DJ OZMA, born as on April 26 (year unknown) in Roppongi

Roppongi

is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...

, Minato, Tokyo

Minato, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...

, and legally known as , is a Japanese pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer and musical artist. He first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2006. This event was filmed and aired from NHK Hall in Japan. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 . All times are JST...

, during which his female dancers stripped themselves of their outer clothing on stage to reveal unitard

Unitard

A unitard is a skin-tight one-piece garment with long legs and sometimes long sleeves. It differs from a leotard in that a leotard does not have long legs. The garment can be considered to be a combination of a leotard and tights...

s painted to resemble the nude female body while wearing a patch resembling a mushroom which covered the genitals. The station had to later clarify, in light of complaints, that the dancers were clothed, despite their appearance. DJ OZMA also released a song named , a cover of the song 가 (Go) by the late Korean pop singer U;Nee

U;Nee

Heo Yoon , better known by her stage name U;Nee, was a South Korean singer and actress. Before dedicating her career to music, she used the stage name Lee Hye-Ryeon...

, and "One Night", a cover of the Korean song of the same name by DJ Doc

DJ DOC

DJ DOC is a Korean hip hop group. DOC is an acronym for "Dream of Children". Popular in the late 1990s, the group has last release an album on July 29, 2010. DJ DOC will often be seen in live productions with similar music group 45RPM and hip hop duo Jinusean.-Albums:# DJ. DOC, 1994# 머피의 법칙, 1995#...

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DJ OZMA was also known for his performances as alter-egos in the bands Kishidan

Kishidan

, which means "The Knights", are a J-pop band. They have a retro image, wearing Japanese school uniforms in the style of bōsōzoku. The lead singer, Show Ayanocozey, was DJ OZMA, until the persona was "retired" in December 2008. Kishidan announced a "comeback", after a three year break, on January...

 as and in Yazima Beauty Salon

Yazima Beauty Salon

is a Japanese vocal group consisting of DJ OZMA and the owarai group Tunnels in character and in drag depicting a group of women they found scouting for talent in Las Vegas, Nevada...

as . While on tour for his third album in 2009, he announced that he would be retiring from performing as DJ OZMA. He continued to perform as part of Yazima Beauty Salon, listed as its producer and its main lyricist, and reunited with Kishidan.

When performing as DJ OZMA, he was backed up by Pancho (Kishidan's Hikaru Saotome) and Junichi "King" Yaoh (Binetsu Danji's Teruya Hoshikuzu). He also had a series of back up dancers which included MC Maji, MC Korea, Mamoru, Takuya, Hiroki, Mine, Choleste, Ayami, Chiharu, Miki, Mariko, and Yukko. The DJ OZMA persona was "retired" in December 2008.

Albums

• I ♡ Party People (2006-11-15)
• I ♡ Party People 2 (2007-12-5)
• I ♡ Party People 3 (2008-12-31)

Singles

• "One Night" (2006-09-27)
• "E.Yo.Ne!!" (2007-06-13)
• "Lie-Lie-Lie" (2007-08-01)
• "Spiderman" (2007-09-19)
• "Tokyo Boogie Back" (2007-11-14)
• "Masurao" (2008-12-03)

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