Sae Miyazawa is a Japanese actress, television personality and former singer, signed under the entertainment agency Horipro.
20 Facts About Sae Miyazawa
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Sae Miyazawa is best known for her affiliations with AKB48 and its various sister- and subgroups.
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Sae Miyazawa stayed with Team K and AKB48 until August 2012.
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In March 2012, during AKB48's trip to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Sae Miyazawa visited the Strong John Thomson Elementary School in Washington, DC, to explain Japanese pop culture to the pupils.
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In January 2013, during the annual "Request Hour" concerts held by all Japanese AKB48 acts, the Sae Miyazawa-led song "Kiseki wa Mani Awanai" ranked second in fan voting.
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In March 2013, Sae Miyazawa started a Twitter account, but this was suspended when it gathered too many followers on the first day; her Twitter was reopened two days later.
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Meanwhile, Sae Miyazawa took part in AKB48's 31st single "Sayonara Crawl".
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Sae Miyazawa was appointed the 'leader' of SKE48's Team S This time, she accepted the new position after learning of the transfer via a live phone call from that event.
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In SKE48, Sae Miyazawa appeared frequently as one of the leading members in commercial campaigns, TV and stage performances, and had since then been selected to appear in AKB48's 38th single, her first regular single appearance since Sayonara Crawl, and her 29th title track performance overall.
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Sae Miyazawa is the second member to announce her so-called "graduation" from the group on national TV, after Oshima Yuko on Kohaku Uta Gassen in 2014.
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Sae Miyazawa eventually left the group in March 2016, after farewell performances in the theaters of all three groups she was affiliated with.
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Sae Miyazawa has published two photobooks; one in 2009 titled "Kanojo" and one in 2015 titled "Namida no Yukue".
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In January 2014, Sae Miyazawa was selected to play a major role in the stage play Wings of Kuzariana, the 13th volume of the Gorgeous Earth series, which was performed in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.
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Some months later, it was announced that Sae Miyazawa would perform in the stage adaptation of the popular shojo manga "Crest of the Royal Family" by Chieko Hosokawa, scheduled for 2016.
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Sae Miyazawa was cast for the role of the main protagonist, sharing the role with Seiko Niizuma.
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In July 2018, Sae Miyazawa terminated her contract with Flave Entertainment, and signed to media agency Horipro Entertainment a year later.
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Sae Miyazawa reprised her role in the sequel movie Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond.
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Sae Miyazawa is one of five members to make it to the senbatsu ranks in the first seven elections.
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Sae Miyazawa is known as AKB48's "handsome idol" due to her tomboyish mannerisms and image.
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Sae Miyazawa participated in the first two incarnations of Team Surprise, a subunit formed for a Pachinko machine campaign, but was not selected for the third:.