Miki Fujimoto Japanese singer and actress

If you really enjoy Japanese pop music then the name Miki Fujimoto should be very familiar to you. This extremely attractive young lady was born on February 26, 1985 in the city of Takikawa in Japan. Takikawa is located on the island of Hokkaido.

Fujimoto is one of the cutest looking young women out there. She also has a huge amount of fan support.

More interesting facts about this Japanese beauty

· She enjoys watching movies.

· Her favorite colors are black and white.

· Her favorite flower is the sunflower.

· She says that her favorite season is summer.

· Her favorite foods include yakiniku, natto and meat.

· Her favorite song is listed as Romantic Ukare Mode.

· Miki’s favorite artists are her best friend Aya Matsuura, Christina Aguilera and Namie Amuro.

· She is also good friends with Hitomi Yoshizawa.

Fujimoto in 2002 at the young age of 17 attempted to join the popular Japanese all female pop music group called Morning Musume. But she was not successful and she got her first start in the entertainment industry. And this happened when she joined a group known as Hello Project in the same year of 2002. At this time, she was performing as a solo performer. Fujimoto is the best friend of Japanese pop singer Aya Matsuura. The other people that she looks up to as role models in her life are Yuko Nakazawa and Namie Amuro.

Fujimoto starts to succeed

Fujimoto finally got her first taste of success when she performed well on New Year’s Eve in 2003 on a music program called Kohaku Uta Gassen. Fujimoto then was able to join Morning Musume. But shortly after she joined the group made a split into two groups and she was put into the group Morning Musume Otomegumi. All of the members of Morning Musume are from Japan except Li Chun who is from China.

In June of 2006 Fujimoto and her best friend Aya Matsuura formed another Hello Project but this time it was under a different name called GAM. In September of 2006, this group’s first single was released. Two more singles were created and released before there was an LP released in May 2007. At this same time after Hitomi Yoshizawa graduated Fujimoto took her place as the fifth member of Morning Musume. Fujimoto would not be in the group for much longer.

Scandal involving Fujimoto

According to a Japanese magazine called Friday, there was a rumor circulating around that Fujimoto had been involved in a scandal with now current husband Tomoharu Shoji who is involved as a member of a comedy group called Shinagawa Shoji. Fujimoto confirmed on a radio show that the pictures in that magazine were pictures of her. The agency that she has a contract with is called Up-Front Agency. The agency did not want to get involved in the situation because they could not prove that Shoji and Fujimoto were dating. After this incident, Fujimoto resigned from Morning Musume in June of 2007.

Fujimoto in March 2009 announced that she and Tomoharu Shoji had become engaged. And on July 3 of that same year they got married in Hawaii. As of 2010 Fujimoto has now rejoined the other Morning Musume members in a new group called Dream Morning Musume.

Modeling and Acting work

In addition to her success as a pop singer in the music industry, Fujimoto is also a model and actress. Fujimoto has made appearances in six photo books and she has released 3 DVDs. Fujimoto has also made appearances in two musicals. The first musical that she appeared in was called Ribbon No Kishi and she played the role of Hecate. This event took place in 2006. In 2008, Fujimoto appeared in the musical version of Grease and she played the role of Rizzo. As of 2011, Fujimoto is still the leader of the group Dream Morning Musume.

Trivia about Miki

· She sang Ayumi Hamasaki’s song called “Depend on you” as part of her Avex dream audition.

· When she was a child, Miki wanted to become an enka singer because her grandmother had a big influence on her.

· She would have worked in a nursing home as a caretaker if she had not been a singer.

· Miki is the youngest child in her family.

· She dropped out of high school in April 2001 in order to pursue a career as a solo artist.

· She went through one year of training before her solo debut.

· She worked at Up-Front Agency as a receptionist while she was in training.