Michael

## **OFFICIAL BIO**

### Appearances

TWICE Songfix Series (as Rei Sotaro), Libitina: Unmasked (as Kenzo Grey), Beyond Worlds (as Kenji Katagiri)

**Michael Williams** is the former manager before the **XIIDNIGHT** era when he chose to be an official cast member, and he was appointed as the group's assistant leader in **HIRAYA**. In LUNA, he is still the assistant leader and an actor. **Haruto Miyano** is his uncle, making him half-Japanese and has English blood because of his father and paternal grandparents. Michael is the 3rd oldest member in LUNA, just after Cj and Pauline. His most successful roles are TSS' **Rei Sotaro** and Beyond Worlds' **Kenji Katagiri**.

## **BACKGROUND**

Born on November 22, 2003 in Manchester, England, Michael, now 18, was born to his Japanese mother- whose younger brother is **Haruto Miyano**- and an English father. He is an only child, and he's also the oldest among his cousins.

Although not technically a member, Michael was seen multiple times accompanying his uncle in HM. Miyano eventually recruits Michael to be the group's manager in 2018 after the **Heartstrings** trio were joined by Stefan and Stefen Sanchez, Kaela Giddings, Lucas Hale, and Luci Sakuragi, and has been their manager until the **XIIDNIGHT** era, when Michael would be an official member along with his then-girlfriend, Pauline Sui.

## **HM HISTORY**

In early September 2018, **Haruto Miyano** recruits Michael to be the group's manager of Heartstrings, consisted of Cj, Kath, Jace, Stefan, Stefen, Kaela, Lucas, and Luci. Michael being the manager means he would be in charge of multiple project releases, time frames, and some of the promotions and marketing; Michael isn't an actor nor a writer at the time.

He only becomes an official member in the **XIIDNIGHT** era, in 2020, with Pauline. Michael would be the group's assistant leader in the **HIRAYA** era when Cj leaves the group to be the manager instead, as he needed to focus more on college. Michael, now the assistant leader, is in the group's council by then, alongside the group's leader, Kath, and the group scribe, Austin.

## **PERSONALITY**

Michael is often described by members as the most cold-hearted member, surpassing Cj, although underneath his cold persona lies a loving and caring son, nephew, and a friend. As one of the oldest members of LUNA, he's overprotective with his members' image and reputation, keeping in-check with each and every one of their identities and making sure nothing's being leaked.

He is also one of the smartest members, which sparks a type of academic rivalry between him and Kath, who is usually the second to him in anything academic. Michael is prideful of his gifted intelligence- Math, especially- and some might think of him as a toxic friend because of his constant degration to his friends, but in reality, that's just how he shows his affection and that he's comfortable with their presence.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

Michael is always seen with casual clothes but still looks elegant and smart. Like Cj, he rarely wears just a shirt, and he always wear a blazer or a coat to the studio, and wears jeans and sneakers. It's either blazers or button-up dress shirts for him. He doesn't also forget to wear his watch around his left wrist- because the watch bothers him when he's writing with his right hand- and he often gels his hair up so it doesn't pick his eyes. Michael also wears his black thin-rimmed glasses all the time, and he has a small notepad and a pen hooked somewhere onto his clothes at the ready, mostly on his breast pocket or necklines.

## **DISCOGRAPHY**

###### **2019**

* The Last Polaroid (Clark Bailey)- portrayed

###### **2020**

* TSS: MORE & MORE (Rei Sotaro)- portrayed [Demo reel]
* SILENT: Looking Glass (Student-Teacher #2)- portrayed
* TSS: Dance the Night Away (Rei Sotaro)- voiced [Demo reel]
* Libitina: Unmasked (Kenzo Grey)- voiced

###### **2021**

* TSS: YES or YES (Rei Sotaro)- portrayed [Demo reel]

###### **2022**

* Beyond Worlds: Azul (Kenji Katagiri)- portrayed [Demo reel]

## **TRIVIAS**

* There is a running gag in the group that whenever Michael's being a little flirty, it means that he switched from being Michael to being Lucifer, as "Michael" is the name of Lucifer's twin in the Netflix Series *Lucifer*.
	+ That being said, Michael is an atheist, meaning he doesn't believe that there is a creator.
		- Michael might be the first and so far only person in the whole history of HM to be an atheist.
* He tried wearing contact lenses as opposed to glasses, and he struggled with them for at least an hour. Also, he hates it when he has to literally put something in his eyes, such as lenses and eyedrops.
* In a panel, he revealed he wasn't planning on having kids with someone in the future, but if it's "accidental", he'll still take care of them and love them.
* Michael is the spitting image of his father, but acts and has the personality of both his mother and her brother, which is **Haruto Miyano**, Michael's uncle.
	+ He's arguably closer to his uncle than anyone in his family.
* Back when he was still the group's manager, he's the one who manages their schedule and workflow. Stefen complains Michael is the reason why they've been stressed for the projects in HM because Michael's pressuring them.
* He doesn't sing that much, although he *is* a pretty decent singer and would just not admit it. He hates dancing, though, and no one knows if he can.
* He rarely jokes and laughs, but when he does the members always clap for him and fake-cry, saying he's gained feelings for once like a normal human being.
* Pauline Sui is his ex-girlfriend, but like Cj and Kaela, they're on good terms. He's surprisingly open about his past and current relationships with people, and even says he learned a lot from them.
* Many people don't believe that he failed Math in preschool, but taught himself to get better at the subject he's struggling with.
	+ That being said, he's actually self-taught in Math, since almost no one in his family is a mathematician. Michael is now dubbed as the "Master of Self-Teaching".
* Michael has been the student council president for three years in a row.
* He is the only member to have only one role in the group, not counting that he's a council.