaka46
- Hinatazaka46
- Miku Kanemura
- Kanemura
- Miku
- Hinatazaka46
- Sayaka Miki
- Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do
- Kimi wa Honeydew
- Hinatazaka (album)
- Nao Kosaka
- Tteka