Miho Watanabe was born on February 24, 2000 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She's the TV Drama actress for Rurika Tsubaki, one of the main protagonists in Love Live! School Idol Musical.
Background[]
Member of Hinatazaka46 from 2017 to 2022, she graduated from her idol unit in July 2022 to focus on her acting career.
Miho played basketball from elementary to high school, being captain and point guard of her high school team, and participating in prefectural level tournaments.
She became Saitama Basketball Ambassador in 2023 and the Women's Japan Basketball League Ambassador in 2024.[1][2]
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.jpg "Miho Watanabe as Rurika Tsubaki(TV).jpg (882 KB)")
Etymology[]
- The name Miho means "beauty" (美) (mi) and "ear of grain, point of a brush"" (穂) (ho).
- Miho's surname Watanabe means "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate" (渡) (wataru) and "edge, margin, side, border" (邉) (be).
Trivia[]
- Her favorite character in Slam Dunk is Mitsui Hisashi
- She's the only actress from the School Idol Musical TV Drama to not reprise her role in the 2025 stage plays.
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