# Sayaka Shionoya

Sayaka Shionoya (塩ノ谷 早耶香, Shionoya Sayaka, born 12 March 1994) is a former female singer. She was represented with LDH. Her label was King Records.

## Biography

Shionoya was born in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.
In 2011, she participated in the Performing Arts Office LDH sponsored Exile Presents Vocal Battle Audition 3 –For Girls–. Of the approximately 30,000 people, Shionoya became a finalist of the Flower vocal division, but it was unsuccessful. After that, she went to the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) school in Fukuoka.
In 2012, Shionoya joined King Record's 80th Anniversary Commemoration Nationwide Audition King Records Presents Dream Vocal Audition. In the final judging held at Akasaka Blitz on 26 May, the winner of 15 finalists from among more than 10,000 candidate candidates, one of the three Grand Prix "Dream Vocalist Loved by ViVi" was awarded, and decided her debut. In August, Shionoya's single came to Tokyo. In 13 October, at the Tokyo Girls Collection held at the Saitama Super Arena, she was selected as the next generation artist who took the most attention among the Audition's Grand Prix winners held throughout Japan, and debuted as "TGC 2012 A/W The Best Vocal Audition" she sang in front of 30,000 people before while.
On 23 January 2013, Shionoya made her major debut with the single "Dear Heaven".
On 18 May 2017, she announced her retirement in the entertainment industry.

## Personal life

* In Vocal Battle Audition 3, Shionoya passed a pear to Reina Washio. Shionoya said that her "rivals are of course Flower, I want to keep trying each other."
* At a commemorative photo shooting, she is nicknamed "Shiochī", there is a pose called "Shiochī Pose" which represents "picking one salt" over the time, and at the release event etc., it was customary to take a photo with the visitors together with a shout of "Shio Cheese" at this pose.
* Shionoya's target singer was Yuna Ito.
* Her height is over 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) (from her blog).

## Discography

Highest in the Oricon weekly ranking

### Singles

| | Date | Title | Rank |
| 1st | 23 Jan 2013 | Dear Heaven | 32 |
| 2nd | 15 May 2013 | Katakoi / Smile again | 20 |
| 3rd | 21 Aug 2013 | Ocean Blue | 29 |
| 4th | 6 Nov 2013 | Snow Flakes Love / Ichirinka | 16 |
| 5th | 4 Jun 2014 | Like a flower | 15 |
| 6th | 22 Jun 2016 | Smiley Days | 21 |
| 7th | 7 Dec 2016 | Mahō | 34 |

### Albums

| | Date | Title | Rank |
| 1st | 10 Dec 2014 | Luna | 20 |
| 2nd | 25 Jan 2017 | Mist-ic | 40 |

### Mini albums

| | Date | Title | Rank |
| 1st | 28 Oct 2015 | S with | 20 |

## Tie-ups

| Song | Tie-up |
| Dear Heaven | Film Kon-Shin supporters song |
| Dear Heaven | Nippon TV series Happy Music Power Play |
| One | Autobacs Seven (Kansai Area) "Car Navigation Super Fair" advertisement song |
| Katakoi | Nippon TV series Music Dragon Power Play |
| Katakoi | Mainichi Broadcasting System mm-TV May 2013 ending song |
| Smile again | Takarajimasha sweet May 2013 advertisement song |
| Ocean Blue | Nippon TV series Futtonda August 2013 ending theme |
| Snow Flakes Love | "Fuyu Supo!! Winter Sports Festa Season 13" theme song |
| Snow Flakes Love | Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting U-gata TV October 2013 ending theme |
| Ichirinka | Tōkai Television Broadcasting Produced Fuji Television drama Tengoku no Koi theme song |
| Get Set, Go | "Fukuoka Marathon" theme song |
| Like a flower | Film Samurai Hustle theme song |
| Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushī | Wowow Renzoku Drama W Heisei Sarukanikassen-zu theme song |
| Yukizora | "Fuyu Supo!! Winter Sports Festa 14" official theme song |
| Destiny feat. MLC | "2015/16 V League" official theme song |
| Believing | Film Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus theme song |

## Filmography
### Radio

| Run | Title | Networ | Notes |
| Jan 2013 – Mar 2015 | Sayaka Shionoya no "Kiite kudasari arigatō gozaimasu Radio" | FM Fukuoka | |
| Jul – Dec 2013 | FM Osaka E∞tracks Selection "Sayaka Shionoya no Salty cafe" | FM Osaka | Every second Monday charge |
| Sep 2016 – May 2017 | Yamahan presents Music Salad From U-kari Studio | Bay FM | On Thursdays |

### Advertisements

| Run | Title | Notes |
| 2014 | Kitakyushu City Special Mission Ambassador | |
| Feb 2014 – Mar 2015 | Nishi-Nippon Railroad Ecol Card | Image character |
| Jan 2015 | Kitakyushu Mayor's election | Keihatsu image character |
| 2015–16 | Japan Volleyball League Organization 2015–16 V League | Image artist |

## Live

| Dates | Title | Location |
| 31 Jul, 5 Aug 2016 | Sayaka Shionoya Live 2016 –always with you– | |
| 25 Oct 2016 | LDH Showcase Live "Music Box" Vol. 1 | Ebisu Act Square |