Childhood and Idol Beginnings
Namie Amuro was born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She was raised solely by her mother, Emiko Taira, who had divorced her father when Amuro was four years old. Taira worked as a nursery school employee and bar hostess to support her children.
Amuro did not have ambitions to become a performer early in life. Instead she wanted to become a stewardess. However, at the age of twelve, Amuro was discovered while visiting a friend by Masayuki Makino who owned and operated a performing arts school. Amuro eventually joined Okinawa Actors School and after only two years of study, Makino placed her in an idol group called Super Monkey's along with five other girls. They made their major label debut in September 1992 on Toshiba-EMI. A year later, the group relocated to Tokyo which Amuro's mother was against.
The Super Monkey's were largely unsuccessful, shuffling in and out several members. They changed their group name to Namie Amuro with Super Monkeys in 1994 to reflect Amuro's indiv
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Childhood And Idol Beginnings
Namie Amuro was born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She was raised solely by her mother, Emiko Taira, who had divorced her father when Amuro was four years old. Taira worked as a nursery read more...
1995-1997: The Amura Boom
Amuro released the single, "Body Feels Exit" the same month she left her former label. It was the first single produced from her working relationship with producer, Tetsuya Komuro. read more...
1998-2001: Career Refocus
After giving birth to her son, whose name is Haruto, in 1998, Amuro returned to the music scene with the single "I Have Never Seen" (1998). She made her first televised appearance read more...
2002-2004: Adaptation To R&B
In 2002, Namie fully immersed herself into the Japanese R&B scene releasing music in the musical project, Suite Chic. Under the Suite Chic project she collaborated with several read more...
2005-2006: New Beginning
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake disaster in Southeast Asia, Amuro participated as the only Japanese representative at MTV Asia Aid in February 2005. She secretly donated read more...
2007-present: Successful Comeback
Amuro's next single, "Baby Don't Cry", was released on January 24, 2007. It was used as the theme song of a Japanese Drama Himitsu no Hanazono. "Baby Don't Cry" achieved over a million read more...
Namie Amuro (安室 奈美æµ, Amuro Namie?, born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese singer, dancer, and former child actor/singer. Referred to as the "Queen of J-pop", read more...