Kanako Momota
| Kanako Momota | |
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Momota performing in concert
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| Born |
July 12, 1994 Hamamatsu, Japan |
| Other names | Kanako, Deko-chan |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | King Records |
| Associated acts | Momoiro Clover Z |
| Website | http://www.momoclo.net/ |
Kanako Momota (百田 夏菜子? Momota Kanako, born July 12, 1994) is a Japanese idol singer. She is best known as the leader of the female idol group Momoiro Clover Z. Momota was ranked 12th most popular Japanese idol of 2013 by Nihon Keizai Shimbun. She is represented by Stardust Promotion talent agency.
Kanako Momota was born on July 12, 1994, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013[update], she still lived near Hamamatsu Station with her parents and two brothers.
Momota has been taking rhythmic gymnastics classes since the age of three, and jazz dance lessons since she was in the third grade of elementary school. She enrolled in dance classes at the suggestion of her coach, who thought she needed a better dance foundation. Other students at the dance school sometimes auditioned for the entertainment industry, a common topic of conversation among parents. Momota's mother decided she should audition too and answered an advertisement announcing an open audition for the Stardust Promotion talent agency. They applied and when still in the fifth grade, Kanako Momota won the audition and was subsequently signed to the agency's 3B Junior section, dedicated to training girls under 18 to become actresses.
In the spring of 2008, Stardust Promotion put her in a then unnamed idol (vocal and dance) group consisting of girls close to Momota's age. The project was very low budget, so they performed on the walkways in Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo. A few months later, Momota replaced Reni Takagi as group leader. In a later interview, Momoiro Clover's manager Akira Kawakami recalled that from the very beginning Momota was the hardest worker and stated that she could be serious when needed, but naïve and spontaneous at the same time.
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