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Michiko Evwana (born December 8, 1974), better known by her stage name Minmi (Japanese: ミンミ), is a Japanese hip-hop and reggae musician, as well as a singer-songwriter and record producer. She is the first soca artist from Japan. Since 2007, she has been married to Wakadanna (若旦那), a member of Japanese reggae group Shōnan no Kaze.

She began playing reggae music in Japanese clubs in 1996. Her 2002 debut single, "The Perfect Vision", went on to sell over 500,000 copies.

Biography

Michiko Evwana was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on December 8, 1974. She began playing the piano at the age of five, at which time she began to take interest in soul and jazz music. Minmi began her musical career in 1996, performing at rub-a-dub showcases and hip hop events in the clubs of Osaka. She also began to develop her own sound by making her own original tracks around this period. Minmi signed her first recording deal with JVC Records, releasing the reggae song "The Perfect Vision" as her first single in August 2002. Minmi's first single became extremely popular, and was widely accepted and heavily rotated by as many as 20 FM radio stations. "The Perfect Vision," after gradually increasing in popularity, would eventually sell over 500,000 copies.

In 2005, Minmi released her first soca-influenced song, "Summertime!!," as opposed to her regular reggae and hip-hop sound. Because of this event, she attended the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival in February 2006, performing on stage. In September, she was nominated for best new artist at the Reggae/Soca Music Awards in New York. Minmi attended the festival again in 2007, performing "Sha Na Na (Japanese Wine)" with Machel Montano.

In June 2007, it was suddenly announced that Minmi had married Wakadanna, a member of reggae group Shōnan no Kaze, and was four months pregnant. The two had first met in 2001 in Jamaica, and began dating soon after. In November she gave birth to her first child, a son.

In March 2010 it was announced that Minmi was pregnant with her second child. Her fourth album Mother, released in July when she was roughly eight months pregnant, prominently features her stomach in the photographs. The child, the second boy, was born ten days early on August 4 in New York.

On June 10 and July 22, 2015, Minmi released her seventeenth single "Hologram".

Bibliography

• MINMI. (July 1, 2010), Kise Ki to MAMA, PAPA & BABY Kyo Mama Ni Ai Ni Iku Yo (in Japanese), Tokyo: Kobunsha Publishing, ISBN 978-4-334-90172-1
• MINMI. (August 17, 2013), HOW TO BE A MOTHER VERY x MINMI "Kosodate Shinagara" Maternity no Hibi (in Japanese), Tokyo: Kobunsha Publishing, ISBN 978-4-334-97704-7
• Mao Abe / Miu Sakamoto / Watanabe Atsuko / Akiko Noma / JILL / MINMI / Ueno Miki / Takahashi Miho (December 20, 2017), WOMAN Josei Artist 6 Nin Ga Kataru, Renai, Kazoku, Soshite Ongaku (in Japanese), Tokyo: Rittor Music Inc., ISBN 978-4-845-63173-5

Discography

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Albums

Other albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Digital Singles

DVDs

Collaborations

See Also

• Supa Dups

References

1. MINMI BEST 2002–2008 (Review) at the Wayback Machine (archived March 7, 2012), United Daily News (in Chinese), August 22, 2008
2. "女性レゲエ・シンガーのMINMIが妊娠、お相手は湘南乃風の若旦那。" (in Japanese). narinari.com. June 27, 2007.
3. ^ "レゲエ歌手MINMIが男児出産" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 20, 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
4. ^ MINMIが第2子妊娠...「湘南乃風」若旦那も大喜び (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010.
5. ^ "A Trini Wine made in Japan". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. February 13, 2007.
6. ^ "Minmi Official Site/Bio" (in Japanese). Retrieved November 11, 2010.
7. MINMIと湘南乃風の若旦那が結婚 (in Japanese). Oricon. June 27, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
8. "NY出産7 産声" (in Japanese). Minmi official Ameblog. August 25, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
9. MINMI、スーパー安産で第2子出産 (in Japanese). Sanspo. August 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
10. CD Journal Staff (July 22, 2015). "Minmi / Hologram (single review)". CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved July 17, 2016.
11. ^ "アーティスト： MINMI". Oricon. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
12. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Retrieved October 15, 2010. (subscription only)
13. ^ "Hot 100|JAPAN Charts|Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010.
14. ^ 有料音楽配信チャート (in Japanese). RIAJ.
15. MINMIのリリース一覧 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Minmi at Oricon (in Japanese)

Agency profiles:

• Minmi at Victor Entertainment (in Japanese)
• Minmi at Universal Music Group Japan (in Japanese)

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Japanese reggae musicians
• Japanese women pop singers
• Japanese women singer-songwriters
• Singers from Osaka Prefecture
• 21st-century Japanese singers
• 21st-century Japanese women singers
• Women hip-hop musicians
• Japanese hip-hop singers