Mei Yamazaki

**Mei Yamazaki** is a Japanese pop singer under Hello! Project. She is a fifteenth generation member of Morning Musume along with Rio Kitagawa and Homare Okamura.

## History

### Early Life

Mei Yamazaki was born June 28, 2005 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

### 2014-2015

In 2014, Yamazaki auditioned to become a model for Ciao Girl magazine.

In 2015, Yamazaki entered the Hello! Project "Hokkaido Gentei" Member Audition and passed.

### 2016-2018

On July 16 2016, it was announced that the successful applicants of the Hello! Project "Hokkaido Gentei" Member Audition would join the newly established trainee branch, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido. Yamazaki Mei was officially introduced as one of the first seven members on July 30 at the Hello! Project 2016 SUMMER ~Sunshine Parade~ concert in Sapporo alongside Oota Haruka, Sato Hikari, Ishiguri Kanami, Kawano Minori, Kitagawa Ryo and Kudo Yume.

On May 6, Yamazaki Mei won the judge's singing award at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event for her performance of "Wonderful World (English Ver.)".

### 2019

On May 4, Yamazaki won the judge's character award at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event for her performance of "Mugen Climax".

On June 22, she was announced as a 15th generation member of Morning Musume '19 alongside Morning Musume '19 LOVE Audition winners Rio Kitagawa and Homare Okamura. She had her last performance as a Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido member in the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 6gatsu ~Midori~, which ended on June 16. She and the rest of the 15th generation members were introduced on stage during the Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER concert tour from July 13 and began performing with the group in the Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Aki. Her member color was revealed to be bright green.

On August 28, she, Kitagawa and Okamura held their debut fanclub event, Morning Musume '19 15ki Member FC Event, at Yamano Hall.

On September 5, the 15th generation members began a fanclub-exclusive web talk show, titled *Three stations.*

### 2020

On June 12, she released her first visual photobook, *Mei*.

On August 21, she celebrated her 15th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '20 Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event with two shows at LANDMARK HALL. In compliance with government policy, cheering, crowding, standing, and closeness in the venue were prohibited, and wearing masks were required to enter.

### 2021

On June 28, she celebrated her 16th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '21 Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event with two shows at LANDMARK HALL.

### 2022

On May 23, it was reported that Maria Makino and Mei Yamazaki were diagnosed with COVID-19. Both of them underwent a PCR test at a medical institution after being classified as close contacts to Ayumi Ishida, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 a few days prior, and got a confirmed positive result. They will be taking a break from activities for the time being and will be resting at home. Currently, Yamazaki had no symptoms, while Makino had a slight fever and sore throat.

On June 28, she celebrated her 17th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '22 Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event with two shows at Edogawa Cultural Center.

### 2023

On June 22, she opened an official Instagram account.

On July 3, she celebrated her 18th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '23 Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event with two shows at Itabashi Culture Hall.

## Appearance

Mei is seen wearing a green dress and green shoes. She has black hair in pigtails.

## Trivia

* She is often doing the "Panda-san Pose", which is a gesture mimicking panda.
* She has been studying English through the Disney's World of English language learning program since she was 9 months old, especially since her favourite school subject is english, she once performed an english cover of Wonderful World, a single from Juice=Juice at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event and got a judge's singing award.
* She’s the third Member overall to debut from Hello!Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, following Haruka Oota who debuted in Angerme, Yume Kudo who joined Juice=Juice and later Kanami Ishiguri who joined OCHA NORMA.