Misia, born on July 7, 1978, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, is a Japanese R&B singer. Her real name is Misaki, not to be mistaken with the actress Misaki Itō. Her current record label is BMG Japan and she belongs to Rhythmedia management company. She debuted on February 21, 1998, with the song “Tsutsumikomu Yō ni…,” and is most known for her hit song “Everything,” which sold roughly 1.9 million copies.

Misia was born Misaki Ito on July 7, 1978, in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, to parents who were both doctors. Her father loved jazz, and mother loved Western music. Originally both her parents studied vocal music. She is the youngest of three children, with an older brother and sister.

She moved in Tsushima, Nagasaki on account of her parents’ works. She began to learn a piano at the age of 4 under the influence of her elder brother and her elder sister. She joined the local chorus at the age of 9, and she discovered her five-octave singing voice while at her older sister’s private music lessons. From then on she dreamed of becoming a singer and later won a contest in Fukuoka.

She gradually came to want to leave Tsushima where she wasn’t able to get enough information including music, and want to take voice lessons in earnest in Fukuoka. Then, she left her home and moved to Fukuoka with her elder sister who went to the university of Fukuoka when she went on to a high school. During middle and high school, she sang and played the trumpet in a brass band club. While going to the high school, she also began to go to a music academy and met two African-American trainers in succession there at the time of eleventh grade. She began training with two trainers in gospel and R&B, but failed all her auditions in high school. In April, 1997, she was accepted into Seinan Gakuin University in commercial science.

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• Birth name : Misaki Ito
• Born : July 7, 1978
• Origin : Fukuoka, Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan
• Genres : Japanese Pop, R&B
• Occupations : Singer, Songwriter
• Instruments : Singing, Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Flute
• Years active : 1998–present
• Labels : Rhythmedia Tribe, BMG Japan, Avex Trax, BMG Japan, Ariola Japan
• Website : http://www.misia.jp/

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Hikaru Utada known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, and producer.

Since the release of her debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (#1, #4, #8) and six of her albums (including two English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Utada has had fourteen number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. Utada Hikaru has an estimated 50 million albums sold worldwide.

She was described by Time Magazine as a “Diva On Campus,” a reference to her having attended Columbia University for a brief, career-break semester in 2000. In 2009, she was considered “the most influential artist of the decade,” in the Japanese landscape, by The Japan Times. In 2003, Utada was ranked #24 in the survey of Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists of All Time by HMV, #10 in HMV’s Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time in 2006.

Additionally, Utada made two theme song contributions to Square Enix and Disney’s collaborative video game series Kingdom Hearts: “Simple and Clean” for Kingdom Hearts and “Passion” for Kingdom Hearts II (later re-recorded with new English lyrics as “Sanctuary” for the North American and European releases of the game). In 2007, her single “Flavor of Life” reached #2 in worldwide digital download yearly single chart with over 7.2 million downloads, and contributes to 12 million digital sales for her over the same year. In the United States, the song Come Back to Me has peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in 2009.

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• Birth name : Hikaru Utada
• Also known as : Utada, Hikki, Cubic U
• Born : January 19, 1983, New York City, New York, United States
• Origin : Tokyo, Japan
• Genres : Pop, Ethereal Wave, R&B, Experimental, Rock, Dance, Funk, & Hip-Hop
• Occupations : Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Composer, Arranger
• Instruments : Vocals, guitar, piano,
• Years active : 1993–present
• Labels : EMI Music Japan, Island Def Jam Music Group

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Emiri Henmi is a Japanese actress and singer. Her mother is the singer Mari Henmi.

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• Name (romaji): Henmi Emiri
• Profession: Actress
• Birthdate: 1976-Dec-16
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Height: 166cm
• Weight: 42kg
• Star sign: Sagittarius
• Blood type: B
• Family: Father/actor Saigo Teruhiko and mother/singer Henmi Mari

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Ayumi Hamasaki (born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the “Empress of Pop” due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for XX. The album debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan.

Because of her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry, Hamasaki’s popularity extends across Asia; music and fashion trends she has started have spread to countries such as China, Singapore, and Taiwan. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported the exploitation of her popularity for commercial purposes, she later reconsidered and eventually opposed her status as an Avex “product”.

Since her 1998 debut with the single “Poker Face”, Hamasaki has sold over 50 million records in Japan, ranking her among the best-selling singers in the country. As a female singer, Hamasaki holds several domestic records for her singles, such as the most number one hits, the highest sales, and the most million-sellers. From 1999 to 2009, Hamasaki had at least one single each year top the charts. Hamasaki is the first female singer to have eight studio albums since her debut to top the Oricon and the first artist to have a number-one album for 11 consecutive years since her debut.

Namie Amuro is a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the “Teen Queen [of Japan]” and is referred to as the “Queen of Japanese pop music”. Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey’s.

Though mostly unsuccessful, the group gained popularity during their final year together with the single “Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite” (1995). Amuro left Toshiba-EMI after releasing two more solo singles; she continued her music career as a solo singer with the then-small independent label Avex Trax. Under the guidance of producer Tetsuya Komuro, Amuro quickly became a commercial success, producing several million-selling records and starting several fashion trends. Her single “Can You Celebrate?” (1997) became Japan’s best selling single by a solo female artist. However, in late 1997, Amuro put her career on hold to focus on her pregnancy and marriage.

