Native name 田村芽実 Website www.helloproject.com Siblings Karen Tamura Occupation(s) Singer, Actress Genres Pop music | Role Actress Also known as Meimei Name Meimi Tamura | |
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Born October 30, 1998 (age 26) ( 1998-10-30 ) Associated acts S/mileage, Hello!Project Mobekimasu Albums S/mileage Best Album Kanzenban 1, 2 Smile Sensation Similar People Akari Takeuchi, Kanon Fukuda, Rina Katsuta, Kana Nakanishi, Ayaka Wada | ||
田村芽実 (Meimi Tamura) ／Never Enough (The Greatest Showman) [Live]
Meimi Tamura (田村芽実, Tamura Meimi, born October 30, 1998) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the Hello! Project group Angerme.
Contents
- Meimi Tamura Never Enough The Greatest Showman Live
- Early life and family background
- Career
- Smileage Angerme
- Post Angerme
- References
Early life and family background
Meimi Tamura's mother was a Troupe Organizer, and acted at Gunma Prefecture in Japan. Her elder sister, Karen Tamura, was also an actress. Influence from her mother and sister inspired Meimi working to become an actress.
Career
Tamura's first public performance took place in the Concert Tour of Japanese Enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa, on the stage in Okinawa Convention Center March 27, 2004, as a member of the Dodonpa Kids when she was 5 years old.
At age of 10 she was cast in the 2009 musical Shugo Chara as Yaya Yuiki. After co-starring with then S/mileage members, Yuuka Maeda (who played Amu), Kanon Fukuda (who played Nadeshiko) and Ayaka Wada (who played a student and X-Egg) in this musical, she became a S/mileage fan herself, and she went to several S/mileage concerts.
S/mileage / Angerme
On 29th, May 2011 at S/mileage's major debut 1st year anniversary event, producer Tsunku announced that new members will be added to the group and an audition was subsequently held by Up-Front Agency. Tamura, along with approximately 2000 other contestants attended the 1st round of the audition held in Shibuya, Tokyo, in June 2011. Tamura was chosen to proceed to the 2nd round with 49 other contestants on 9th, July 2011. Only 12 contestants including Tamura, made it to the 3rd round. The 3rd round last for 2 days in the form of a training camp, which took place in a remote location 2 hours away from Tokyo. Contestants had their dancing and vocal abilities assessed by choreographer Yoshiko, vocal coach Mariko Ueno and producer Tsunku. At the end of the 3rd round, Tamura passed the audition with 4 other contestants (Akari Takeuchi, Rina Katsuta, Fuyuka Kosuga, and Kana Nakanishi). These five girls became S/mileage's sub-members On October 16, Tamura was promoted to official members of the group. With the name change to ANGERME in 2014, Tamura continued as a main vocalist in the group until she graduated on May 30, 2016.
Post Angerme
On September 1, 2016, Meimi Tamura's profile was removed from UP Front's website, suggesting that she had since left the company. On October 29, Tamura started her own Twitter account, marking the start of her activities outside of Hello!Project. On December 13, Tamura auditioned for the role of Annie in Annie the Musical, but was unsuccessful in obtaining the part.
On January 22, 2017, Tamura was announced to be chosen for role of the late Honda Minako, a prominent 80's Japanese singer, on stage play "minako-taiyo ni natta utahime" which will run through May 17–21. On February 16, a media report confirmed that Tamura had left UP-FRONT GROUP and she was currently working freelance without a manager.
On April 1, Tamura announced she was cast in the Peacepit stage play Grand Guignol, the latest installment in playwright Suemitsu Kenichi's TRUMP series that also includes LILIUM -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki-. It will run from July 29 to August 20.
On May 1, Tamura joined the agency BMI, which was also Honda Minako's former agency. On May 17, she opened the Tamura Meimi Official Fanclub «Thanks!!».
On October 15, she will perform in the music theater show Funfair. It was also announced that Tamura will be participating in the stage play Kyo no Keika from November 3 to 26 at the Meijiza, one of the oldest theaters in Japan.