Okamura Minami

Okamura Minami promoting "Hai to Diamond / Go City Go / Fuuku no Housoku" (2024)

Okamura Minami (岡村美波) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. She is a member of Ame no Mori Kawa Umi and the collective group BEYOOOOONDS.

Profile

• Name: Okamura Minami (岡村美波)
• Nickname: Miimi (みいみ)
• Birthdate: October 20, 2004 (2004-10-20)
• Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
• Blood Type: O
• Height: 161cm
• Specialties: Animal care, piano, Momochi monomane, magic balloons, laughing
• Hobbies: Cooking, making sweets, watching rugby
• Looks Up To: Matsuura Aya, Inoue Rei
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (2017–2018)
  • BEYOOOOONDS (2018–)
    • Ame no Mori Kawa Umi (2018–)
• Other groups:
  • SunRisa (2014–2016)

History

Okamura Minami acted as a junior model starting as early as 2011, and later joined local dance and vocal unit SunRisa sometime in 2014. In August 2014 Okamura was one of the winners of an audition to become an exclusive model for the girls magazine Dream Girls. Two years later on October 7, 2016 she withdrew from SunRisa.

Okamura was first announced as a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei through the official website on March 6, 2017, alongside Shimakura Rika, Hibi Marina, Eguchi Saya, Doi Rena, Matsunaga Riai, Yamada Ichigo, and Nakayama Natsume. She made her first live appearance and was formally introduced at at the "Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 3gatsu ~Marching!~" event on March 11, 2017.

On June 9, 2018 during the "Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~" event in Tokyo, it was announced that Okamura would join one of two upcoming groups, featuring previously announced members Takase Kurumi and Kiyono Momohime, along with Maeda Kokoro and Yamazaki Yuhane. The group would be unveiled at a later date in 2018.

Publications

Photobooks

• [2022.10.20] Miimi

• [2020.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS① (Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka, Satoyoshi Utano)
• [2020.09.09] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2020 AUTUMN Vol.3 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2020 AUTUMN Vol.3) (Onoda Saori, Haga Akane, Funaki Musubu, Maeda Kokoro, Akiyama Mao, Yamazaki Yuhane, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Kitagawa Rio, Kudo Yume, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Okamura Homare, Yamazaki Mei, Matsunaga Riai, Hashisako Rin)
• [2021.04.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING Vol.4 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 SPRING Vol.4) (Akiyama Mao, Asakura Kiki, Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Ise Layla, Ichioka Reina, Inaba Manaka, Inoue Rei, Uemura Akari, Eguchi Saya, Okamura Homare, Okamura Minami, Oda Sakura, Onoda Saori, Ono Mizuho, Kaga Kaede, Kasahara Momona)
• [2021.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS②
• [2021.11.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 Autumn Vol.8 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 Autumn Vol.8) (Fukumura Mizuki, Yokoyama Reina, Morito Chisaki, Kawamura Ayano, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Kawana Rin, Tamenaga Shion, Inaba Manaka, Kudo Yume, Matsunaga Riai, Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Kishimoto Yumeno, Takase Kurumi, Okamura Minami)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

• [2018–2019] The Girls Live

Internet

• [2019] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!)
• [2019] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2019 (ハロプロ紅白対抗 ザ☆バトル2019)
• [2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! 2 (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!2)
• [2020] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2020~Ano Atsuki Battle wo Futatabi SP~ (ハロプロ紅白対抗 ザ☆バトル2020 ~あの熱きバトルを再びSP~)

Commercials

• [2020] Kagome GO! ME. "ONE DAY"

Theater

• [2018] Time Repeat ~Eien ni Kimi wo Omou~ (タイムリピート~永遠に君を想う~)
• [2019] Fushigi no Kuni no Alice Tachi (不思議の国のアリスたち)
• [2019] Reborn ~13-nin no Tamashi wa Kami-sama no Yume wo Miru~ (リボーン~13人の魂は神様の夢を見る~) (as Mozart)
• [2020] Arabeyooooonds Nights (アラビヨーンズナイト) (as Naito Shitone)

Radio

• [2019–] Kanazawa Tomoko no Vivid Midnight (金澤朋子のVivid Midnight)
• [2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no Biyo～～～～～tto Tobikoe Night! (BEYOOOOONDSのビヨ～～～～～っと飛び越えナイト!)
• [2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no O no Kazu wa Itsutsu Desu (BEYOOOOONDSのOの数は5つです)

Trivia

• Was formerly a member of local dance and vocal group SunRisa.
• Before joining the Kenshuusei she participated in an August 2016 Idol Matsuri preliminary event as co-host, where she met Kobushi Factory members Hirose Ayaka and Inoue Rei.
• Has an older sister.
• Her favorite genres of music are J-Pop, western music, and EDM.
• Her favorite sport is rugby.
• Favorite foods are hamburger made by her mother and sweet strawberries.
• Least favorite foods are avocados, celery, and sweet bean paste.
• Her motto is "A smile is the most fashionable accessory" (笑顔は1番のおしゃれ).
• Thinks her charm point is her squishy cheeks.
• Her favorite school subject is science.
• She's able to recite many chemical symbols and identify over 150 countries and their flags.
• Her favorite color is pink.
• Thinks her strength is being positive.
• Thinks her shortcoming is being a sore loser.
• Dislikes and is scared of obake.
• Her favorite movie is "High School Musical".
• Shares a birthday with Tsubaki Factory member Niinuma Kisora.
• Her favorite Hello! Project song is "♡Momoiro Kataomoi♡" by Matsuura Aya.
• She revealed in October 2019 that after her growing interest in EDM she began learning how to DJ as a hobby, but she wanted to challenge herself to go further with it and make it one of her special skills.

Gallery

• 

  2017

• 

  2018

• 

  2019

• 

  2019

• 

  2019

• 

  2021

• 

  2022

• 

  2022

• 

  2022

• 

  2023

• 

  2023

• 

  2024

External Links

• Hello! Project Official Profile
• BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Official Blog