Miyabi

## Miyabi Natsuyaki

Natsuyaki Miyabi (夏焼雅) is the leader of PINK CRES. She is a singer, model, and radio DJ.

## About Miyabi

### Early Life

Natsuyaki Miyabi was born August 25th, 1992 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She auditioned for Hello! Project's Kids when she was 10 years old. Out of roughly 30,000 applicants, 15 girls were chosen. From 2002 to 2004, these girls acted as back-up dances for other artists in Hello! Project and talents in various areas, such as acting and in small performances. The first group Miyabi was placed in was Aa!, a shuffle unit consisting of Morning Musume.'s Tanaka Reina and fellow Hello! Project Kid, Suzuki Airi.

## Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project

In January of 2004, Natsuyaki and seven other girls were announced as members of Berryz Kobo. Berryz Kobo was made of eight girls from H!P Kids. Their major debut was March 3rd, Girl's Day in Japan. In 2005, during another shuffle event, Miyabi was added to Sexy Otonajan with Morning Musume. member Fujimoto Miki and H!P Kids member Murakami Megumi.

During her time in Berryz Kobo, she was placed in another group, created to be the artists for the anime Shugo Chara!'s opening and closing songs, named Buono!. Buono! was formed in 2007, went on a long hiatus at the end of the anime and returned shortly for their final concert.

Berryz Kobo remained active from 2004 to 2015, entering an indefinite hiatus at their final concert on March 3rd. All seven members took different paths, but all eventually graduated from Hello! Project.

## PINK CRES.

In late 2015, on the youtube program Green Room, which Miyabi hosted alongside fellow Berryz Kobo member Tokunaga Chinami, Miyabi announced her intentions of forming a new group. A short time later in June she announced auditions for members of a new group would be held. She wanted the group to be centered around fashion and the color pink, aiming to grab at the hearts of both girls and boys.

The first round of auditions, from July 1st to August 1st, were unsuccessful in finding members. The second round of auditions began on September 24th and ended on November 1st. This second round of auditions was successful. The successful applicants were unveiled on March 18th's episode of Upcoming, another youtube program created by Up Front. The two successful members were Kobayashi Hikaru and Nihei Yuuka. The group trained under "Natsuyaki Miyabi's New Group" until August 25th.  On August 25th, 2016, Miyabi's birthday, Buono! held their last concert.

Miyabi announced her group's name at this concert. PINK being her favorite color and CRES., short for crescendo. PINK CRES. was formed around Miyabi as a fashionable vocal group.

## Sources

1. ↑ PINK CRES. Official Website (See profile, Japanese). 2016-08-25.
2. ↑ "ハロー！プロジェクト・キッズ" Profile (Japanese). Archive.org Wayback Machine. Hello! Project. 2018-06-01.
3. ↑ "Berryz工房" Profile (Japanese). Archive.org Wayback Machine. Hello! Project. 2018-06-01.
4. ↑ "夏焼雅 新グループオーディション" (Japanese). Natsuyaki Miyabi's New Group Audition Website. 2015-06-29.
5. ↑ "夏焼雅新グループオーディション HOW-TO" (Japanese).
6. ↑ "♡お知らせ♡" (Japanese). Natsuyaki Miyabi's Official Blog. 2016-05-20.
7. ↑ http://www.pinkcres.com/ Introduction before profiles.