IMALU

IMALU promoting "Sonna Namae Hoshikunai yo" (2010)

IMALU is a Japanese model, actress, and pop artist.

Profile

• Stage Name: IMALU
• Real Name: Otake Imalu (大竹いまる)
• Height: 150 cm
• Birthday: September 19, 1989
• Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Zodiac: Virgo
• Favorites Artists: Green Day, No Doubt, Christina Aguilera

Information

IMALU is the daughter of the famous comedian Akashiya Sanma and actress Otake Shinobu. She developed an early interest in music and decided to become an artist herself. She studied abroad at a high school in Victoria, Canada, where she graduated in April 2008.

IMALU made her first appearance in the magazine Zipper in June 2009 and participated in a radio show on FM Yokohama.

Her first single, "Mashed Potato", was released on January 13th, 2010, but she only made her first TV appearance with her second single, "Sonna Namae Hoshikunai yo", in March. She also hosts a show called A-Studio that airs every Friday.

Discography

Albums

• [2011.xx.xx] TBA

Singles

• [2010.01.13] Mashed potato
• [2010.03.03] Sonna Namae Hoshikunai yo (そんな名前欲しくないよ)
• [2010.04.29] Uh Uh

Digital Singles

• [2010.06.23] LYLA
• [2010.07.14] 1.2.3.4
• [2011.06.09] SUSHI PIZZA (スシピッツァ)

Collaborations / Compilations

• [2011.04.20] m-flo TRIBUTE ~stitch the future and past~

External Links

• Official Website
• Universal Music Website
• Official Blog