Miku Kanemura

is a Japanese singer and model. She is a member of the girl group Hinatazaka46 and a regular model for the fashion magazines Bis and Voce.

Kanemura has been the lead performer for the Hinatazaka46 singles "Tteka" (2021) and "Onegai Bach!" (2025). She became a regular model for Bis in 2020 and Voce in 2026, and has walked the runways of the Tokyo Girls Collection and GirlsAward fashion shows.

Kanemura is a graduate of the College of Art, Nihon University. She has held several solo photography exhibitions and currently writes for a column in the professional photography magazine Commercial Photo.

Career

On October 1, 2020, Kanemura became a regular model for the Japanese fashion magazine Bis. 2022 Spring/Summer) and GirlsAward (2022 Spring/Summer). Her first photobook, titled , was released on December 20, 2022, published by Kobunsha (the publisher of Bis). The photography took place from autumn 2021 to summer 2022 in the prefectures of Hokkaido, Kyoto, Wakayama, and Kagoshima. The book sold 73,000 copies in its first week and placed first on the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking.

Kanemura portrayed the main character in the music video of by the band Genie High, released in August 2021. The band's drummer, comedian Kazutoyo Koyabu, was the host of Hinatazaka46's television show Hinabingo!

Kanemura has been the title song center (lead performer) for Hinatazaka46's sixth single "Tteka" (2021). She shared the role with fellow second generation member Nao Kosaka for the fifteenth single "Onegai Bach!" (2025).

Kanemura, along with Nao Kosaka and Yōko Shōgenji, was a subject for the Triangle Magazine 02 photo collection, or "visual magazine", published by Kodansha on January 23, 2024. Among the three models, she represented the theme of "daydream". It placed first on both the Oricon Book and Photobook weekly rankings of its release week with 61 thousand copies sold.

Kanemura studied photography at the College of Art, Nihon University, and graduated in March 2025. In 2024, she held her first solo photo exhibition as a photography student, titled , at the New Gallery in Tokyo from September 10 to October 6. Also in September, she started her own series in the professional photography magazine Commercial Photo, in which she took on various assignments in order to broaden her portfolio, including serving as a Hinatazaka46 concert photographer. She held her first public mini-seminar in February 2026 as part of the CP+ 2026 photography exhibition at Pacifico Yokohama.

Bis magazine ceased regular publication in 2026; Kanemura and fellow regular models Ayame Tsutsui and Yūki Yoda, all of whom were current or former Sakamichi Series members, graced the cover of its Winter 2026 issue, released in December 2025 as the final regular issue. In February 2026, she was announced as a regular model for Voce magazine, published by Kodansha, with her debut appearance in its April issue released that month.

Kanemura's second photobook, , photographed in Austria and to be published by Kodansha, has been scheduled for release on October 20. Both the location and theme, "limited-time romance", were inspired by the 1995 romantic film Before Sunrise.

Personal life Kanemura's granduncle, chocolatier Masakazu Kobayashi, is the inventor of ganache-based delicacy and co-creator of the similar Meiji Meltykiss chocolate.

Discography Kanemura has been in the original lineups of all Hinatazaka46 title songs and was the center (lead performer) for the title songs "Tteka" (2021) and co-center for "Onegai Bach!" (2025). Other prominent appearances include:

"Dash & Rush" ("Do Re Mi Sol La Si Do" B-side, 2019), center "See Through" (Hinatazaka, 2020), duet with Nao Kosaka (NaoMiku) "Omoigakenai Double Rainbow" and "Additional Time" ("Tteka" B-sides, 2021), center "Akubi Letter" ("Tteka" B-side, 2021), center, with Color Chart "Mou Konna ni Suki ni Narenai" ("Boku Nanka" B-side, 2022), performed by all members born in 2002 (Kanemura, Nao Kosaka, and Hiyori Hamagishi) "Sonota Ōzei Type" ("Tsuki to Hoshi ga Odoru Midnight" B-side, 2022), with Suzuka Tomita, Yūka Kageyama, and Hinano Kamimura

Filmography Television

Web series Year Title Role 2026Miku Kanemura

Music video Theatre Year Title Role(s) 2018AyumiMultiple Magia RecordSayaka Miki