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Miu (ME:I) Profile

Miu (ME:I) Profile and Facts

Miu (ミウ) is a member of the Japanese girl group ME:I. She is also well known for competing on the survival shows Nizi Project and Girls Planet 999.

Birth Name: Miu (ミウ/미우)
Birth Name: Sakurai Miu (櫻井 美羽)
Birthday: January 11, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Horse
Height: 162.5 cm (5’4″)
Weight:
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: ISTP
Nationality: Japanese
Instagram: @beauty_feather0

Miu Facts:
– She was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
– Miu likes using Shiro Fragrance.
– Miu recommends using Romand matte lipstick, Romand neonmoon glasting water tint, YSL Rouge Volupté shine lipstick balm,  JUNGSAEMMOOL essential skin nuder cushion, CLIO pro eye shadow palette, CANMAKE creamy touch liner, and CEZANNE nose & eyeshadow powder for makeup.
– She recommends eating naengmyeon.
– Her favorite dessert is mint chocolate chip ice cream.
– She would choose pineapple pizza over mint chocolate.
– Miu likes drinking iced latte at a café.
– Her favorite ways to relax are listening to her favorite songs, seeing her best friends, playing with her dog, and eating whatever she wants.
– She speaks Korean, Japanese, and a little bit of English.
– Her favorite songs are “I’ll Be The Light” by Younha, “Hold My Hand” by IU, and “Through The Night” by IU.
– She was a contestant in the JYP survival show Nizi Project, but didn’t make it to the debut lineup.
– Miu was in the pre-debut lineup of NewJeans.
– Miu also competed in the survival show Girls Planet 999, but was eliminated in ep. 8.
– She participated in Produce 101 Japan: The Girls and placed 4th overall and debuted in the girl group, ME:I.
– Some of her closest friends from Girls Planet 999 are Wu Tammy, Kim Dayeon, Choi Yeyoung, Jeong Jiyoon, Ando Rinka, Kishida Ririka, and Ikema Ruan.
– Her favorite K-drama is Graceful Family.
– Her hobbies are collecting earrings, watching K-dramas, and studying K-POP MVs.
– Miu is a former ADOR and Beats Entertainment (2022-2023) trainee.
– Her specialties are making cookies, playing the trumpet, baton twirling.
– She prefers ice cream over cake.
– When she first met ME:I member Suzu, she thought she looked like Fujii Sachi.
– Her favorite makeup brand is Romand.
– Miu’s favorite movies are The Shawshank Redemption, Titanic, Les Misérables, and both Frozen movies.
– Her favorite songs by IU are My Sea, Dear Name, Above The Time, Celebrity, Lullaby, Love Alone, Ending Scene, Hold My Hand, Into the I-LAND, Blueming, and Love Poem.
– Some of her closest friends from Nizi Project are Oguri Kako and Kishida Ririka.
– Her alarm songs are “HAPPY HAPPY” by TWICE, “Hey. Bae. Like It” by IZ*ONE, “LOOK AT ME” by TWICE, “GET LOUD” by TWICE, “LOVE FOOLISH” by TWICE, and “SWEET TALKER” by TWICE.
– She recommends listening to “Green Light” by Girls’ Generation.
– Sometimes she eats pasta for breakfast.
– One of her favorite people is Kwon Eunbi.
– She rather go 5 years into the past instead of 5 years into the future.
– For lunch she either eats cheese dumplings, boiled eggs, spicy tofu, chicken nuggets, or ice cream.
– She chose her Instagram username because Miu in Mandarin means beauty feathers.
– Miu was a pre-debut member of NewJeans.
– She rather have 5 Yeyoungs instead of 5 year old Yeyoung.
– Her top 3 favorite breads in order are kouign-amann (#1), croissant (#2), and shio pan (#3).
– Miu says the best time to nap is around 4-5pm.
– Right after she showers, she likes to put on a face mask.
– She says she bakes best when she bakes gâteau chocolat and cheesecake.
– Miu is an indoor person.
– Her favorite song is ‘Connect’ by ClariS. She also sang this song during a Nizi Project vocal evaluation.
– She would bring ME:I member Rinon with her to a deserted island.
– Miu says a must have item for her is a tumbler cup because she likes drinking tea.
Ran, a ME:I member, says that Miu is the bathroom timekeeper.
– She prefers dogs to cats.
– She is more of an optimist than a worrier.

Girls Planet 999 Information:
Motto: “Lovely but mature, MIU loves eating”
– Miu was introduced with the keyword “Girl who loves chicken feet”
– Signal Song ranking (Ep. 0): J-15
1st Cell: Lucky 7 (with Kim Dayeon and Wu Tammy)
Connect Mission (Ep.3): Hidden Card (Vocal 3)
Cell Ranking (Ep.5): 9th Place
Individual Ranking (Ep. 5): J-08
Combination Mission (Ep. 7): Taeyeon – All About You Team (Vocal)
Individual Ranking (Ep. 8): J-11 (Eliminated).
– She was in the U+Me=LOVE team before her elimination.
Credits to Girls Planet 999 (Survival Show) Contestants Profile

Produce 101 Facts:
Pre-Show Ranking: 51st
Trainee Evaluations: WING BELL MOONaespa‘s “Spicy”
Trainee Evaluation Grade: A
Episode 2 Rank: 5th
Reevaluation Grade: A
Episode 3 Rank: 4th (+1)
Group Battle: New BUD – SPEED’s “Body & Soul” (Team 2/WIN)
Episode 5 Rank: 4th (=)
Episode 6 Rank: 4th (=)
Episode 8 Rank: 4th (=)
Episode 10 Rank: 2nd (+2)
Episode 12 Rank: 4th (-2)
Ranking: 5th – 4th – 4th – 4th – 4th – 2nd – 4th
– She received 655,210 votes in the final episode.
Credits to PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS (Survival Show) Contestants Profile

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Related:
Nizi Project Season 1 Profile
Girls Planet 999 Profile
PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile

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Note 2: Source for her MBTI being ISTP – her Produce 101 profile (X).

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