Yuka Miyazaki

For the footballer, see Yuka Miyazaki (footballer).

Yuka Miyazaki (宮崎 由加, Miyazaki Yuka; born 2 April 1994, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan^[1]) is a Japanese television personality and former pop singer. She was formerly the leader of the Hello! Project group Juice=Juice.^[3] Her fruit in the group was peach.

Yuka Miyazaki 宮崎 由加
Yuka Miyazaki
Background information
Also known as	Yukanya Yukanyan (ゆかにゃん)
Born	(1994-04-02) April 2, 1994 (age 31)[1] Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan[1]
Genres	J-pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2012[2]–
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2023)​

Miyazaki is represented by Up-Front Promotion.

Career

• From June to August 2011, Miyazaki auditioned for both the S/mileage Member Boshū and the Morning Musume Genki Jirushi, but both auditions were rejected.^[4]
• Miyazaki won the "Encouragement/Samantha Thavasa Award" in the 2nd Forest Award New Face Audition in March 2012.^[5] During the audition, she played a piano cover of Ai Otsuka's "Planetarium".^[6] After winning the award, Miyazaki received piano lessons in Tokyo every two weeks, and found out that she would debut in May.^[6]
• In October 2012, Miyazaki participated in 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 28th of the same month.^[8] This was Miyazaki's first stage performance.^[9]
• It was announced that Miyazaki and five Hello Pro Kenshusei members formed a new group on 3 February 2013.^[10][a] On 25 February, the group's name was revealed to be Juice=Juice.^[4] Miyazaki is the oldest member of the group.^[11]
• On 13 June 2013 Miyazaki became the leader of Juice=Juice.^[11]
• On December 21, Miyazaki announced that she would graduate from Juice=Juice and Hello! Project at the end of Juice=Juice's 2019 spring tour.^[12]

Personal life

On 4 August 2023, Miyazaki announced through a handwritten letter on her official twitter account that she has registered her marriage to her non-celebrity husband.^[13]

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	[14]

Filmography

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-	[15]

Notes

1. Miyazaki is not a Hello Pro Kenshusei member.^[4]