Kominato Miwa

Kominato Miwa (小湊美和) is a folk singer and was a former member of Taiyo to Ciscomoon / T&C Bomber. She first left the group after their single Magic of Love in 1999. But later rejoined before DON'T STOP Renaichuu. In 2000 she was part of the Hello! Project shuffle unit Aoiro 7.

She was part of the ASAYAN Sharan Q Audition, the same one where Heike Michiyo and the original 5 members of Morning Musume were a part of, but had to bow out to give birth to her second child. She was then given a chance in the audition that resulted in her being selected as part of T&C Bomber along with RuRu, Inaba Atsuko, and Shinoda Miho.

She later performed alongside with her brother in the group PRIEST, a minyo-inspired band. They released their first single, Sotoyama, on August 19, 2003. They also released their first mini-album, Mahora no Tsuki, on July 8, 2006.

Profile

 * Name: Kominato Miwa (小湊美和)
 * Birthdate: February 15, 1977 (age 36)
 * Birthplace: Fukushima
 * Blood type: B
 * Height: 154cm

Trivia

 * She is the third generation of a nationally-renowned minyo folk singing school. She has appeared in NHK's yearly Dontokoi Minyo special both before and after her involvement with Hello! Project.
 * Auditioned for SharanQ in 1997, alongside Morning Musume's first generation, but was dropped out because she was pregnant.
 * She is married and is a mother of 2 children. She was often referred to as the "true housewife" of Hello! Project. She was the first active member of Hello! Project to be married, and the first to be a mother.
 * This situation would not be repeated until 2007 when former Morning Musume member Iida Kaori (and Tsuji Nozomi if she returns to Hello! Project) followed in her footsteps.

Singles

 * [2002.04.24] 愛のチカラ (Ai no Chikara)

Singles

 * [2003.08.19] 外山節 (Sotoyama)

Mini-Albums

 * [2006.07.08] まほらの月 (Mahora no Tsuki)