Miku Kanemura

{{Short description|Japanese singer and model (born 2002)}}

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| native_name = 金村 美玖

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| birth_place = Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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| alma_mater = Nihon University

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| years_active = 2017–present

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{{nihongo|Miku Kanemura|金村 美玖|Kanemura Miku|born September 10, 2002}} is a Japanese singer and model. She is a member of the idol girl group Hinatazaka46{{cite web|url= https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/artist/12?ima=0000 |script-title=ja:金村 美玖 メンバー 日向坂46公式サイト|trans-title=Miku Kanemura, member, Hinatazaka46 official website|publisher=Seed & Flower LLC|access-date=January 6, 2021}} and an exclusive model for the women's magazine Bis.{{ cite web | url=https://bisweb.jp/model/100057 | title=祝♡ bisレギュラーモデル! 日向坂46 金村美玖ちゃんにインタビュー | work=光文社 | language=ja | date=September 22, 2020 | access-date=January 6, 2021 }}

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.{{ cite web | url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1707341 | title=けやき坂46、新メンバー9名決定<プロフィール> | work=モデルプレス| language=Japanese | date=August 15, 2017 | access-date=March 5, 2020 }}{{cite news |title=Hiragana Keyaki Changes Name to Hinatazaka46, Debut Single Due in March |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8498732/hiragana-keyaki-changes-name-hinatazaka46-debut-single-japan-arena-concert-Keyakizaka46 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |agency=Billboard |date=February 16, 2019}} As a sushi lover, she goes by the nickname "Osushi" and her catchphrase, {{Nihongo|"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 {{Nihongo|"to support"|推す|osu}} and {{Nihongo|"sushi"|お寿司|osushi}}.{{Citation|author=西中賢治|language=ja |script-title=ja:日向坂46ストーリー|page=4|date=2020-03-25|edition= |publisher=集英社|isbn= 978-4-08-790005-7|series=週刊プレイボーイ}}{{cite web |title=お寿司愛を伝えていきたい🍣vol.1 |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/diary/detail/26645?ima=0000&cd=member |access-date=January 6, 2021 }}{{Cite web |title=余計な事までやりましょう {{!}} 日向坂46 金村 美玖 公式ブログ |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/diary/detail/37645?ima=0000&cd=member |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=日向坂46公式サイト}}

Kanemura became a title song center (lead performer) for the first time for Hinatazaka46's sixth single "Tteka", released on October 27, 2021.{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖、小坂菜緒に初センターを報告 「なおみく尊い」の声 「すしセンター」トレンド入りも |trans-title=Hinatazaka46 Miku Kanemura reported her first center to Nao Kosaka, "Naomiku is precious" and "Sushi Center" trending |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2205189/full/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

Aside from singing, Kanemura also plays the saxophone and drums and has played both on Hinatazaka46's television shows.{{Cite web|last=ザテレビジョン|title=日向坂46金村美玖のサックスにファン大盛り上がりも「若い子わからないでしょ」 (1/2) {{!}} 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン|url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/244462/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=ザテレビジョン|language=ja}}{{Cite web|title=日向坂46金村美玖、ステイホーム期間中にドラムを購入「"バンドを組んでライブで披露する"のが夢!」(Tokyo FM+)|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fa346ec657599fe2affc9c2c4b46e5696840edcf|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Yahoo!ニュース|language=ja|archive-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207114200/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fa346ec657599fe2affc9c2c4b46e5696840edcf|url-status=dead}}

Kanemura launched her official Instagram account on her twentieth birthday.{{Cite tweet|number=1568564788556607488|user=hinatazaka46|title=🌈「Happy Smile Tour 2022」🌈🏯@ AICHI SKY EXPO🍤愛知公演初日ご覧頂きありがとうございました!🌕⭐️|author=Hinatazaka46|date=September 10, 2022|access-date=September 10, 2022|language=ja}}{{Cite tweet|number=1568586221068374022|user=hinatazaka46|title=先ほど、金村美玖がInstagramを開設致しました🍣ぜひご覧になってください🎂instagram.com/miku_osushi #日向坂46 #金村美玖|author=Hinatazaka46|date=September 10, 2022|access-date=September 10, 2022|language=ja}}

