Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵) is a Japanese "Hip-Pop" (Hip-Hop / Pop) artist from Okinawa. She debuted in a eurobeat group called the
SUPER MONKEYS comprised of her and her classmates from the
Okinawa Actors' School in 1992 with the single
Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A.. Amuro became the leader of the group, and found success after their cover of
TRY ME ~Watashi wo Shinjite~, which peaked at #8. In 1996 Amuro switched to
avex and debuted with the single
Body Feels EXIT, with her first
avex album selling over 3.3 million copies. Her biggest single, the ballad
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?, was the top single of 1997. After marriage and personal tragedy, Amuro continued to adopt a more R&B/hip-hop based style of music. She has sold over 27,322,155 copies in Japan alone.
- Name: Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵)
- Birthday: September 20, 1977
- Birthplace: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
- Blood Type: O
- Family: Parents divorced, mother deceased, 2 sisters and 1 brother
- Height: 159cm / 5'2"
- Weight: 40kg / 88 lbs
- Measurements: B75 W58 H87
- Ethnicity: 75% Japanese, 25% Italian
- Tattoos: Two on her left arm, two on her right wrist
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