SAKURA

Born March 19, 1998 · Kagoshima, Japan

Sakura Miyawaki, known mononymously as SAKURA, is a Japanese singer and actress under Source Music. She is a member of the girl group LE SSERAFIM, and a former member of the girl groups IZ*ONE, formed through the reality competition show Produce 48 (2018), AKB48 and its sister group HKT48. Sakura began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011 and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from 2014 to 2018. During her tenure, she held center positions for the singles Kimi wa Melody and No Way Man. She took a hiatus from HKT48 in 2018 after placing second in the reality competition show Produce 48, joining the girl group IZ*ONE until 2021, then leaving HKT48 a few months later to pursue her idol career in South Korea by joining LE SSERAFIM, which debuted in May 2022.