Sayaka Ichii
Sayaka Ichii 市井 紗耶香 | |
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| Also known as | Sayarin, Kā-san |
| Born | December 31, 1983 |
| Origin | Japanese pop |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Labels | Up-Front Agency (May 1998–November 2003) Ranves (August 2009–present) |
| Website | Sayaka Ichii - Ranves |
Sayaka Ichii (市井 紗耶香, Ichii Sayaka, born December 31, 1983 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer and former member for Japanese girl group Morning Musume. She is now a TV talent and planning to debut as an actress.
History
Morning Musume and Hello Project
Joined the girl group
Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7. She also recorded a folk song album with Yuko Nakazawa
.
She left Morning Musume in May to continue her education.
After Morning Musume
Sayaka Ichii graduated from Morning Musume and
Sharan Q
), and wrote two of their songs. In 2003, Cubic-Cross disbanded, and after a solo single
She retired from the music business at the end of the year.
In February, she joined Ranves Management agency.on August 30, she returned to TV in a TBS show called Sunday Japan.
Personal life
Ichii announced in 2004 that she was pregnant and was to marry the group's guitarist, Naoki Yoshizawa. The couple had two daughters but divorced in 2011. Ichii later remarried and gave birth to a son. Her fourth baby was born in 2017.
Discography and releases
Albums
- Duet with Yuko Nakazawa
- Folk Songs (November 29, 2001)
- Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross
- C:BOX (November 20, 2002)
Singles
- Sayaka Ichii in Cubic-Cross
- Jinsei Ga Mou Hajimatteru (April 24, 2002)
- Shitsuren Love Song (July 17, 2002)
- Todoke! Koi no Telepathy (November 9, 2002)
- Zutto Zutto (May 1, 2003)
- Sayaka Ichii
- 4U ~Hitasura~ (September 3, 2003)
DVD
- Folk Days (February 28, 2002)
Photobooks
- Self (February 10, 2002)
External links
- Up-Front Works Official Discography Entry (Japanese)
- Sayaka Ichii's Blog (Japanese)
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