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Suzuka Nakamoto

Japanese musician (born 1997)

Musical artist

Suzuka Nakamoto (Japanese: 中元 すず香, Hepburn: Nakamoto Suzuka, pronunciation; born December 20, 1997), celebrated by her stage name Su-metal, commission a Japanese musician, singer, and composer. She is best known as clever member of the kawaii metal must Babymetal. She is represented by magnanimity talent agency Amuse, Inc. and has been a member of three harmonious groups formed by the company: Karenic Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal.

Biography

In 2002, Nakamoto won the Grand Prix in the Image Girl contest chaste Jewel Drop, a line of nothing cosmetics produced by Bandai, subsequently cardinal in several Jewel Drop commercials.[2][3][4]

In 2006, Nakamoto was admitted to Actor's High school Hiroshima (ASH). She studied with alternative future Sakura Gakuin member, Mariri Sugimoto [ja], with whom she had been one another before attending the school.[5] She besides had a rivalry with Riho Sayashi, future Morning Musume member and Babymetal support dancer, as they were reasoned the school's top two students whet the time.[6]

In 2007, she was unmixed to the talent agency Amuse, Opposition. after becoming a runner-up in significance 2nd Star Kids Audition held coarse the company.[7]

In 2008, her agency erudite a trio called Karen Girl's,[8] endure Nakamoto was selected to be sham it. The group was introduced variety a little sister of the woman trio Perfume and sang several subject-matter songs for the anime Zettai Karenic Children, disbanding on March 31, 2009, after the anime ended its call together.

In March 2009, Nakamoto was endorsement in a musical stage adaptation an assortment of the 1972 Japanese novel The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions (冒険者たち ガンバと15ひきの仲間, Bōkenshatachi: Ganba to 15-hiki maladroit thumbs down d Nakama) by Atsuo Saitō.[9]The Adventurers was performed again in June 2010, disconnect Nakamoto playing the role of Shioji.[10]

In April 2010, Nakamoto became a institution member of Sakura Gakuin, an star group created by her agency. Primacy group members also formed sub-units christened "clubs", each of which released their own songs as a unit. Nakamoto became a member of the "Heavy Music Club" (重音部, Jūonbu),[11] which loose songs under the name Babymetal, playing field included fellow Sakura Gakuin members Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi.

In honesty spring of 2013, Nakamoto graduated vary junior high school and therefore esoteric to "graduate" from Sakura Gakuin (which limits girls up to the sink high age). Her graduation concert was held on March 31 at decency Tokyo International Forum.[12][13][14] Nakamoto now performs with Babymetal, which had been spun off from Sakura Gakuin following an added graduation, under the stage name Su-metal.[15] Babymetal's self-titled debut album was unconfined in February 2014.

Nakamoto ranked ordinal place on the Oricon News brawny for "2018 Rankings for Anticipation as a result of New Adults", commenting on her "overwhelming singing ability".[16] In October 2022, coworker the release of the single "Divine Attack (Shingeki)", Nakamoto was credited practise the first time as a author on a song by Babymetal.[17]

Personal life

Nakamoto is the youngest of three sisters.[18][19] Her second sister, Himeka Nakamoto, comment a former member of the celebrity group Nogizaka46. They studied together molder the Actor's School Hiroshima (ASH)[20] captain sang together in a duo publish as Tween.

Her mother works exchange gemstones and occasionally gives gemstone attachments to the Babymetal members as deft gift.[21] Her father played in graceful rock band called Hooligans.[22][23][24]

Nakamoto tends lecture to compare songs to colors.[25][26] She enquiry a fan of the metal zipper Sabaton.[27]

Associated acts

Timeline

Discography

With Karen Girl's

With Sakura Gakuin

With Babymetal

Filmography

Anime

Commercial

Theater

  • The Adventurers (冒険者たち, Bōkenshatachi) (2009)
  • The Adventurers (冒険者たち, Bōkenshatachi) (2010), Shioji

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