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| Sayumi Michishige 道重さゆみ |
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 Michishige (center), Platinum 9 Tour Spring
2009, May 2009
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Sayumin, Shige-san, Sayu, Shige-pink |
| Born | July 13, 1989 |
| Origin | Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Genres | Japanese pop |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Zetima |
| Associated acts | Morning Musume, Otomegumi, Ecomoni, H.P. All Stars,v-u-den |
| Website | Hello! Project.com |
Sayumi Michishige (道重 さゆみ Michishige Sayumi, (named after Sayumi Horie)[1] 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, which all made their debuts with Morning Musume in the group's nineteenth single, Shabondama. Since 2005 she was assigned as mentor to 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi.
Michishige is also a member of the Hello! Project unit Ecomoni along with 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.[2] In one of the skits known as Hello! Morning Theatre on their variety show, Hello! Morning, she is best known as playing a character known as "Ichiban Kawaii" (Cutest).
"Usa-chan Peace" (Bunny 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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Sayumi Michishige officially became a 6th generation member of the J-pop group 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 was placed in Morning Musume Otomegumi subgroup, when the group 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 privilege of watching them perform live. During the spring she—along with the rest of the sixth generation members—made her first concert appearance on the Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 Spring "Non Stop!" during Yasuda Kei's graduation.
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. Towards the end of 2003 Michishige began appearing in the show Revelations of M (Mの黙示録 M no Mokushiroku), as a regular with ex-Morning Musume member Yuko Nakazawa.
2004 saw 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 Michishige 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 Atchii Chikyū wo Samasunda) 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 Tensai! Let's Go Ayayamu (天才！Let's Go あややム Genius! Let's Go Ayayamu)—and appear in subsequent festivals.
In 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 members appear in it, officially Angels has nothing to do with the unit. Michishige 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 she was assigned to be a mentor to 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 Takara no Hako (宝の箱 Treasure Box), 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 a 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) in October 2006. 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).
The first semester of 2007 remained rather uneventful for Michishige, though, starting the second week of June (on June 9, 2007), she began co-hosting the Young Town radio show as a result of Miki Fujimoto's Friday magazine scandal and subsequent resignation from Morning Musume. Shortly thereafter she released her first Love Hello photobook and DVD, both shot in the island of Guam.
Like in previous singles (a notable exception being Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago), Michishige was given a relatively minor role both in Resonant Blue and Pepper Keibu (the group's singles for 2008), with the exception of a solo line in the latter. Her radio show was extended from 30 to 60 minutes and she also released her fifth solo photobook.
On January 3, 2009, for the first time since she joined Morning Musume, Michishige appeared as an independent talent on a TV show, namely the Otona Gakuryoku Kentei SP (大人学力検定スペシャル Adult Knowledge Test Special) quiz show. A cast of 30 performers (including former v-u-den member Yui Okada and second generation Morning Musume member Mari Yaguchi) gathered to answer a series of questions taken from elementary school textbooks. From a total of 60 questions she managed to score 22 (37%) and placed 29th.
In 2009, Michishige was assigned to be apart of the new shuffle group zoku v-u-den, along with Risako Sugaya (of Berryz Kobo) and Junjun (also of Morning Musume).
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.[4]
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 Ryūnosuke 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 Michishige'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.
