Sayumi Michishige
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| Sayumi Michishige 道重さゆみ |
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 Sayumi Michishige (Jan 2007)
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| Also known as | Sayumin | |
| Born | July 13, 1989 (age 17) | |
| Origin |  Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan |
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| Genre(s) | Japanese Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 2003-present | |
| Label(s) | zetima | |
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Morning Musume Otome Gumi (2003 - 2004) Ecomoni H.P. All Stars (2004) |
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| Website | Hello! Project.com | |
Sayumi Michishige (道重さゆみ Michishige Sayumi?, born July 13, 1989 in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan), is a sixth generation member of the J-pop group Morning Musume.
She joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto and Reina Tanaka and debuted with the single Shabondama. Since 2005 she has been mentoring the 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi.
Michishige is also a member of the Hello! Project unit Ecomoni, containing herself and former Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa.
When Michishige passed the audition to join Morning Musume, Tsunku, Morning Musume's producer, wrote in a comment about her that her singing is weak. After the audition Michishige has taken voice lessons to improve her singing, but even she admits that her own singing is still bad.
She portrays an extremely narcissistic image of herself in TV shows, often calling herself the cutest member in Morning Musume and saying that her cuteness overwhelms her bad singing voice.[1]
"Usa-chan Peace" is a phrase, which Michishige uses to identify herself. While saying "Usa-chan peace" she holds her index and middle fingers in V shapes next to her ears.
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[edit] Profile
- Nicknames: Sayumin (さゆみん?), Shige-san (しげさん?), Sayu (さゆ?)
- Birth Date: July 13, 1989
- Birth Place: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Blood Type: A
- Height: 160 cm / 5'2"
- Hobbies: Purikura, using phones, collecting hair ornaments
- Talents: Tetris, Tennis
- Specialty: Can sleep anywhere
- Favorite Foods: Mentaiko spaghetti, Chocolate
- Least Favorite Foods: Avocado, Mango[2]
- Favorite Color: Pink
- Mottos:
[edit] Biography
Sayumi Michishige officially became a 6th generation member of the all-girl band Morning Musume, along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto and Reina Tanaka, on January 19, 2003, when the results of the LOVE Audition 2002 were made public. Just a few weeks later she joined the Morning Musume Otomegumi subgroup, when the band was temporarily divided so it could perform in smaller towns, thereby reaching out to a greater number of fans who couldn't otherwise have the priviledge of watching them perform live. During the spring she had her first concert appearances in the Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 Spring "NON STOP!".
On July 16, 2003, the 6th generation members (with the exception of Miki Fujimoto) released their first photobook and corresponding DVD, both shot in Hawaii and part of the Alo Hello! (アロハロ!?) series. Their musical debut came shortly thereafter, on July 30, with Morning Musume's 19th single Shabondama (シャボン玉?). Although Michishige didn't get many solo lines in the song, one of those instances—in which she shouts "Shabondama"—did get her some attention on TV shows. Close to the end of the year of 2003 she started appearing in the show The Apocalypse of M (Mの黙示録 M no Mokushiroku?), which lasted for nearly a year, as a regular with ex-Morning Musume member Yuko Nakazawa.
The next year started with her first appearance on an album, Best! Morning Musume 2, and in a movie, "Star Sand Island, My Island - Island Dreamin'" (星砂の島、私の島－～ISLAND DREAMIN'～ Hoshisuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima - Island Dreamin'?).During the summer she appeared in her first solo photobook and formed a temporary group called Ecomoni together with 4th Generation Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa. Originally, the goal of the group was to promote environmental awareness only for the duration of the "Cool Down the Hot Earth" (熱っちぃ地球を冷ますんだ Acchi Chikyuu wo Samasunda?) environmental festival, but their popularity led to the members of the group being cast as voice actors for the fourth Hamtaro movie —along with Hello! Project soloist Aya Matsuura, with whom they also released the main theme for the film, entitled Genius! Let's Go Ayayamu (天才！LET'S GO あややム Tensai! Let's Go Ayayamu?)— and appear in subsequent festivals.
