Mew Azama
Encyclopedia
, born December 26, 1986 in Hiroshima Prefecture
and raised in Okinawa Prefecture
, is a Japan
ese model
and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her profile: "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi
's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is MEW."
She is a graduate of the Okinawa Actor's School and was a member of B. B. Waves (or Baby Waves) while she was there before graduating from the group in 2000.
She became "Miss SEVENTEEN" in October 2002 and was an exclusive model for Seventeen magazine
until graduating from that magazine in 2006.
Before PGSM, she played a lead role in a video for the song "Taisetsu na Omoide" from the band Echiura. She portrays a high-school girl who is unsure of herself after receiving the second button off a boy's gakuran. She also plays a little volleyball with the band members.
Her first internationally-noticed role was as the amazonian Sailor Senshi
of courage and thunder, Sailor Jupiter in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
. Her co-stars thought of her as highly girlish and demure, the opposite of her forthright and tomboyish character.
In October, 2006, she shone to the crown of the 38th "non-no model grand prix" from among 5000 applicants. From December 2006 to December 2007, she was as an exclusive model of Non-No magazine (Shueisha
). After a year at Non-No, she has moved to another mainstream fashion magazine, CanCam.
On March 3, 2007, she performed at the 4th "Tokyo girls collection 2007 Spring/Summer" as one of the top 70 models in Japan.
On April 24, 2007, she became "JTA (Japan Trans Ocean Air) image girl in 2007."
Since April 2007, she has been performing on the information television program for women Omo-San.
Hiroshima 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 raised in Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
, is a 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...
ese model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her profile: "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi
Kyoko Koizumi
' is a Japanese singer and actress. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment . She is also known by the nickname Kyon Kyon. She had singles reach the Top ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro...
's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is MEW."
She is a graduate of the Okinawa Actor's School and was a member of B. B. Waves (or Baby Waves) while she was there before graduating from the group in 2000.
She became "Miss SEVENTEEN" in October 2002 and was an exclusive model for Seventeen magazine
Seventeen (Japanese magazine)
Seventeen is a monthly Japanese fashion magazine for female teenagers published by Shueisha.Launched in 1967 as a weekly magazine based on the original American Seventeen, the magazine changed the name to SEVENTEEN in 1987, and to Seventeen in 2008.Since the late 1990s, Seventeen has been the...
until graduating from that magazine in 2006.
Before PGSM, she played a lead role in a video for the song "Taisetsu na Omoide" from the band Echiura. She portrays a high-school girl who is unsure of herself after receiving the second button off a boy's gakuran. She also plays a little volleyball with the band members.
Her first internationally-noticed role was as the amazonian Sailor Senshi
Sailor Senshi
A appears as a type of heroine in the metaseries known as Sailor Moon. The name comes from sailor fuku, a type of school uniform, and senshi, which can mean "soldier" or "warrior". Naoko Takeuchi, the manga artist who originated the series, coined the term by fusing English and Japanese elements,...
of courage and thunder, Sailor Jupiter in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series in the Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon metaseries originally created by Naoko Takeuchi. It is produced by Toei, the same company that produces the Super Sentai Series and the Kamen Rider Series and of which their animation firm Toei Animation, produced the...
. Her co-stars thought of her as highly girlish and demure, the opposite of her forthright and tomboyish character.
In October, 2006, she shone to the crown of the 38th "non-no model grand prix" from among 5000 applicants. From December 2006 to December 2007, she was as an exclusive model of Non-No magazine (Shueisha
Shueisha
is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...
). After a year at Non-No, she has moved to another mainstream fashion magazine, CanCam.
On March 3, 2007, she performed at the 4th "Tokyo girls collection 2007 Spring/Summer" as one of the top 70 models in Japan.
On April 24, 2007, she became "JTA (Japan Trans Ocean Air) image girl in 2007."
Since April 2007, she has been performing on the information television program for women Omo-San.
External links
- Mew Azama Official Blog
- VERTEX Mew Azama's agency.