Sayaka Ichii (市井 紗耶香)

Sayaka Ichii joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni. Born on December in 1983 and a Funabashi native, Sayaka was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7. She also recorded a folk song album with Yuko Nakazawa.

Sayaka Ichii graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project after the single “Happy Summer Wedding” in 2000. A year after she left, she formed the group Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross, trio with Taisei (keyboardist from Sharan Q), and wrote two of their songs. In 2003, Cubic-Cross disbanded.

By Yano Arda on 07-04-2010