joined the girl group Morning Musume

Morning Musume

, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

 in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi

Mari Yaguchi

, known professionally by her birth name of is a Japanese pop artist and former member of Hello! Project. She is a former member of Morning Musume and Tanpopo, one of its first sub groups, and also founded Minimoni...

 and Kei Yasuda

Kei Yasuda

is a Japanese singer, musician and actress under the Up Front Agency's Hello! Project. She was a member and co-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Yasuda, along with Mari Yaguchi and Sayaka Ichii, were the second generation of singers to be recruited into Morning Musume...

, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni

Petitmoni

, also known as Pucchi Moni, was the second official subgroup of the Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume.- History :Founded November 1999, the group initially consisted of Morning Musume members Kei Yasuda, Sayaka Ichii, and Maki Goto...

. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7. She also recorded a folk song album with Yuko Nakazawa

Yuko Nakazawa

is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.- Biography :...

.

Sayaka Ichii graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 after the single "Happy Summer Wedding

Happy Summer Wedding

is the ninth single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on May 17, 2000. It sold a total of 1,370,000 copies, becoming a number-one hit in Japan...

" in 2000. A year after she left, she formed the group Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross, trio with Taisei (keyboardist from Sharan Q

Sharan Q

is a Japanese pop rock band composed of lead singer , on guitar, on drums and on keyboards.- Biography :They debuted with in 1992. They were not an instant hit initially, but their fourth single broke the top 50 of the Oricon charts. Eventually, the single got a lot of attention since it...

), and wrote two of their songs. In 2003, Cubic-Cross disbanded, and after a solo single Ichii announced in 2004 that she was pregnant and was to marry the group's guitarist, Naoki Yoshizawa. In August of the same year her first child was born. She is now a mother of two.

In 2009 she made a return to the entertainment industry.
In 2011, She divorced her husband, Naoki Yoshizawa.

Albums

Duet with Yuko Nakazawa

• Folk Songs (November 29, 2001)

Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross

• C:BOX (November 20, 2002)

Singles

Sayaka Ichii in Cubic-Cross

• Jinsei Ga Mou Hajimatteru (April 24, 2002)
• Shitsuren Love Song (July 17, 2002)
• Todoke! Koi no Telepathy (November 9, 2002)
• Zutto Zutto (May 1, 2003)

Sayaka Ichii

• 4U ~Hitasura~ (September 3, 2003)

External links

• Up-Front Works Official Discography Entry (Japanese)
• Kpopwiki:Sayaka Ichii
• Sayaka Ichii's Blog (Japanese)