Sayumi Michishige
| Sayumi Michishige 道重 さゆみ |
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Sayumi Michishige at the 13th MTV Video Music Awards Japan on June 14, 2014
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| Native name | 道重 さゆみ |
| Born | July 13, 1989 |
| Other names | Sayumin, Shige-san, Sayu, Shige-pink, Misshige |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
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| Genres | J-pop |
| Labels | Zetima |
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| Website | www |
Sayumi Michishige (道重 さゆみ Michishige Sayumi?, (named after Sayumi Horie) born July 13, 1989) is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige has the longest tenure of any member in the group's history.
Michishige was born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto, and Reina Tanaka, who all debuted with Morning Musume on the group's nineteenth single, "Shabondama". In 2005, she was assigned as mentor to seventh-generation member Koharu Kusumi, until Kusumi left the group in December 2009. Michishige was also a member of the Hello! Project unit Ecomoni, along with former Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa.
She portrays an extremely narcissistic image of herself in more TV shows, often calling herself the cutest member in Morning Musume and saying that her cuteness overwhelms her bad singing voice. In one of the skits known as Hello! Morning Theatre on their variety show, Hello! Morning, she frequently played a character known as "Ichiban Kawaii" (Cutest).
Michishige is from Ube, Yamaguchi. She is the youngest child in the family, she has an elder brother and an elder sister.
In 2002, at the age of 13, Michishige participated in the Love Audition 2002 held by Up-Front Agency in search of new members for the Japanese female idol group Morning Musume. Tens of thousand of contestants auditioned, but only four where chosen in the final stage. Michishige, along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto, and Reina Tanaka were admitted to Morning Musume as sixth-generation members on January 19, 2003.
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