is a former model and 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. She was born in Iwate Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...

, 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...

 and raised in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. She released her first single on 21 August 1989. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 July 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi

Nanatsuboshi

Nanatsuboshi was a J-rock group consisting of seven members: Shinobu Nakayama, Mamiko Tayama and Junko Kawada , Takako Katou, Kyouko Yamamoto and Natsue Yoshimura , and Rumi Shishido. They have now disbanded....

 and Rakutenshi

Rakutenshi

Rakutenshi was a J-pop group consisting of members Shinobu Nakayama, Mamiko Tayama and Junko Kawada.Rakutenshi made their debut on 17 December 1989, and made their final JPOP release on 10 December 1990....

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Sources

• Idol80 Discography (in Japanese)

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