Mizuno Yui (水野 由結) is a singer and actress under the agency Amuse. She is a former member of both BABYMETAL and Sakura Gakuin and its sub-units Twinklestars and Mini Pati.
Her role was "Scream and Dance" under the name of YUIMETAL.
She left BABYMETAL on October 19, 2018, due to poor health. Prior to her leaving, she had been absent from activities since December 2017.[1][2]
Biography[]
Mizuno was born on June 20, 1999 in Kanagawa, Japan. Between 2006 and 2008 she was part of the magazines "Shōgakuichinensei" and "Putchigumi". On 2008 was part of the TV commercial "Bandai, Pretty Cute" and model for "Tokyo Kids Collection AW", representing Roni in the 1st Stage of the event.
On June 30 of 2009 was released on Nippon TV the first and only one episode of "MW Chapter 0, Akuma No Game" making her first appearance as actress, just a few seconds playing with other kids. Mizuno was part of "Atarashii Kodomo Bangumi" a live stream by Goomo on September of 2009. She was also was part of the three consecutive nights Special of Fuji TV "Japan's Forgotten". The special broadcasted 3 movies on November 20, 21 and 22. Mizuno was Hori Shizuyo in the movie "Happi Basude" directed by Kozo Nagayama and starring by Yoshino Kimura and Nozomi Ohashi.
On March 24 of 2010 was part of "Kioku No Umi" as the character Kyoko Yamauchi while she was on elementary school. The drama was released on March 22 until March 25 on TBS and won the "Kodansha Award" on "The 2nd Original Drama Grand Prix".
On August 2, 2010, at the age of 11, Mizuno, at the same time with Kikuchi Moa, joined Sakura Gakuin, an idol group managed by the talent agency Amuse. Mizuno and Kikuchi first became members of the sub-unit Baton Club "Twinklestars" and later together with Nakamoto Suzuka they formed the Heavy Music Club "BABYMETAL". Before the formation of this sub-unit, none of the three members knew what heavy metal was.[3]
In July 2011, she joined the sub-unit Cooking Club "Mini Pati", as the second generation member.
On November 2012, BABYMETAL performed overseas for the first time at the 2012 Anime Festival Asia in Singapore.[4] They became an independent recording group in 2013.[5]
In May 2014, she became the production chairman of Sakura Gakuin. In July of the same year, BABYMETAL started their first world tour "BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2014". During a bus trip, Kikuchi and Mizuno wrote "Song 4" together, under the writing credits BLACK BABYMETAL.[6]
On March 29, 2015 she graduated from Sakura Gakuin with the live performance "The Road to Graduation 2014 Final - Sakura Gakuin 2014 Graduation".[7] She has been performing with BABYMETAL ever since.[8]
On October 19, BABYMETAL released a new song called "Starlight." Along with the video for the song came the announcement that Mizuno is no longer a member of BABYMETAL, hinting at a future solo career under the name Mizuno Yui.[2] She also cited physical issues as a reason for departure.[1] Prior to the official departure, she had not performed with the group for about a year (her last show was BIG FOX FESTIVAL in October 2017).
