Native name 大本 彩乃 Occupation Singerdancer Years active 2001–present Name Ayano Omoto | Other names Nocchi Genres Popelectropop Labels Universal J Role Singer Movies Love Strikes! | |
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Born 20 September 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-09-20 ) Albums Game, JPN, Perfume Global Compilati, Perfume ~Complete Best~, Level3 |
Ayano Ōmoto (大本 彩乃, Ōmoto Ayano, born 20 September 1988), nicknamed Nocchi (のっち, Notchi, stylized as NOCCHi), is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the Japanese electropop group Perfume.
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Biography
Ōmoto was born and raised in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and attended Actor’s School Hiroshima with friends and Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Yuka Kashino. She was placed in the advanced class for singing, as she was always interested in singing. In a letter she wrote to her "Future Me" she recalled her singing teacher telling her if she just wanted to sing and dance because she loved it. Nishiwaki and Kashino were still in the beginner class at this time, meeting Ōmoto secretly.

She joined the group in 2001, replacing the original third member Yūka Kawashima, who left the group to focus on her schoolwork. In 2002, she appeared in an advertisement for Johnson & Johnson.





Songs
FlashCosmic Explorer · 2016
Tokyo Girl2017
Chocolate DiscoGame · 2008