generasia:Featured article for 2009 week 36

Abe Mao promoting Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu (2009)

Abe Mao (阿部真央) is a Japanese pop singer, who is signed to the Pony Canyon record label. She made her debut in Feburary 2009 with the album, "Free."

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• Name: Abe Mao (阿部真央)
• Date of Birth: January 24, 1990
• Hometown: Ooita, Kyuushuu, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Favorite Colors: Orange, Green
• Favorite Food: Chocolate
• Favorite Actors: Asano Tadanobu (浅野忠信), Yanagiba Toshiro (柳葉敏郎)
• She loves: People
• She hates: Caterpillars, black bean, insects, rain, to study, Mathematics
• About herself: difficulty to fall asleep and to wake up, shyness, she doesn't like to lay down and pity herself, she has migraines, she's enthusiastic, she's independent
• First composed song: My Baby in high school 1st grade
• First bought CD: Hamasaki Ayumi's UNITE!
• First live performance attended: SKIN-HEADz live - high school 2nd grade summer with her friends
• Favorite artists: Avril Lavigne, SKIN-HEADz, Midori, HOT SPRING, SUM41, Hoobastank, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, RADWIMPS, RIP SLYME, Murashita Kozo

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Abe Mao promoting Free (2009)

Abe Mao begun to play piano when she was in elementary school 3rd grade. After high school she switched it to guitar, and started play in different locals. In 2nd grade high school summer she participated in YAMAHA TEEN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 and won. The same year she participated in the national convention and was awarded an encouragement prize. In 2008, after graduation, she moved to Tokyo, and made her debut under Pony Canyon with the album Free.