= 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,{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖、お団子ヘアが可愛い キュートなポーズも披露<TGC2021A/W> - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2753661 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |date=30 August 2021 |language=ja}} 2022 Spring/Summer){{Cite web |date=19 January 2022 |title=日向坂46金村美玖、ガーリーワンピで魅了 花より輝く笑顔に釘付け<TGC 2022 S/S> - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/3066861 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |language=ja}} and GirlsAward (2022 Spring/Summer).{{Cite web |date=31 March 2022 |title=日向坂46金村美玖、美脚覗くスリットスカートでクールランウェイ<GirlsAward 2022 S/S> - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/3153672 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |language=ja}}

Kanemura's first photobook, titled {{Nihongo|2=羅針盤|3=Rashinban|4={{literal|Compass}}}},{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖:1st写真集タイトルは「羅針盤」 4種類の表紙も公開 通常版「一番私っていう感じ」 |url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221104dog00m200011000c.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=MANTANWEB(まんたんウェブ) |date=4 November 2022 |language=ja-JP}} 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.{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖、1st写真集で初水着&ランジェリーカット挑戦「19歳のありのままの私が詰まった」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2253728/full/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=ORICON NEWS}} The book sold 73,000 copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking.{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖写真集が初週売上ランク1位「想いがたくさんの方に届いたのならば本望です」 - 坂道 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202212290001221.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}

= Other ventures =

{{See also|Hinatazaka46#Saitama Trio}}

Kanemura portrayed the main character in the music video of {{Nihongo|"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!{{Cite web |date=2021-08-17 |title= |script-title=ja:ジェニーハイの新曲「夏嵐」MVに、日向坂46・金村美玖が登場!「こりゃこの曲めっちゃ売れるで!」 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000016515/ |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=The First Times |language=ja}}

In 2024, Kanemura held her first solo photo exhibition as a photography student, titled {{Nihongo|2=みとめる|3=Mitomeru|4={{literal|Acknowledge}}}}, at the New Gallery in Tokyo, which ran from September 10 to October 6.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=【インタビュー】初の写真展を開催中の金村美玖さん(日向坂46)「共感していただき、救いになれば嬉しい」10月6日(日)まで東京・神保町のNew Galleryで |url=https://artexhibition.jp/topics/news/20240925-AEJ2363152/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=美術展ナビ |language=ja}}

Personal life

In January 2024, Kanemura revealed that she was in her third year of studying photography at the College of Art, Nihon University.{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2024 |title= |script-title=ja:【祝成人】金村美玖に成人式の前撮りをお願いしてみた【カメラ紹介】 |trans-title=Miku Kanemura Took Pre-event Pictures of the Coming of Age Day Ceremony |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqb987IkbGk&t=445 |language=ja |time=7:25}}In March 2025, she graduated from Nihon University.{{Cite web |last=日本大学芸術学部写真学科 公式 |date= |title=🌸卒業式2025花🌸ご卒業おめでとうございます㊗️✨ |url=https://x.com/nichigei_photo/status/1904405830608269748 |url-status=live |website=X}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U68BpHJmLKc |title=【祝】金村美玖、写真学科卒業しました!【卒業式の1日】 |date=2025-04-14 |last=日向坂ちゃんねる |access-date=2025-04-15 |via=YouTube}}