In the year 2005 she and Rika Ishikawa released a duo photobook called Angels (エンジェルズ?). Though it has been called an Ecomoni photobook, because both of its members appear in it, officially, Angels has nothing to do with said unit. She also appeared as a regular news anchor in the Japanese variety show Hello! Morning for most of the second half of 2005. That same year Michishige was chosen to be a mentor for the 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi, with whom she formed a duo called Rainbow Pink in the beginning of 2006. Introducing themselves as "Shige-pink" and "Koha-pink", the group was featured on Morning Musume's 7th album, Rainbow 7 (レインボー7?), with the song Rainbow Pink (レインボーピンク?), and subsequently on the 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! (7.5冬冬モーニング娘。ミニ!?) and Sexy 8 Beat albums, with Wa~Merry Pin Xmas! (わ～MERRYピンXmas!?) and Treasure Box (宝の箱 Takara no Hako?), respectively. Michishige is also a member of Hello! Project's kickball team, Metro Rabbits H.P..
Following in fellow Morning Musume member Miki Fujimoto's footsteps, Michishige began hosting, in October 2006, a new radio show entitled "Hypernight - Michishige Sayumi Konya mo Usa-chan Peace" (ハイパーナイト モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜も♥うさちゃんピース?). Running approximately 30 minutes per episode, Michishige's show consists of her answering fan mail and participating in several games, among which saying a given phrase/expression in reverse, and giving general advice to her listeners.
In early December 2006 it was announced Michishige would be given a second solo photobook, entitled Longing (憧憬 Doukei?), released shortly thereafter on January 15, 2007. Shot in Okinawa, the book featured school uniform, swimsuit, simple one-piece and even wet yukata/bathrobe shots, in an attempt to convey a more mature image of the seventeen year old idol.[3]
Michishige has also starred in "Bow30°" (「おじぎ３０度」?), an original internet drama created for the purpose of advertising the Family Restaurant chain Gusto (ガスト?), as Ruruka Chī (地井ルルカ?), a novice waitress training under the supervision of her seniors Karin Kinoshita (木下花梨?) (played by Morning Musume's Ai Takahashi) and Mika Mochizuki (望月深華?) (Reiko Tokita).
[edit] Trivia
- Upon passing the Sixth Generation Musume Audition, Michishige became a huge celebrity in her hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A local newspaper (Ube Nichi (ウベニチ?) published her address and released information regarding the school she was attending at the time.
Other newspaper, the Ube Newsletter (宇部時報?) published her portrait and a referral by her homeroom teacher. - Prior to her debut she had a poster of former Morning Musume member Maki Goto stuck on the wall of her room.
- Additionally, she was a great fan of Ai Takahashi and Rika Ishikawa. However, when she first met with the group she couldn't bring herself to look them in the eye and ended up staring at Kei Yasuda instead.
- The parts she likes the most about her face are the black mole she has under her mouth and specially her eyes.
- In her private life she usually spends time with the other Sixth Generation members and is often invited to go out to eat with Ai Takahashi and Risa Niigaki. It is, however, Eri Kamei that Michishige is closest to.[4]
- Although she at first thought her rival within Morning Musume would be her best friend Eri Kamei, she now sees 7th Generation member, Koharu Kusumi as the main threat in terms of cuteness.[5]
- She is an expert at Tetris and can get over 60,000 points.[6]
[edit] Usa-chan Peace
The phrase Usa-chan Peace (うさちゃんピース?) (Bunny Peace) has become a trademark of Michishige. While saying this phrase, she places her hands next to her ears and holds her index and middle fingers in V shapes to imitate rabbit ears. According to Michishige, Usa-chan Peace became her trademark pose gradually. At first she used it when taking print club photos with her sister, but after seeing how cute it looked, she started adopting it on official photoshoots and related events.[5]
The Usa-chan Peace pose has been widely reproduced in Hello! Project productions (such as the aforementioned Bow 30° drama, in the second episode of the first series) and events, but also outside the scope of Tsunku's all-girls franchise, most notably in the 132nd Ryunosuke Akutagawa prize award ceremony. For the commemorative photograph of the event, Kazushige Abe (阿部 和重?) held his hands in a manner patterned after the Usa-chan Peace sign, in a clear homage to the young idol's invention.