Associated acts[]
- Sakura Gakuin (2010 — 2015)
- Twinklestars (Baton Club sub-unit) (2010 — 2015)
- Mini Pati (Cooking Club sub-unit) (2011 — 2015)
- BABYMETAL (2010 — 2018)
- BLACK BABYMETAL (sub-unit)
Discography[]
Sakura Gakuin[]
- Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo ~Message~ (2011)
- Sakura Gakuin 2011 Nendo ~Friends~ (2012)
- Sakura Gakuin 2012 Nendo ~My Generation~ (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin 2013 Nendo ~Kizuna~ (2014)
- Sakura Gakuin 2014 Nendo ~Kimi ni Todoke~ (2015)
BABYMETAL[]
- BABYMETAL (2014)
- METAL RESISTANCE (2016)
Filmography[]
Films
- A Happy Birthday (2009) — as Hori Shizuyo
Television
- MW Dai-Zero-shō: Akuma no Game (2009)
- Sagasō! Nippon Hito no Wasuremono (2009)
- Kioku no Umi (2010) — as Kyoko Yamauchi
Music videos
- Sakura Gakuin — Over The Future Entrance Examination (2010)
- Sakura Gakuin — Hello！IVY (2010)
- Sakura Gakuin — 夢に向かって (Yumenimukatte) (2010)
- Twinklestars — Dear Mr.Socrates (2011)
- Sakura Gakuin — FLYAWAY (2011)
- Sakura Gakuin — message (2011)
- Twinklestars — プリーズ！プリーズ！プリーズ！ (Please! Please! Please!) (2011)
- BABYMETAL — Doki Doki ☆ Morning (2012)
- BABYMETAL — Iine! (2012)
- BABYMETAL — Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!! (2012)
- Sakura Gakuin — ベリシュビッッ (Berisyubittsu) (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin — WONDERFUL JOURNEY (2013)
- BABYMETAL — Megitsune (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin — My Graduation Toss (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin — Hana＊Hana (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin — 顔笑れ!!（がんばれ!!）(Gambare!!) (2013)
- BABYMETAL — Ijime, Dame, Zettai (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin — Jump Up ～ちいさな勇気～ (Chiisana Yuki) (2014)
- Sakura Gakuin — ハートの地球（ほし） (Heart No Hoshi) (2014)
- BABYMETAL — Gimme Chocolate!! (2014)
- Sakura Gakuin — 仰げば尊し ～ from さくら学院 2014 ～ (Aogeba Tōtoshi from Sakura Gakuin 2014) (2015)
- BABYMETAL — KARATE (2016)
- BABYMETAL — THE ONE (2016)
Trivia[]
- When in third grade, Mizuno's family got an unspecified life-threatening illness. Being too young to be allowed into the intensive care unit, she had to wait in the waiting room every day while worrying about their well being. The doctors proposed that they would play music that Mizuno listened to often in the waiting room, which at the time was the girl group Karen Girl's (SU-METAL’s group before joining Sakura Gakuin). She states that the music gave her courage and power to get through the situation, and later when her family had made it out of the hospital, Mizuno wanted to become a Karen Girl. During LEGEND D, a BABYMETAL concert from 2012, the group performed a cover of the Karen Girl's song "Over the Future". Mizuno says that moment was when her dreams came true.
- Her favorite BABYMETAL song is "Road of Resistance" because the lyrics tell her that even though it's hard, she can still do it.[9]
- As of 2014, her favorite Sakura Gakuin song is "Mikansei Silhouette", the first CD she bought was by Momoiro Clover, and her favorite overseas artist is Ariana Grande.[10][11] When asked, "What's your favorite metal band?" she replied Cannibal Corpse.[12]
- She has an older brother and a younger brother.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Important Announcement from BABYMETAL". BABYMETAL official website
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BABYMETAL Announce Yuimetal's Departure, Debut Cosmic New "Starlight" Video". Revolver Magazine.
- ↑ "Did Babymetal invent 'cute metal' and what is it?". BBC.
- ↑ "ARTIST LINE-UP". 2012 Anime Festival Asia.
- ↑ "12～13歳女の子の「ヘビメタアイドル」 「さくら学院 BABYMETAL」に世界が大注目". (in Japanese) J-CAST.
- ↑ "K-bleJungle intervista BABYMETAL (KJ on the Road)". YouTube.
- ↑ "さくら学院、菊地最愛&水野由結ら涙の卒業式". (in Japanese) ORICON NEWS.
- ↑ "さくら学院の卒業メンバーが学院生活と今後について語る". (in Japanese) ORICON NEWS.
- ↑ "Babymetal: What the Japanese Viral Sensations Learned From Metallica". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "Sakura Gakuin 100 Questions for Yui Mizuno [Complete Version]". Monthly Entertainment.
- ↑ "Cute/Terrifying Music Sensation Babymetal Talks Overlords and Ariana Grande". NYLON YouTube.
- ↑ "BabyMetal Play 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?'". Loudwire.
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