Ayano Omoto
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, nicknamed , is a member of the Japanese electropop
group Perfume
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, and attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki
and Yuka Kashino
. She was placed in the advanced class for singing, while Nishiwaki and Kashino were in the beginner class.
She joined the group in 2001, replacing the original third member Yūka Kawashima, who left the group to focus on her schoolwork. In 2002, she appeared in an advertisement for Johnson & Johnson
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Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
group Perfume
Perfume (group)
Perfume is a Japanese all-girl trio from Hiroshima, Japan, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto, Yuka Kashino, and Ayaka Nishiwaki. They debuted locally in 2001 and made their transition to a major label in 2005, focusing more on electropop...
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Biography
Ōmoto was born and raised in Hiroshima PrefectureHiroshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...
, and attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki
Ayaka Nishiwaki
, nicknamed , is a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume.-Biography:Nishiwaki was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Yuka Kashino and Ayano Ōmoto....
and Yuka Kashino
Yuka Kashino
, nicknamed , is a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume.-Biography:Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Ayano Ōmoto...
. She was placed in the advanced class for singing, while Nishiwaki and Kashino were in the beginner class.
She joined the group in 2001, replacing the original third member Yūka Kawashima, who left the group to focus on her schoolwork. In 2002, she appeared in an advertisement for Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
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