photobook, Sōsō, was published in December 2007. On January 3, 2009, for the first time since she joined Morning Musume, Michishige appeared as an independent talent on a TV show, namely the quiz show. A cast of 30 performers (including former v-u-den member Yui Okada and former second-generation Morning Musume member Mari Yaguchi) gathered to answer a series of questions taken from elementary school textbooks. From a total of 60 questions she managed to score 22 (37%) and placed 29th. Later that year, Michishige was assigned to be a part of the new shuffle group zoku v-u-den, a revival of v-u-den, along with Risako Sugaya (of Berryz Kobo) and Junjun (also of Morning Musume). When Risa Niigaki left on May 18, 2012, Sayumi Michishige was declared the new Morning Musume leader. On April 29, 2014, during the Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru: Evolution concert in Yamaguchi, Michishige announced her graduation from Morning Musume and Hello! Project. She is set to leave during Morning Musume's Fall 2014 concert tour. With her exit announced for Morning Musume's Fall 2014 concert tour, the group consisted only of the three most recent generations since the introduction of the fourth-generation members in 2000. On November 26, 2014, she graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project, and in her place, Mizuki Fukumura was named group leader. Post Morning Musume/Comeback Announcement (2014–2016) After graduating, Michishige announced that she will take time to rest her mind and body and citied a possible comeback in the future. On October 2 of 2016, Michishige posted an entry in her blog after two years of absence. After that post she has been regularly updating her blog. On November 26, she posted on her blog entry, "Michishige Sayumi Saisei" (道重さゆみ再生; Michishige Sayumi Rebirth) in hiragana, and in it she announced that would be resuming activities starting spring 2017. Solo artist activities (2017–) Currently Michishige is working under Up Front Promotion. Her performance SAYUMINGLANDOLL ran in March and July at the Cotton Club. Works Photobooks Books Singles Other songs Best albums Original soundtrack albums Video albums Video games Movies Stage Series Television Radio References External links Official blog 1989 births Japanese female idols 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Japanese child singers Japanese women pop singers Japanese radio personalities Living people Morning Musume members V-u-den members Voice actresses from Yamaguchi Prefecture Musicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture