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Namie Amuro is a Japanese pop singer of Ryukyuan ancestry. In the Japanese press she was referred to as the “Queen of J-pop” before Ayumi Hamasaki eclipsed her popularity in the mainstream pop scene. She was noted in her early years for her Westernized dance music and popularized fashion whose followers came to be nicknamed Amurā (Amurer in English).
Debuting in 1992 as part of the quintet, Super Monkey’s, she later debuted solo in 1995 to phenomenal success with producer Tetsuya Komuro. Severing her ties with Komuro in 2001, Amuro has reestablished herself as a R&B artist. Her last album, Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) debuted at #2 and has been certified double platinum since its release.She has nine #1 singles, five of which have sold over 1,000,000 copies.
Name: Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵) Profession: Singer and actress Birthday: September 20, 1977 Star Sign: Virgo Birthplace: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture Blood Type: O Family: Parents divorced, mother deceased, 2 sisters and 1 brother Height: 158cm Weight: 40kg Ethnicity: 75% Japanese, 25% Italian
Namie is 1/4 Italian and 3/4 Okinawan. Father is full Japanese, and mother is 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 Italian. Married pop/techno group Trf’s member, SAM , at age 20 and had a son with him (Haruto). Divorced 2002.
TV Shows Station (NTV, 1995) Watashi, mikata desu (TBS, 1995) Toki o kakeru shojo (Fuji TV, 1994)
Movies A Class To Remember 2 (1996) as Guest Appearing That’s Cunning! Shijo Saidan no Sakusen (1996)

















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The J-Pop solo voice is by and large not strong enough to carry a career very long (there are exceptions of course). Better that these singers latch on to some kind of group (Hello!Project and Morning Musume have done a masterful job at bringing together non-solo voices into a synergy that really hums). Just an observation. http://www.writingup.com/blog/Radicalpatriot