Anna Makino
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Anna Makino is a J-pop
singer, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's
. She was born in Okinawa, Japan
. She made her debut as a solo J-pop
singer on 22 January 1987, aged 15. Her first song "love song Sagishite" was adopted for the promotion song of a computer game Dragon Quest II, even having a NES/Famicom synth version on the load screen. She released another singles,"Hitomi ha genkina Sky Blue", however she failed to become a popular solo singer. She stayed in Tokyo, going to dance school and appearing in musicals for a year before returning to Okinawa to teach at the Okinawa Actors' School
, where her father, founder Masayuki Makino was president.
At 20, Anna decided to try her luck in show business again, becoming the oldest member of the group Super Monkey's
. She left in 1992 (being replaced by Rino Nakasone), to become the chief dance instructor at Okinawa Actor's, where she worked until 2002, when she left to start her own dance school 'Love Junx', which is a dance school for children with Down Syndrome.
Her students have performed in America for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles on November 11, 2007. For the Buddy Walk, a charity event to raise awareness to Down Syndrome.
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
singer, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's
Super Monkey's
was an Okinawan pop-singing and dancing group that spawned the careers of Namie Amuro and some members of the girl group, MAX. The group went through several member and name changes before coming into prominence in 1995 with the release of their fifth single, Try Me ~Watashi o Shinjite~.- Pre-debut...
. She was born in Okinawa, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She made her debut as a solo J-pop
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
singer on 22 January 1987, aged 15. Her first song "love song Sagishite" was adopted for the promotion song of a computer game Dragon Quest II, even having a NES/Famicom synth version on the load screen. She released another singles,"Hitomi ha genkina Sky Blue", however she failed to become a popular solo singer. She stayed in Tokyo, going to dance school and appearing in musicals for a year before returning to Okinawa to teach at the Okinawa Actors' School
Okinawa Actors' School
is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another branch in Osaka. It was founded in 1983 by Masayuki Makino who became the first principal of the school.-Notable alumni:*Daichi Miura*Speed*Imai Eriko*Shimabukuro Hiroko*Arakaki Hitoe*Uehara Takako*MAX...
, where her father, founder Masayuki Makino was president.
At 20, Anna decided to try her luck in show business again, becoming the oldest member of the group Super Monkey's
Super Monkey's
was an Okinawan pop-singing and dancing group that spawned the careers of Namie Amuro and some members of the girl group, MAX. The group went through several member and name changes before coming into prominence in 1995 with the release of their fifth single, Try Me ~Watashi o Shinjite~.- Pre-debut...
. She left in 1992 (being replaced by Rino Nakasone), to become the chief dance instructor at Okinawa Actor's, where she worked until 2002, when she left to start her own dance school 'Love Junx', which is a dance school for children with Down Syndrome.
Her students have performed in America for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles on November 11, 2007. For the Buddy Walk, a charity event to raise awareness to Down Syndrome.