| # | Title | Release date | Publisher ISBN |
Description |
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| – | Hello Hello! Morning Musume Sixth Generation Member Shashinshū (ハロハロ! モーニング娘。6期メンバー写真集) |
July 15, 2003 | Kadokawa
Shoten ISBN 978-4048942515 |
Hello Hello! photobook with Eri Kamei and Reina Tanaka |
| 1 | Michishige Sayumi Shashinshū "Michishige Sayumi" (道重さゆみ写真集「道重さゆみ」) |
October 30, 2004 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847028335 |
First solo photobook |
| – | Ishikawa Rika & Michishige Sayumi "Angels" (石川梨華&道重さゆみ写真集「エンジェルス」) |
November 16, 2005 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847028953 |
Photobook with Rika Ishikawa |
| 2 | Michishige Sayumi Shashinshū "Dōkei" (道重さゆみ写真集「憧憬」) |
January 15, 2007 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847029875 |
Second solo photobook |
| 3 | 17 ~Love Hello! Michishige Sayumi (17～ラブハロ！道重さゆみ写真集～) |
June 30, 2007 | Kadokawa Group Publishing ISBN 978-4048944953 |
Third solo photobook, photographed in Guam |
| 4 | Michishige Sayumi Shashinshū "Sōsō" (道重さゆみ写真集「蒼蒼~そうそう~」) |
December 14, 2007 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847040559 |
Fourth solo photobook |
| 5 | Michishige Sayumi Shashinshū "Love Letter" (道重さゆみ写真集「LOVE LETTER」) |
September 25, 2008 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847041211 |
Fifth solo photobook |
| 6 | Michishige Sayumi Shashinshū "Hatachi Shichigatsu Jūsannichi" (道重さゆみ写真集「20歳7月13日」) |
July 13, 2009 | Wani Books ISBN 978-4847041839 |
Sixth solo photobook, photographed in Okinawa and Tokyo |
| # | Title | Release date | DVD information |
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| – | Hello Hello! (ハロハロ!) | July 16, 2003 | DVD with Eri Kamei and Reina Tanaka |
| 1 | Love Hello! Michishige Sayumi DVD (ラブハロ！道重さゆみDVD) |
July 18, 2007 | First solo DVD, filmed in Hawaiʻi |
| 2 | 20’s time | July 22, 2009 | Second solo DVD, filmed in Okinawa |
| Show | Start date | End date | Station |
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| Hello! Morning (ハロー!モーニング。) | January 26, 2003 | April 1, 2007 | TV Tokyo Corporation |
| 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 | TV Asahi Corporation |
| Futarigoto (二人ゴト) | June 16, 2004 | June 25, 2004 | TV Tokyo Corporation |
| July 14, 2004 | July 22, 2004 | ||
| Majokko Rika-chan no Magical v-u-den (魔女っ娘。梨華ちゃんのマジカル美勇伝) |
October 21, 2004 | December 15, 2004 | |
| Musume Document 2005 (娘。ドキュメント2005) | January 5, 2005 | April 1, 2005 | |
| Musume Dokyu! (娘。DOKYU!) | April 5, 2005 | May 5, 2006 | |
| Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@ Haromoni) | April 8, 2007 | September 28, 2008 | |
| Yorosen! (よろセン!) | October 6, 2008 | March 27, 2009 | |
| Otona no Gakuryoku Kentei Special Shōgakkō Kyōkasho
Quiz! (おとなの学力検定スペシャル小学校教科書クイズ!) |
January 3, 2009 | Nippon Television | |
| Bugroo!! (バグルー!!) | February 12, 2009 | Nagoya Broadcasting Network | |
| Otameshi ka! (お試しかっ!) | February 23, 2009 | March 9, 2009 | Asahi Corporation |
| Takatoshi no Soratobu Cherry Pie (タカトシの空飛ぶチェリーパイ) | March 10, 2009 | TV Tokyo Corporation | |
| Program | Start date | End date | Station |
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| Regular | |||
| 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) |
October 5, 2006 | Ongoing | CBC Radio |
| MBS Young Town Dōyōbi (MBSヤングタウン土曜日) | June 9, 2007 | Ongoing | MBS Radio |
| Non-regular | |||
| TBC Fun Fīrudo Mōretsu Mōdasshu (TBC Funふぃーるど・モーレツモーダッシュ) |
May 2, 2005 | May 13, 2005 | TBC Radio |
| May 30, 2005 | June 10, 2005 | ||
| July 25, 2005 | August 5, 2005 | ||
| January 22, 2007 | February 2, 2007 | ||
| Hello Pro Yanen!! (ハロプロやねん!!) | February 27, 2004 | ABC Radio | |
| March 5, 2004 | |||
| June 10, 2005 | June 24, 2005 | ||
| December 16, 2005 | |||
| November 3, 2006 | |||
| November 10, 2006 | |||
| December 15, 2006 | |||
| Asa Made Hello Pro Yanen!! 2 (朝までハロプロやねん!2) | December 18, 2005 | ||
| Asa Made Hello Pro Yanen!! 4 (朝までハロプロやねん!4) | December 17, 2006 | ||
| B.B.L. | November 6, 2005 | November 13, 2005 | |
| Radio drama | |||
| Radio Drama: Drama no Kaze "Girl Driver" (ラジオドラマ ドラマの風「ガール☆ドライバー」) |
December 4, 2005 | MBS Radio | |
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