Kanemura's granduncle, chocolatier Masakazu Kobayashi, is the inventor of ganache-based delicacy {{Nihongo|nama chocolate|生チョコレート|4={{literal|raw chocolate}}}} and co-creator of the similar Meiji Meltykiss chocolate.{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |title= |script-title=ja:【生チョコ誕生秘話⁉】ショコラティエ小林正和さん |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagano/lreport/article/001/27/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526141305/https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagano/lreport/article/001/27/ |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=NHK長野放送局 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2024 |title= |script-title=ja:【全メンバー】日向坂46のお正月を自由に撮ってもらいました【本人編集あり】 |trans-title=Hinatazaka46's New Year Activities, Recorded and Edited by the Members Themselves |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBBBUw_s6dY&t=532s |language=ja |time=8:52}}{{Cite web |title=Ask The Expert: What Is Nama Chocolate? |url=https://guide.michelin.com/mo/en/article/people/ask-the-expert-what-is-nama-chocolate |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-MO}}{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ja:生チョコの“生みの親”が飯山にショコラトリーをオープン「北信濃いいやまショコラの森 Bunzoo(ブンゾー)」 |url=https://www.web-komachi.com/?p=67019 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Web-Komachi – 長野県の情報誌「長野Komachi」のWEBマガジン |language=ja}}

Discography

{{see also|Hinatazaka46 discography}}Kanemura has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs,{{Cite web |title=FORMATION |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/diary/formation/list?ima=0000 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=日向坂46公式サイト}} as well as the all-member and second generation member songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (2017){{Cite web |title=DISCOGRAPHY |url=https://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/artist/00/discography?ima=0000 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=欅坂46公式サイト |language=ja}} and by Hinatazaka46.{{Cite web |title=DISCOGRAPHY |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/artist/00/discography?ima=0000 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=日向坂46公式サイト}} 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{{Cite web |title=日向坂46 金村美玖は、"アイドルの醍醐味"を体現した存在に? 今、注目を集める理由 |url=https://realsound.jp/2020/03/post-516099.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Real Sound|リアルサウンド |date=5 March 2020 |language=ja}}
  • "Cage" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), with Mei Higashimura, Hina Kawata, and Akari Nibu{{Cite web |title=日向坂46 東村芽依、河田陽菜、丹生明里……写真集が立て続く"やんちゃるファミリー" パフォーマンスや演技面の進化に注目 |url=https://realsound.jp/2022/07/post-1081761.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Real Sound|リアルサウンド |date=21 July 2022 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2019-07-04 |title=日向坂46、癒し系メンバーがユニット曲「Cage」MVでエモーショナルなダンス |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/77425}}
  • "See Through" (Hinatazaka, 2020), duet with Nao Kosaka (NaoMiku){{Cite web |title=日向坂46 小坂菜緒&金村美玖、運命のように多い二人の共通点 "なおみく"は最強コンビとなるか |url=https://realsound.jp/2021/02/post-701367.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Real Sound|リアルサウンド |date=4 February 2021 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=日向坂46の18歳コンビ・小坂菜緒&金村美玖"なおみく"が、ギュッとハグ&ハート |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20200928-1347733/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=マイナビニュース |language=ja}}
  • "Omoigakenai Double Rainbow" and "Additional Time" ("Tteka" B-sides, 2021), center
  • "Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), center, with Color Chart{{Cite web |title=日向坂46・渡邉美穂、埼玉3人組のユニット名「カラーチャート」決定の舞台裏!幻のユニット名も明かす |url=https://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2021/10/30/193339.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=RBB TODAY |date=30 October 2021 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=日向坂46『あくびLetter』 {{!}} VIDEO {{!}} 日向坂46公式サイト |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/contents/KcpvHDt0bPc |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=日向坂46『あくびLetter』 {{!}} VIDEO {{!}} 日向坂46公式サイト}}
  • "Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), performed by all members born in 2002 (Kanemura, Nao Kosaka, and Hiyori Hamagishi){{Cite web |title=日向坂46宮田愛萌が4ヶ月ぶり復帰「ただいま」 新ユニット3組初披露にもファン歓喜 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2188411/full/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=ORICON NEWS|date=18 August 2021 }}
  • "Sonota Ōzei Type" ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022), with Suzuka Tomita, Yūka Kageyama, and Hinano Kamimura{{cite web |title=8thシングル 「月と星が踊るMidnight」 |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/page/8th_single |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Hinatazaka46 Official Website |publisher=Seed & Flower LLC. |language=ja}}

