Sakura Miyawaki

Following the Mnet vote manipulation investigation, Miyawaki's Japanese radio show was suspended on November 28, 2019.

In 2018, Miyawaki joined the show Produce 48 and was selected as the center of the show's theme song, "Nekkoya". She placed 2nd and debuted on October 29, 2018 as a member of Iz*One.

In 2018, Miyawaki participated and placed second in reality girl group survival show Produce 48 and became a member of Korean-Japanese idol group Iz*One that debuted in October that same year. She and the other two Japanese members of the group will take a hiatus from their respective Japanese groups until their contracts with Iz*One expire in April 2021. Miyawaki has also started her own video gaming channel on YouTube.

Tonight Under the Sakura Tree, Bay FM (Japan) (2017-present)

As one of the group's leading members, Miyawaki became the center (leading singer and dancer) of AKB48's 43rd single "Kimi wa Melody" (Your Melody) which is also AKB48's 10th Anniversary Memorial single in January 2016. In 2017, together with Jurina Matsui from SKE48, the two next generation aces that are also known as "JuriSaku" were chosen to be the WCenter (double centers) for AKB48 group commemorative 48th single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare".

On AKB's 43rd single, "Kimi wa Melody", released March 9, 2016, she got her first solo center on an AKB48 single.

In 2015, Miyawaki was given a lead role in AKB48's drama Majisuka Gakuen 4 along with Haruka Shimazaki. The season premiered on January 19. She placed 7th overall in the general election the same year with 81,422 votes.

In July 2015, she released her first photobook, titled Sakura which reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon photobook chart and number 3 on the general book chart.

On 11 January 2014, it was announced during the first day of HKT48's Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour at Oita, that Miyawaki would be transferred to the newly formed Team KIV. Later, at AKB48's Group Grand Reformation Festival, she was promoted to vice captain of Team KIV and given a concurrent position in AKB48 Team A.

Miyawaki participated in the 2014 AKB48 general election and placed 11th overall with 45,538 votes, landing her a position on the A-side for "Kokoro no Placard". In that year's rock-paper-scissors tournament, Miyawaki lost in the 3rd round of the preliminary competition. However, management decided she would share the center position with winner Mayu Watanabe for AKB48's 38th single, "Kiboteki Refrain", and became the first local HKT48 member to center on an A-side single.

In 2012, Miyawaki became the first HKT48 member to have ranked in the AKB48 general election. She received 6,635 votes, placing her at the 47th position. Later that year, she landed her first A-side participation on AKB48's 28th single "Uza". Although she did not make the A-side for the 29th and 30th singles, she appeared on the A-side for the 31st single, "Sayonara Crawl", released on May 22, 2013, and placed 26th overall in AKB48's 2013 general election with 25,760 votes.

Miyawaki was officially promoted to full member status of HKT48 Team H on March 4, 2012, along with 15 other trainees.

Miyawaki joined HKT48 as a first generation trainee in July 2011. She made her first official appearance as an HKT48 member on October 23 at a national handshake event for the song "Flying Get". She made her theater debut on November 26 with a revival of SKE48 Team S stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara".

Since debuted in July 2011, Miyawaki already take a part in fourth edition of AKB48's annual general election. This is Miyawaki ranking placement :

Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良 , Miyawaki Sakura, born 19 March 1998) is a Japanese singer and actress. She became a member of Japanese-South Korean girl group Iz*One after finishing second in survival reality television show Produce 48 and is a member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48.