Furthermore, careful viewing of the 18th episode of the anime series "Gin Tama", reveals the presence of a humorous reference to the Usa-chan Peace phenomenon and its significance in the otaku culture: cornered by the main characters, the underwear thief (whose perverted antics said episode revolves around) refuses to let himself be defeated, for all "perverts, bullies and cherry boys"—among whom a man shown doing the Usa-chan Peace pose with a maid at a Cosplay Cafe—depend upon his good will (stolen underwear delivery) to go on with their otherwise dull and loveless lives.
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Photobooks
- Hello Hello! (ハロハロ!?), photobook with Eri Kamei and Reina Tanaka (July 15, 2003) ISBN 4-04-894251-4
- Michishige Sayumi (道重さゆみ?), first solo photobook (October 30, 2004) ISBN 4-8470-2833-3
- Angels (エンジェルス?), photobook with Rika Ishikawa (November 16, 2005) ISBN 4-8470-2895-3
- Doukei (憧憬?), second solo photobook (January 15, 2007) ISBN 978-4-8470-2987-5
[edit] DVDs
- Hello Hello! (ハロハロ!?), DVD with Eri Kamei and Reina Tanaka (July 16, 2003)
[edit] Movies
- Hoshisuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima - Island Dreamin' (星砂の島、私の島～ISLAND DREAMIN'～?) (September 29, 2004)
- Tottoko Hamutaro Hamham Paradichu! Hamutaro to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto (劇場版とっとこハム太郎はむはむぱらだいちゅ! ハム太郎とふしぎのオニの絵本塔?) (July 20, 2005)
- Cyborg Shibata 3 (サイボーグしばた 3?) (September 28, 2005)
[edit] TV Shows
- Hello! Morning (ハロー！モーニング。?) (January 26, 2003 – Present)
- Sore Yuke! Gorokkies (それゆけ!ゴロッキーズ?) (September 29, 2003 – December 26, 2003)
- M no Mokushiroku (Mの黙示録?) (October 7, 2003 – September 9, 2004)
- Futarigoto (二人ゴト?) (June 16, 2004 – June 25, 2004 | July 14, 2004 – July 22, 2004)
- Majokko Rika-chan no Magical Biyuuden (「魔女っ娘。梨華ちゃんのマジカル美勇伝」) (October 21, 2004 – December 15, 2004)
- Musume DOKYU! (「娘。DOKYU!」) (April 5, 2005 – Present)
[edit] Radio
- TBC FUN FIIRUDO MOORETSU MOODASSHU (TBC FUNふぃーるど・モーレツモーダッシュ?) (May 2, 2005 – May 13, 2005 | May 30, 2005 – June 10, 2005 | July 25, 2005 – August 5, 2005)
- Haropuro Yanen (ハロプロやねん!!?) (June 10, 2005 – June 24, 2005)
- B.B.L. (November 6, 2005 – November 13, 2005)
- Hypernight - Michishige Sayumi Konya mo Usa-chan Peace (「ハイパーナイト モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜も♥うさちゃんピース」?)
[edit] Internet
- Hello Pro Hour #05 (ハロプロアワー#05?) (2006/04/28) (MC)
- Hello Pro Hour #06 (ハロプロアワー#06?) (2006/05/12) (MC)
- Hello Pro Hour #15 (ハロプロアワー#15?) (2006/09/15) (MC)
- Hello Pro Hour #19 (ハロプロアワー#19?) (2006/11/10)
- Bow 30°Series 1 and 3 (おじぎ３０度?) (2006/2007)
[edit] References
- ^ Music Fighter 2005-07-16
- ^ "Hypernight - Michishige Sayumi Konya mo Usa-chan Peace" (「ハイパーナイト モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜も♥うさちゃんピース」?) episode #1, October 5, 2006
- ^ Wani Books Official Website
- ^ "Hypernight - Michishige Sayumi Konya mo Usa-chan Peace" (「ハイパーナイト モーニング娘。道重さゆみの今夜も♥うさちゃんピース」?) episode #003, October 19, 2006
- ^ a b Hello Pro Hour #5, Teach me Sayumin. (教えてさゆみん?) corner
- ^ On the August 1, 2003 episode of Fun (NNS).
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