Miku Kanemura
Miku Kanemura is a Japanese singer and model. She is a member of the idol girl group Hinatazaka46 and an exclusive model for the women's magazine Bis.
Career
Music
On August 13, 2017, Kanemura passed the auditions for new members of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and became one of the second generation members of the group. As a sushi lover, she goes by the nickname "Osushi" and her catchphrase, "Everybody has to support Miku", contains a pun of "to support" and "sushi".Kanemura became a title song center for the first time for Hinatazaka46's sixth single "Tteka", released on October 27, 2021.
Aside from singing, Kanemura also plays the saxophone and drums and has played both on Hinatazaka46's television shows.
Kanemura launched her official Instagram account on her twentieth birthday.
Modeling
On October 1, 2020, Kanemura became an exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine Bis. She has since walked the runways of Tokyo Girls Collection and GirlsAward.Kanemura's first photobook, titled 2=羅針盤, was released on December 20, 2022, published by Kobunsha. The photography took place from autumn 2021 to summer 2022 in the prefectures of Hokkaido, Kyoto, Wakayama, and Kagoshima. The book sold 73,000 copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking.
Other ventures
Kanemura portrayed the main character in the music video of "Natsu Arashi" by the band Genie High, released in August 2021. The band's drummer, comedian Kazutoyo Koyabu, was the host of Hinatazaka46's television show Hinabingo!In 2024, Kanemura held her first solo photo exhibition as a photography student, titled 2=みとめる, at the New Gallery in Tokyo, which ran from September 10 to October 6.
Personal life
In January 2024, Kanemura revealed that she was in her third year of studying photography at the College of Art, Nihon University. In March 2025, she graduated from Nihon University.Kanemura's granduncle, chocolatier Masakazu Kobayashi, is the inventor of ganache-based delicacy nama chocolate and co-creator of the similar Meiji Meltykiss chocolate.
Discography
Kanemura has participated in all Hinatazaka46 title songs, as well as the all-member and second generation member songs by Hiragana Keyakizaka46 since "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" and by Hinatazaka46. She was the center for the title song "Tteka" and co-center for "Onegai Bach!" and has been on the front row of the choreography of all title songs since "Sonna Koto Nai yo". Other prominent appearances include:- "Dash & Rush", center
- "Cage", with Mei Higashimura, Hina Kawata, and Akari Nibu
- "See Through", duet with Nao Kosaka
- "Omoigakenai Double Rainbow" and "Additional Time", center
- "Akubi Letter", center, with Color Chart
- "Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai", performed by all members born in 2002
- "Sonota Ōzei Type", with Suzuka Tomita, Yūka Kageyama, and Hinano Kamimura