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MiSaMo
MiSaMo (; stylized in all caps) is the first sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Twice formed by JYP Entertainment. The group consists of Twice's Japanese members, Momo, Sana, and Mina. They debuted in 2023 with the extended play ''Masterpiece''. Name The subunit's name, MiSaMo, is a portmanteau of the names of members Mina, Sana, and Momo. Prior to the subunit's formation, the members often used the term "MiSaMo" to refer to themselves. History In 2012, Sana and Momo were originally planned to debut in a four-member girl group in Japan; however, JYP suspended the plan due to the deterioration of the Korean-Japanese relationship following the Liancourt Rocks dispute. In 2015, the members participated in Mnet's '' Sixteen'', a competition survival show to decide Twice's lineup. In February 2023, JYP announced that MiSaMo would debut with an extended play on July 26, with the track list including "Bouquet", originally released for TV Asahi's '' Liaison: Kodomo no Kokoro Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haute Couture (EP)
''Haute Couture'' is the second extended play by MiSaMo, a sub-unit of girl group Twice. It was released by Warner Music Japan on November 6, 2024. The EP contains seven tracks, including the lead single, "Identity", and "New Look", a cover of Namie Amuro's song of the same name. Each member of MiSaMo also has a solo song, available as bonus tracks on some editions of the EP. Background and release On July 30, 2024, JYP Entertainment announced that MiSaMo would release their second EP on October 30. On September 12, the release date was changed to November 6 due to production issues. They also announced a Japanese dome tour in support of the EP. On September 16, a trailer prologue video, "MiSaMo's Atelier", was released on YouTube, revealing the EP's title and theme, centering around "the stylish idea of how '' haute couture'' dresses are made by the hands of fashion masters". The EP has six editions: a standard edition, limited deluxe edition, Once Japan limited edition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterpiece (EP)
''Masterpiece'' is the debut extended play by MiSaMo, a sub unit of girl group Twice. It was released by Warner Music Japan on July 26, 2023. The EP contains seven tracks, including the lead single " Do Not Touch" and pre-released single "Marshmallow". Background Momo, Sana, and Mina released the song "Bouquet" for TV Asahi's television series '' Liaison: Kodomo no Kokoro Shinryōjo'' on January 25, 2023. On February 9, JYP Entertainment announced that the trio would debut as MiSaMo with an extended play of six tracks, including "Bouquet", on July 26. On June 14, they confirmed ''Masterpiece'' as the title and revealed the tracklist, which now included seven songs. "Marshmallow" was pre-released digitally on June 16, alongside its music video. The lead single, "Do Not Touch", was pre-released digitally on July 14 with an accompanying music video. Composition ''Masterpiece'' was in development for over a year, with MiSaMo contributing to the sound and creative concept of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Not Touch
"Do Not Touch" is a song recorded by MiSaMo. It was released as the lead single of their debut extended play ''Masterpiece''. The song was pre-released for streaming and digital download on July 14, 2023. Release and promotion On February 9, 2023, JYP Entertainment announced that the trio would debut as MiSaMo with an extended play on July 26. On June 14, they revealed the tracklist and "Do Not Touch" was confirmed as the lead single. The song was pre-released digitally on July 14 with an accompanying music video. On July 21, MiSaMo performed "Do Not Touch" for the first time on TV Asahi's ''Music Station''. On August 19, the group performed "Do Not Touch" on ''Venue101 Presents MiSaMo Masterpiece Show'', a special live broadcast of NHK's music program ''Venue101''. They also performed the song on NHK's New Year's Eve television special, ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', on December 31. Composition "Do Not Touch" is an R&B song that highlights the charm, color and maturity of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momo Hirai
known mononymously as Momo (; ), is a Japanese singer, dancer, and rapper based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Twice under JYP Entertainment and its subunit MiSaMo. Life and career Early life and pre-debut activities Momo Hirai was born in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She began dancing at the age of three, together with her elder sister, Hana. Momo gained exposure to the South Korean music industry early, appearing in a music video for Lexy in 2008 and on the talent show '' Superstar K'' in 2011. Momo and her sister were originally spotted by JYP Entertainment in an online video in 2012. They were both asked to audition, although only Momo was successful, prompting her to move to South Korea in April 2012. Before joining Twice, she danced in a number of music videos as a "K-Pop trainee". In 2015, Momo participated in the South Korean reality television show '' Sixteen'', created by JYP Entertainment and co-produced by Mnet. She was init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sana (singer)
Sana Minatozaki (; born December 29, 1996), known mononymously as Sana (; ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed in 2015 by JYP Entertainment, and its subunit MiSaMo, formed in 2023. Career Early life and pre-debut Sana was born on December 29, 1996 in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, as an only child. Sana stated that she wanted to become a singer and dancer early on and was inspired by the K-pop group Girls' Generation. Sana began training with EXPG in Osaka in 2009, originally planning to be a singer in Japan, rather than South Korea. During her middle school years, she was scouted by a JYP Entertainment (JYPE) employee at a shopping mall and was invited to participate in the annual JYP Japan audition the following day. Sana passed the audition and joined the JYPE trainee program in South Korea in April 2012. She trained for over three years before her eventual debut with Twice. In 2012, she was expected to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina (Japanese Singer)