Filmography

= Television =

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! Role

! Network

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2017

|Re:Mind

|Miku Kanemura

|TV Tokyo, Netflix

|{{cite web |url= https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80198794 |title= Re:Mind|access-date= January 20, 2021|work= Crank-in!}}

2020

|Dasada

|Satsuki Furuoka

|NTV

|{{cite web |url= https://girlswalker.com/archives/242365/|title= 日向坂46初主演ドラマから生まれたブランド「DASADA」がTGCに!メンバー総出演の圧巻ランウェイ|access-date= January 6, 2021|work= Crank-in!|date= March 2020}}

2021

|Koeharu!

|Yukina Tsukikawa

|NTV

|{{cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=<日向坂46>ドラマ「声春っ!」スペシャルコンテンツ 潮紗理菜がMC 裏話、マル秘エピソードを"ゆる~く"トーク|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2740bc4cc5f2bd512bf6abf6f00c1c059183fe91|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=Yahoo News|publisher=MANTANWEB|language=ja|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802041157/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2740bc4cc5f2bd512bf6abf6f00c1c059183fe91|url-status=dead}}

2022

|Run for the Money

|Contestant (as herself)

|Netflix

|{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Run For The Money Review: An Exhilarating Game Of Cat And Mouse |url=https://www.leisurebyte.com/run-for-the-money-review-netflix/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title='Run for the Money', an Ultimate Real-life Survival Tag Game Competition Comes to Netflix - Trailer Debut |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/run-for-the-money |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=About Netflix |language=en}}

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2021

|Genie High

|"Natsu Arashi"

|Lead role

|

Other appearances

= Radio =

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2020–2024

|{{Nihongo3|{{translation|Let's Do Extra Things}}|ベルク presents 日向坂46の余計な事までやりましょう|Belc presents Hinatazaka46 no Yokei na Kotomade Yarimashō}}

|Host

|Tokyo FM

|

|{{cite web |title=ベルク presents 日向坂46の余計なことまでやりましょう!|url=https://www.tfm.co.jp/yokei/|website=ベルク presents 日向坂46の余計なことまでやりましょう! 公式サイト|publisher=Tokyo FM|access-date=September 25, 2022|language=ja}}{{cite web |title=10月2日(金)20:00~新ラジオレギュラー番組 Tokyo FM「ベルク presents 日向坂46の余計なことまでやりましょう!」がスタート!|url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/news/detail/M00552|website=日向坂46公式サイト|publisher=Seed & Flower |date=September 25, 2020|access-date=September 25, 2022|language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=日向坂46金村美玖「ラジオがここまで人を変える力があるなんて…」丹生明里と“ラジオ”への思いを語り合う! |url=https://news.audee.jp/news/amt8Hrieir.html |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=TOKYO FM+ |language=ja}}

= Theatre =

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rowspan="2" | 2018

|Ayumi

|Multiple

|{{cite web |title=けやき坂46公演「あゆみ」 |url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/o2143/ |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=Crank-in!}}

Magia Record

|Sayaka Miki

|{{cite web |date=25 August 2018 |title=Costumes and casting for upcoming 'Madoka Magica' stage adaptation divides fans |url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/costumes-and-casting-for-upcoming-'madoka-magica'-stage-adaptation-divides-fans |access-date=January 6, 2021 |work=Crank-in!}}

Bibliography

{{see also|Hinatazaka46#Bibliography}}

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!Title

!Release Date

!Publisher

!ISBN

{{Nihongo羅針盤|Rashinban|Compass, photobook}}

|December 20, 2022

|Kobunsha

|{{ISBN|

978-4334903053

}

|}

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