is a Japanese idol, singer, and model. She was represented by

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from 2004 to 2015, and has been a member of three musical groups formed by the company:

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, and its first sub-unit

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Biography

Mutō was born in a hospital in

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, Tokyo, on April 29, 1996. Her father, Yoshinori Mutō is a horse trainer, and her younger brother Miyabi Mutō is a horse jockey. Joining the talent agency

in 2004, Mutō began her career as a

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for the magazine ''Kids Style''. In 2008, she joined the idol group

alongside

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and Yuika Shima. The trio was active for one year. In 2010, Mutō and Nakamoto joined idol group

, as one of the founding members, and as the Student Council President in the school theme of the group. Later that year, Mutō joined the group's first sub-unit Twinklestars, which acts as a school baton-twirling club. On March 25, 2012, she graduated from Sakura Gakuin. In April 2013, Mutō began a solo project, releasing her first double

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EP, ''DNA1980'', in July, coinciding with a series of headlining shows. In 2014, she returned to the stage to begin a solo career in major, releasing her first studio album, ''Eien to Shunkan'', in April. On December 16, 2015, Mutō announced on her Twitter and her profile page on

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that she would be going on hiatus. She continues to periodically release song covers on her personal

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channel. On October 25, 2018 Mutō announced on Twitter that she will be returning to performing live on December 1, 2018.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

EPs

Videography

Video albums

Filmography

Music videos

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muto, Ayami Sakura Gakuin members 1996 births Living people Japanese idols Japanese women singers Musicians from Ibaraki Prefecture A-Sketch artists