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Juri Ueno is an award-winning Japanese actress from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She was one of six actors to receive the "Newcomer of the Year" prize at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her role in Swing Girls.

She is also known for her starring role as the title character in the live-action adaptation of Nodame Cantabile for which she won "Best Lead Actress" at the 51st Television Drama Academy Awards in 2007, and as Ruka Kishimoto in Last Friends for which she was voted "Best Supporting Actress" at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards in 2008.

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• Nickname: Jurippe
• Birthdate: May, 25, 1986
• Birthplace: Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan
• Height: 167cm
• Shoes: 24cm
• Hobbies: Listening to music, Cooking
• Entertainment: Amuse Inc.
• Star sign: Gemini
• Blood type: A

Television

• Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban (WOWOW, 2009)
• Last Friends (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Loss Time Life (Fuji TV, 2008, Story 4)
• Nodame Cantabile SP (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Marumaru Chibi Maruko-chan SP (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Jodan ja nai! (TBS, 2007)
• Nodame Cantabile (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Bokutachi no Sensou (TBS, 2006)
• Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Slot (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005 (NTV, 2005)
• Yagate Kuruhi no Tameni (やがて来る日のために) (Fuji TV, 2005)
• Engine (Fuji TV, 2005)
• Sayonara, Ozu Sensei (Fuji TV, 2004)
• Orange Days TBS (2004)
• Teruteru Kazoku NHK (2003)
• Okaasan to Issho TBS (2003)
• Seizon (生存) (NHK, 2002)

Movies

• Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
• Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
• Killer Virgin Road (2009)
• Kodomo no Kodomo (2008)
• Guu-Guu Datte Neko de Aru (2008)
• Kung Fu Kun (2008)
• Naoko (2008)
• 7 Gatsu 24 Nichi Toori no Christmas (2006)
• Shiawase no Switch (2006)
• Deguchi no Nai Umi (2006)
• Warau Michael (2006)
• Niji no Megami Rainbow Song (2006)
• Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
• Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu (2005)
• Swing Girls (2004)
• Joze, the Tiger, and the Fish (2003)
• Chirusoku no Natsu (2003)

Awards

• 1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Actress – Last Friends, Nodame Cantabile in Europe
• 2nd MTV Student Voice Awards: Best Actress (2008)
• 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress – Last Friends
• 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actress – Last Friends
• 51th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress – Nodame Cantabile
• 28th Japan Academy Awards: Best Newcomer – Swing Girls
• 59th Everyday Movie Sponichi Grand Prix: Best Newcomer – Swing Girls, Chirusoku no Natsu
• Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer – Swing Girls

Links

• Official website

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Kyoko Fukada (深田 恭子, Fukada Kyōko^?, born November 2, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan) is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon.

Fukada Kyoko debuted in 1997 with her first appearance in the television drama Sore ga Kotae da! as Kazune. Fukada appeared in her first movie Ring 2 as Kanae Sawaguchi in 1999 and in later in School Day of the Dead, released in 2000, and Dolls, released in 2002, as Haruna. Fukada is also a J-pop singer and her debut single “The Last Fruit” lead to her album Dear, both released in 1999.

Other information

• Name: 深田恭子 (ふかだ きょうこ)
• Name (romaji): Fukada Kyoko
• Nicknames: Fuka-kyon, Kyokorin
• Profession: Actress, model, and singer
• Birthdate: 1982-Nov-02
• Birthplace: Kita, Tokyo, Japan
• Height: 163cm
• Weight: 45kg
• Star sign: Scorpio
• Blood type: O
• Talent agency : Horipro