Mina Myoi (; born Mina Sharon Myoi, March 24, 1997), known mononymously as Mina (; ), is a Japanese singer and dancer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, which debuted under JYP Entertainment in 2015, and its subgroup MiSaMo, which debuted in 2023. Early life and education Mina was born on March 24, 1997, in San Antonio, Texas to Japanese expatriate parents Sachiko (née Terao) and Akira Myoi. As a toddler, Mina and her family soon moved back to Japan, growing up in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. Her father is an orthopedic surgeon at Osaka University Hospital in Suita. She has one brother named Kai, who is five years older than her. Mina trained in classical ballet from the age of three and practiced it for eleven years. She then trained at a K-pop dance studio for a year before being scouted by JYP Entertainment. Mina attended in Takarazuka, Hyōgo until 2013. In her second year of high school, she dropp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60s 70s 80s
"60s 70s 80s" is a triple A-side single by Japanese singer Namie Amuro from her third greatest hits album, ''Best Fiction'' (2008). It was released on March 12, 2008, through Avex Trax and consists of the songs "New Look," "Rock Steady" and "What a Feeling," each sampling from a specific decade in music, hence the title. "New Look" samples the 1964 single "Baby Love" by the Supremes; "Rock Steady" samples the 1971 single " Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin; and "What a Feeling" samples the 1983 single " Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara. All three songs on "60s 70s 80s" were part of a Vidal Sassoon campaign for its line of hair care products. Patricia Field and Orlando Pita were brought on as creatives for the hair and makeup, respectively, and the music videos from "60s 70s 80s" were re-cut and aired as TV commercials. The single solidified her comeback following the success of her eighth studio album, ''Play'' (2007). "60s 70s 80s" became her first number-one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice
Twice (; Japanese language, Japanese: トゥワイス, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ''Tuwaisu''; commonly stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo Hirai, Momo, Sana (singer), Sana, Jihyo, Mina (Japanese singer), Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. Twice was formed under the television program ''Sixteen (TV program), Sixteen'' (2015) and debuted on October 20, 2015, with the extended play (EP) ''The Story Begins'', and has received the honorific title of "The Nation's Girl Group" in their home country. Twice rose to domestic fame in 2016 with their single "Cheer Up (song), Cheer Up", which charted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, became the List of Gaon Digital Chart number ones of 2016, best-performing single of the year, and won "Song of the Year" at the Melon Music Awards#Song of the Year Award, Melon Music Awards and 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Mnet Asian Music Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
The was the Reiwa 5 edition of NHK's New Year's Eve TV special ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', held on December 31, 2023. The show was broadcast live from NHK Hall. The Red Team won the contest. Events leading up to broadcast On September 27, NHK released the broadcast times. The show would start at 19:20, and wrap up at 23:45 (JST), with a 5-minute break for the latest news. On October 6, NHK announced the hosts, who would be Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Kanna Hashimoto, Minami Hamabe, and Kozo Takase. Additionally, this year's theme was stated to be "Borderless: New Year's Eve That Transcends and Connects", that would mark the beginning of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the first television broadcast in Japan. For the first time since 1980, no artists belonging to Smile Up, Inc. (formerly Johnny & Associates) were scheduled to appear on this edition of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen. This was known after the announcement of the list of participants on November 13. The absence of talent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment Corporation () is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1997 by Park Jin-young, J. Y. Park. Operating as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management company, concert production company and music publishing house, it is one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea. The company also operates subsidiary ventures and divisions internationally. History 1997–99: Formation and first generation K-pop artists JYP Entertainment was founded in 1997 by South Korean singer-songwriter Park Jin-young, named after his stage name, J. Y. Park, as Tae-Hong Planning Corporation. In 2001, the company was retitled as JYP Entertainment. In 1997, the company signed its first artist – Pearl (singer), Pearl. In 1999, entertainment company iHQ (company), SidusHQ introduced the future members of boy band G.o.d to Park, as their producer and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2025, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also included an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, physical-sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales and Top Albums Sales, download-only-based charts Download Songs and Download Albums, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
