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Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵 Amuro Namie, born September 20, 1977)—formerly known as Namie Maruyama in her personal life—is a Japanese singer, dancer, fashion model, actress, and businesswoman.歌手、ﾀﾞﾝｻｰ、ファションモデル、女優、ビジネスウーマンです！ She achieved popularity by a series of successful singles and albums, both exploring different genres and working with producers and musicians outside of Japan, one of the first Japanese artists to do so at the time. Due to her longevity and resilience in the industry, she has been often referred by critics and music publications as the "Teen Queen of Japan", the "Queen of J-Pop", the "Japanese Madonna", and the "Japanese Janet Jackson".日本のマドンナ、日本のジャネット・ジャクソン！
Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted in music as an idol with the band Super Monkey's at age 14. Although majority of their releases were unsuccessful in Japan, Amuro's venturing in modelling fashion and acting helped the group gain attention on their single "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)". Retitling themselves as "Namie Amuro with Super Monkey’s" to achieve further success, they released a studio album and a compilation. She signed with Avex Trax in 1995 to release her debut single "Body Feels Exit," the lead single from her best-selling album Sweet 19 Blues (1996). She achieved large success with her single "Can You Celebrate?," which is still the best-selling single from a female artist in Japan. Transitioning into westernised R&B music, she released her third album Genius 2000 (2000).
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National
Amuro’s mother slain; brother-in-law suspected
Emiko Taira, 48, was struck head-on by a car while strolling with her husband along a road near National Highway No. 58, in Ogimi-son, northwestern Okinawa Prefecture, at around 10:40 a.m., the husband was quoted by police as saying.
The husband, whose name is being withheld, told police that the couple tried to hide behind a telephone pole to evade the car, it doubled back and struck the pole. The driver, identified as Kenji Taira, the victim’s 44-year-old brother-in-law, then exited the vehicle wielding a hatchet-like object.
As he began striking the woman, the husband tried to hold him back with a steel pipe. The younger brother then fled the scene in the car, police said.
Emiko Taira was taken to a hospital, but her heart had already stopped and she was pronounced dead shortly before noon, police said.
Hours later, Kenji Taira was found in the car parked on a rural road about 5 km from the scene of the killing, police said. He was unconscious and foaming at the mouth, they said, adding that he may have consumed insecticide from a can found inside the car in an attempt to kill himself. He was confirmed dead at around 4:30 p.m.
Police decided later Wednesday to send to prosecutors papers listing the brother-in-law as a murder suspect. They said later the same day that they had obtained information on problems between Emiko Taira, who managed a bar, and her construction worker brother-in-law, whom they suspect planned the crime.
The victim published a book last year titled “Promise, To My Daughter Namie Amuro.” The biography details her life working as a nursery employee by day and a bar hostess by night to support Amuro after divorcing her first husband.
Amuro, 21, a native of Okinawa Prefecture, made her singing debut in 1992 and produced the smash hit “Try Me, Believe Me” in 1995
