Sakura Miyawaki

Sakura Miyawaki is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim, and as a former member of the South Korean-Japanese group Iz*One as well as the Japanese girl groups AKB48 and HKT48.

Born on March 19, 1998, in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, Miyawaki was raised by her mother following her parents' divorce when she was a year old. Influenced by her mother, she began attending a local musical school at a young age. At age 10, she performed as Young Nala in the Shiki Theatre Company's production of The Lion King. In 2010, she participated in The Broadway Experience training program in New York before graduating from the Maria Musical Academy in Kagoshima.

Miyawaki began her idol career in July 2011 when she joined HKT48 as a first-generation trainee, making her theater debut later that year and reaching full member status in Team H in March 2012. Over the following years, she gained prominence through AKB48's general elections, placing 47th in 2012 and rising to 7th place by 2015. She held center and lead positions for several singles, including Kiboteki Refrain and Kimi wa Melody. During this period, she also starred in the 2015 television drama Majisuka Gakuen 4 and released her first photobook, Sakura, which topped the weekly Oricon photobook chart.

In 2018, Miyawaki competed in the reality survival competition Produce 48, finishing in second place and earning a spot in the Korean-Japanese group Iz*One. She took a hiatus from her Japanese music groups until Iz*One's contract ended in April 2021. During 2018, she also created a video gaming channel on YouTube. Following Iz*One's disbandment, she officially graduated from HKT48 in June 2021 and concluded her contract with the agency Vernalossom in November 2021.

In March 2022, Miyawaki signed an exclusive contract with Source Music and joined A.M. Entertainment for individual promotional activities in Japan. She debuted as a member of Le Sserafim in May 2022 with the extended play Fearless. In 2026, she was featured on the Forbes Japan 30 Under 30 list.

Alongside her music career, Miyawaki has undertaken numerous endorsement roles and business projects. She has modeled for tourism campaigns in Kagoshima, as well as brands including Molak, Flower Knows, Kérastase Japan, Lily Brown, Primera, Felissimo, and Maybelline New York. Her business ventures include launching the cosmetic line Cran by Molak in 2021, which operated until November 2022, and creating the personalized knitting and crochet brand Kkurochet in January 2025.