A fan of around 20 years, Tsuji said, "There will be no artist comparable to her. Oct 28, The Kyoto Shimbun. To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox, subscribe here. Simply enter your email address below and an email will be sent through which to complete your subscription.
Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro steps out of spotlight after two-decade career. Tweets by TwitterDev. More from Arts. Subscribe to get daily news To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox, subscribe here. Thank you. She ushered in a final golden era of sales in Japan, one in which people would spend a lot of money on CDs, while plotting a new route to success via Asia, one that other Japanese acts would build on and that Korean pop groups would master.
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Losing her father at such a young age must also have been very difficult for Namie. She was probably very close to her mother, who was unhappy about her leaving for Tokyo to pursue her career.
In , Namie became pregnant at the age of 20 and married her boyfriend at the time, Masaharu Maruyama also known as Sam , who was 35 at that time. A little over four years after her marriage, she and Sam got a divorce. She lost her mom, Taira Emiko, a year after Namie had given birth to her baby boy. While Emiko was walking with her then husband, Taira Kenji knocked them down repeatedly using his car, and then attacked the couple with an axe.
After that, Taira Kenji fled the scene in his car, and was later found to have committed suicide by poisoning himself with insecticide. Taira Kenji did not have any previous history of recorded violence, and this attack came as a shock for not only the family but the wider community of Okinawa, which is a generally very peaceful and safe place to live. According to Astrologers, Namie Amuro's zodiac sign is Virgo. During the conference, she announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child.
She legally changed her name to Namie Maruyama, but continued to use her maiden name as her professional name. Through her mother, Amuro is a quarter Italian. Having divorced when Amuro was only 4 years old, Taira raised her children solely in Okinawa — she worked as a nursery school employee and a bar hostess to support her family.
Although Amuro had no ambition to become a singer, she was discovered at age 12, while visiting a friend. One year later, Amuro was scouted by Masayuki Makino, the owner of Okinawa Actors School, and eventually she was enrolled there.
The sixth member, Rino Nakasone, joined the group one year later. However, Anna Makino left the group at the end of that year. A leading figure of the Japanese entertainment industry since the early s, Amuro is known for breaking the youthful idol stereotype of J-Pop, changing the fashion trends and lifestyle of women in Japan, her experimentation across music styles, and for her visual imagery in music videos and live performances.
Due to her career longevity, resilience, professionalism, efforts behind-the-scenes in the music industry, and her way of living, she is a pop culture icon in Japan and Asia. In her early teens, she launched her music career as a member of an all-female group called Super Monkeys.
With her sudden rise to stardom, Amuro was noted by journalists and commentators as a trendsetter to the Japan and across Asia. This made her a fashion icon, and created a phenomenon fan base known as Amuraa in the s, with many young girls and women looked up to her fashion, hairstyle and makeup.
Additionally, her fashions also paved the ways for a Japanese fashion culture, kogal , and fashion trends known as gyaru, a Japanese transliteration of gal. However, David W.
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