Television

• Karei naru Spy as Dorothy (NTV, 2009)
• Kurobe no Taiyo as Kawaguchi Ayako (Fuji TV, 2009)
• Tenchijin as Yodo-Dono (NHK, 2009)
• Gakko ja Oshierarenai! (NTV, 2008)
• Mirai Koshi Meguru as Yoshida Meguru (TV Asahi, 2008)
• Galileo as Shizuko (Fuji TV, 2007, ep7)
• Aoi Hitomi to Nuage as Ichinose Erika (WOWOW, 2007)
• Ikiru as Odagiri Sachi (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Kimi ga Kureta Natsu as Kizaki Tokiko (NTV, 2007)
• Yama Onna Kabe Onna as Mariya Marie (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu as Kono Kana (NTV, 2007)
• Fugoh Keiji 2 as Kanbe Miwako (TV Asahi, 2006)
• Akai Kiseki as Sekiguchi Rinko (TBS, 2006)
• Umeko as Ota Miyo (TBS, 2005)
• Shiawase ni Naritai! as Asada Hikari (TBS, 2005)
• Fugoh Keiji as Kanbe Miwako (TV Asahi, 2005)
• Tokugawa Tsunayoshi – Inu to Yobareta Otoko as Matsuko (Fuji TV, 2004)
• Xmas Nante Daikirai as Kurihara Fuyumi (NTV, 2004)
• Minami-kun no Koibito 2004 as Chiyomi (TV Asahi, 2004)
• Nouka no Yome ni Naritai as Yoshikawa Wako (NHK, 2004)
• Kanojo ga Shinjyatta as Ishii Reiko (NTV, 2004)
• Futari as Kamagata Mutsumi (NTV, 2003)
• Hakoiri Musume as Komori Akari (KTV, 2003)
• Otousan as Shindo Kei (TBS, 2002)
• Remote as Ayaki Kurumi (NTV, 2002)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Saiyou Shiken (Fuji TV, 2002)
• First Love as Ezawa Kasumi (TBS, 2002)
• Friends as Asai Tomoko (TBS, 2002)
• Fighting Girl as Yoshida Sayoko (Fuji TV, 2001)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Tomodachi Toroku (Fuji TV, 2001)
• Strawberry on the Shortcake as Misawa Yui (TBS, 2001)
• Food Fight as Tamura Manami (NTV, 2000)
• Imagine as Iijima Yu (Fuji TV, 2000)
• Soshite, Tomodachi (TV Asahi, 2000)
• Tengoku no Kiss as Izumisawa Mika (TV Asahi, 1999)
• To Heart as Miura Toko (TBS, 1999)
• Oni no Sumika as Kato Ayumi (Fuji TV, 1999)
• Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake as Kano Masaki (Fuji TV, 1998)
• News no Onna as Uchida Aya (Fuji TV, 1998)
• Sore Ga Kotae Da! as Mizuno Kazune (Fuji TV, 1997)
• Five as Yodobashi Sanae / Kanae (NTV, 1997)

Movies

• Yatterman (2009)
• Inugamike no Ichizoku (2006)
• Tenshi (2006)
• Kamikaze Girls as Ryugasaki Momoko (2004)
• Tokyo Zance (2004)
• Like Asura as Kamiuchi Sakiko, Fourth Daughter (2003)
• Onmyoji 2 as Himiko/Amemiko (2003)
• Dolls (2002)
• Shisha no Gakuensai (2000)
• Ring 2 as Sawaguchi Kanae (1999)
• Shinjuku Boy Detectives (1998)

Awards

• 35th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Outfit (Remote)
• 30th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Outfit (Fighting Girl)
• 22th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (To Heart)
• 18th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake)

Links

• Official Site

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Fukada Kyoko debuted in 1997 with her first appearance in the television drama Sore ga Kotae da! as Kazune. Fukada appeared in her first movie Ring 2 as Kanae Sawaguchi in 1999 and in later in School Day of the Dead, released in 2000, and Dolls, released in 2002, as Haruna. Kyoko Fukada is also a J-pop singer and her debut single “The Last Fruit” lead to her album Dear, both released in 1999.

Riyo Mori began dancing at the age of 4. She has studied at Quinte Ballet School of Canada and also is a graduate from Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Mori also completed her Grade 11 year at Mount Douglas Secondary School in Victoria, Canada. She still possesses her first pair of ballet shoes.

Miss Universe 2007

Mori was crowned Miss Universe on May 28, 2007, by the outgoing titleholder Zuleyka Rivera.

As Japan’s representative in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, Mori travelled to Mexico City, Mexico in early May to participate in four weeks of events, rehearsals and preliminary competitions with the other seventy-seven delegates.

In the final competition, broadcast internationally on May 28, 2007, Mori was announced as one of fifteen semi-finalists who would move forward to compete for the title. She achieved the highest score in the swimsuit competition, which advanced her to the top ten and the evening gown competition, in which she placed fourth. Mori’s kimono-inspired black/floral evening gown of choice came from the Spring/Summer 2007 collection of Gucci.

In the last round, Mori was asked by Elle Magazine fashion director and Project Runway judge, Nina Garcia, to speak about the one lesson she learned as a child that still affects her life to the present day. Mori said that since childhood she has been dancing and hence she was constantly surrounded by students and teachers. Due to the interactions with them, she has learned to become always happy, patient, and positive in her life. She also expressed a desire to teach these principles to the next generation.

At the conclusion of the competition, she was crowned Miss Universe, becoming the second woman from Japan to hold the title. The first Miss Universe winner from Japan was Akiko Kojima in 1959. Mori is the eleventh Asian woman to win the pageant, the most recent being Lara Dutta of India who was Miss Universe 2000.

Mori was the third Japanese woman to place in the top five at Miss Universe in the past five years. Miyako Miyazaki placed fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 2003, and Mori’s predecessor Kurara Chibana was first runner-up in 2006. Mori aims to use her success and popularity as a springboard into humanitarian causes. “I think I have a samurai soul, I’m very patient, and I can serve others.”

As of December 2007, Mori has traveled to Indonesia, Spain, the Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, China, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Vietnam, France, Russia and Italy in addition to numerous trips and her homecoming in Japan.

Mori crowned her successor, Venezuela native Dayana Mendoza with a 120,000 U.S. dollars tiara , Miss Universe 2008 on July 14th, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

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