misono

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misono みその

Background information
Birth name	Misono Kōda
Born	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13) (age 23)
Origin	Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Genre(s)	J-Pop
Years active	2006–Present
Label(s)	Avex Trax
Website	http://www.avexnet.or.jp/misono/

misono (also known as みその) (born Misono Kōda (神田美苑, Kōda Misono^?) on October 13, 1984 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese singer who was the lead singer of the J-pop group day after tomorrow until they took a break in August 2005. Since then, she has started a solo career.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Filmography
4 Reality TV Program
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Her first single, "VS", was released in March 2006 and her following single "Kojin Jugyo" released in May 2006. Her third single, "SPEEDRIVE", was released in July 2006 and is also the theme song of a live action movie, Lovely Complex. One of her upcoming singles will be, like "VS", the theme song for the next video game in the Tales of series, titled "Nininsankyaku" (three-legged race). It will also include a b-side entitled "Tomorrow" which is featured in a Glico CM. "Tomorrow" is a cover of Okamoto Mayo's 1995 classic by the same name.

misono debuted as a solo artist at Velfarre, a popular dance club owned by Avex, in 2006.

Her 4th single, LOVELY♥CAT'S EYE, debuted at #9 on the Oricon Charts.

After the 5th single, HOT TIME/A.__~Answer~, misono released her debut album, titled never+land. Unfortunately, the album flopped and debuted with low sales. The low sales are thought to have been caused by the lack of new songs on the album (only 4 out of 12 were new) and the lack of promotion from Avex. In addition, the previously announced the untitled mini-cover album was canceled.

On May 16, 2007 Misono released a new single called Pochi, including 11 eleven on the b-side. It was released in CD and CD+DVD format and debuted at #36 on the Oricon Top 200.

Misono is also the younger sister of pop star Kumi Koda.

[edit] Discography

Albums:

[2007.02.28] never+land

Singles:

[2006.03.29] VS (Versus)
[2006.05.10] Kojin Jugyou (個人授業)
[2006.07.12] Speedrive (スピードライブ)
[2006.11.01] Lovely♥Cat's Eye (ラブリー♥キャッツアイ)
[2007.02.07] Hot Time / A. ~Answer~ (ホットタイム)
[2007.05.16] Pochi (ポチ)
[2007.09.12] Zasetsu Chiten (挫折地点)
[2007.11.14] Juunin Toiro (十人十色)
[2008.01.30] Mugen Kigen (夢幻期限)
[2008.06.25] Ninin Sankyaku (二人三脚)

[edit] Filmography

"Obachan Chips"

Released Date: 2007

[edit] Reality TV Program

Six months after the debut of day after tomorrow, misono gained weight. Her chubby face was the critical reason for diminishing popularity and later disbandment of dat.^{[citation needed]} In September, 2006, she joined a dieting program (MTV Girls meet Beauty supported by Takano Yuri) commenced on October 5, 2006 through MTV Japan.

At the beginning, her weight of 56.2 kg with 32.1% body fat percentage compared to her dat debut of 42 kg due to excessive intake of calories. After three months of dieting, she shrunk her weight down to 48.5 kg with 22.7% body fat still higher than her dat debut.