Momoko Okazaki

Momoko Okazaki (岡崎百々子, Okazaki Momoko, born March 3, 2003) is a Japanese idol singer and dancer. She is signed to the talent agency Amuse Inc. and was a member of its girl group Sakura Gakuin from 2015 to 2018. In 2019, she joined the touring line-up of the kawaii metal band Babymetal as a dancer, becoming an official member responsible for "screaming and dancing" in April 2023.

Momoko Okazaki
岡崎百々子
Background information
Also known asMomometal
Born (2003-03-03) March 3, 2003
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
OriginKanagawa Prefecture, Japan
GenresJ-pop, pop, heavy metal
Occupation(s)Idol, singer, model
Years active2015–present
Member ofBabymetal
Formerly ofSakura Gakuin

Biography

Okazaki is the second daughter of comedian Hanamaru Hakata.[1] She was born on 3 March 2003 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, moving with her family to Kanagawa at the age of three.

In May 2015, she started her musical career as a member of the girl idol group Sakura Gakuin.[1][2] In 2018, she left the group and announced that she would study abroad to learn English.[3]

In 2019, Okazaki was appointed one of three support dancers, or "Avengers", of Babymetal, which would take turns filling in as the third dancer in the band's three-person dance choreographies. She made her first appearance with the band at the 2019 Super Slippa festival in Taiwan,[4] and also appeared in the music videos for "Da Da Dance"[5] and "Light and Darkness".[6] In August 2021, as Babymetal announced that it would go on hiatus, or be "sealed",[7] Okazaki joined the Korean survival reality show Girls Planet 999,[8] which winners would become members of the girl group Kep1er.[9]

On April 1, 2023, during Babymetal's "Black Night" concert at the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Okazaki was officially introduced as their new member with the stage name "Momometal".[8]

References
  1. "さくら学院・岡崎百々子、博多華丸の次女だった". ORICON NEWS.
  2. "さくら学院『似てますか？』". さくら学院オフィシャルブログ「学院日誌」Powered by Ameba.
  3. "華丸の１５歳娘・岡崎百々子が海外に語学留学 さくら学院卒業ライブ/デイリースポーツ online". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. whosdandan (2019-08-05). "起點對談 / 「就讓我們帶新世代知道什麼是金屬」BABYMETAL 訪問". KEEDAN.COM (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. BABYMETAL - DA DA DANCE (feat. Tak Matsumoto) (OFFICIAL), retrieved 2023-04-07
  6. BABYMETAL - Light and Darkness (OFFICIAL), retrieved 2023-04-07
  7. Skinner, Tom (2021-08-03). "Babymetal to "disappear from our sight" later this year". NME. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  8. "BABYMETAL officially confirm new member MOMOMETAL". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  9. Adhya, Arpita (2021-10-22). "Who are KEP1ER? Band name meaning and how to pronounce it". HITC. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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