Mew Azama
Template:Female adult bio Myū Azama (安座間 美優, Azama Myū), born December 26, 1986 in Hiroshima Prefecture and grew up in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using Roman characters. She explains it in her profile: "美優 is read Myu-. I was named from Koizumi Kyoko's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is MEW."
She became 'Miss SEVENTEEN' in October,2002 and was an exclusive model for SEVENTEEN magazine (Shueisha).
Her first internationally-noticed role was as the amazonian Sailor Senshi of courage and thunder, Sailor Jupiter in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Her co-stars thought of her as highly girlish and demure, the opposite of her forthright and tomboyish character.
In October, 2006, She shone to the crown of the 38th 'non-no model grand prix' from among 5000 applicants.
From December 2006 to December 2007, she was as an exclusive model of non-no magazine (Shueisha). After a year at non-no, she has moved to another mainstream fashion magazine, CanCam.
Biography
- In 1990s, She learned how to act, dance, and sing at Okinawa Actor's School, and took an active part as a member of 'B.B.WAVES'.
- In October, 2002, She was elected the 21th 'Miss SEVENTEEN'. After that, she took an active part as an exclusive model of fashion magazine 'SEVENTEEN' until the sale title on November 15, 2006.
- In October, 2003, She performed to the TV drama 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon' as Sailor Jupiter.
- In October, 2006, She acquired the crown of the 38th 'non-no model grand prix', and she started operations as an exclusive model of fashion magazine 'non-no'.
- On March 3, 2007, She performed to the 4th 'Tokyo girls collection 2007 Spring/Summer' as one of the top 70 models in Japan.
- On April 24, 2007, She became 'JTA (Japan Trans Ocean Air) image girl in 2007'.
- Since April, 2007, She has been performing to the information television program for women 'Omo-San' . (The broadcasting station is TV Asahi. )
External links
- Mew Azama Official Blog
- VERTEX Mew Azama's agency.
- Myu Azama at IMDb