About Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

PROFILE

Real name: Takemura Kiriko
Nicknames: Kyary, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Carrie Pamyu Pamyu
Full stage name: Caroline Charonplop Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Birthday: January 29, 1993 (19 years old)
Astrological sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 157 cm / 5’2”
Measurements: 80-59-83 cm / 31.5-23-33 in
Blood Type: B
Family: Mother and father (only child)
Hobbies: Being an internet stalker, collecting weird things to wear, shopping in Harajuku
Music: Vocaloid, capsule, T.M.Revolution, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, Yelle, YUKI, Tommy february6, BIGBANG
Charm point: Round face
Dream: Doing a world tour 

LIKES AND DISLIKES

Favorite AKB48 member (oshimen): Watanabe Mayu
Favorite animals: La Chupacabra, sharks
Favorite book: Picture encyclopedia of sharks received from a fan
Favorite celebrities: Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter), G-Dragon (BIGBANG), Mukai Osamu, Sugaya Risako (Berryz Koubou)
Favorite clothing brands: Candy Stripper, galaxxxy, 6%DOKIDOKI, MILK, MILKFED, UNIQLO
Favorite foods: bean sprouts, plums, gummies, chocolate
Least favorite foods: Beta carotene-rich vegetables
Favorite manga: Crayon Shin-chan
Favorite movie: Beetlejuice
Favorite place: Disney Sea 
Favorite word: Dyukushi (an onomatopoeia for being hit)

ABOUT & HISTORY

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is an Aomoji-kei model for the Harajuku fashion magazines KERA and Zipper, a fashion blogger, and recently made her singing debut with Nakata Yasutaka as her producer. After being snapped on the street by a photographer from KERA in fall of 2009, Kyary gained popularity as a reader’s model for her unique style and began appearing in both Zipper and KERA regularly.

In early 2010, Kyary signed under avex trax after joining the highschoolsinger.jp project, which gave high school students the opportunity to show their hidden talent by professionally recording a song in a studio. Kyary released the songs Miracle Orange and Love Berry as digital singles through highschoolsinger.jp, and also produced a Studio Ghibli cover album under avex.

In 2010, Kyary met famous producer Nakata Yasutaka, who decided to work with the eccentric teenager on her official musical debut. Kyary then switched labels to Warner Music Japan in June of 2011, just one month before the release of her first digital single PONPONPON. The song went viral through YouTube and garnered attention from all around the world.

Kyary is well-known for making hengao (weird faces) when taking pictures of herself and her friends, her “Kyary lingo” (which features a mixture of made-up words, 2channel slang, and other trendy terms), as well as her unique and sometimes outrageous fashion sense.

In addition to her official Ameba and GREE blogs, Twitter, and personal YouTube account, fans can get to know Kyary through her Kyary’s Way Way NICO Channel on NicoNico Douga and her weekly radio program, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s Way Way Radio!.

Any material translated and posted on this website is from her Twitter account, Ameba blog, “Oh! My God!! Harajuku Girl”, or other official source. kyarychan claims credit only for the English translation of said sources and will take down any offending material.