Miho, April 2013
Shinoda Miho (信田美帆) is a former singer and elite-level gymnast from Japan. She was a member of the Hello! Project group Taiyou to Ciscomoon, and the shuffle unit Akagumi 4.
She left Hello! Project after her group disbanded at the end of 2000 and has retired from professional dancing and singing, and has resumed to working in gymnastics as a professional trainer and as a women's artistic gymnastics coach. She was also the television announcer for women's gymnastics for the 2004 Athens Olympics and in 2004 Summer Olympics, she provided gymnastics commentary for Japanese television. She has also spoken for women's gymnastics for the Japanese Sports Association in lectures.
Since early 2015, Shinoda has been working as an acrobatics coach for Hello! Project and Morning Musume concert tours.[1]
Profile
- Name: Shinoda Miho (信田美帆)
- Birthdate: May 18, 1972
- Birthplace: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Blood type: A
- Height: 156cm
- Weight: 84 lbs (38 kg)
- Bust: 83cm
- Waist: 60cm
- Hips: 83cm
- Hello! Project Groups:
- Taiyou to Ciscomoon (1999-2000)
- Akagumi 4 (2000)
Discography Featured in
Trivia
- While in Hello! Project, she was the oldest member.
- Shinoda is famous in Japan for being a talented gymnast, especially for being the all-Japan champion from 1987 to 1989.
- She's also famous for competing in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul at age 16.
- She continued to perform while attending the Nippon Sport Science University (日本体育大学), usually placing 3rd in most tournaments until her graduation in 1995.
- She showed her talent in her days in Hello! Project, often in live performances while in Taiyou to Ciscomoon and once on Utaban during a jump rope competition with Akagumi 4.
- Shinoda is a noticed dancer. From 1995 to 1998, she was also a member of "Firegirls", the then-cheerleader dance team for the Yomiuri Giants. She left upon joining the ASAYAN auditions.
Honorary Titles
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Oldest Member of Hello! Project |
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References
- ↑ Ikuta Erina. "大好きな先生。生田衣梨奈" (in Japanese). Morning Musume Qki Official Blog. 2015-02-14.
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