Rei Kuromiya is a Japanese Idol who grew to stardom due to her awesome vocals and musical talent and also her modeling career.
She is one of the founders of the band ‘Ladybaby’ which is a Japanese ‘kawaii metal; a genre of music that mixes elements of heavy metals and J-pop and was first introduced in Japan about a decade ago. Rei left the band on the 17th of November 2017.
She is also a member and vocalist for the band named ‘BRATS’; A Japanese girls’ band group formed by Rei Kuromiya and her sister Aya Kuromiya.
She is famous also for being the winner of the Miss iD competition.
Brief Biography
Kei was born on the 29th of November 2000 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She has been singing since her childhood. She become a vocalist at the early age of 10 while her sister, Aya was a bass player. In fact, the 24 year old started her entertainment career at a very young age.
She had started a career as a gravure model in her junior days. She had to be careful delving into such a career though because gravure modeling is quite controversial and Japan does not allow for any form of nudity. However, she flourished in the field showing off in mostly swimsuits.
12 Amazing Facts You Should Know About Rei Kuromiya
1. Rei Kuromiya Is A Fashion Icon
Rei pursued a career in fashion and has appeared in a couple of fashion magazines. She is regarded as a fashion icon and one of the top young models from Japan.
2. She started Modelling At An Early Age
Rei’s first photoshoot was at the age of 9 in 2009. This was when she began posing for brands and agencies that had picked interest in her. Over the years, she has modeled for brands such as ‘Clearstone’ and’ Pink House’.
3. Gaining Popularity in Her Career
She has notably distinguishing physical features which mostly contrast with her personality. However, she was the most popular model in her agency as she first started her career with a small brand and then moved up the ladder to join ‘Bambina Pro’.
Her features really set her apart from other models and quickly brought her fame.
4. Rei Kuromiya’s Music Career
She first started her music career with just her first name but later incorporated her full name after a while. she was the first part of a band where most of its members had no musical skill or training and so they spent a year learning how to play certain instruments and touring from house to house to show off their skills.
5. Rei Has A Lot Of Major Projects To Her Name
From the beginning of her career to date, she has released over 80 major works and the most notable was released in March 2016.
6. Her Role In ‘Trillion Starlights’
Rei joined the 80’s-themed independent design and music studio, ‘Trillion Starlights where she played the role of Rei Hoshino. She sang on tracks produced by the studio and even some kawaii tunes where she had to sound different from used to.
By 2016, she had released two CDs under the studio.
7. Rei Kuromiya Was A Judge
She was a child judge at the TV Tokyo’s comedy show titled ‘Piramekino’. This is obviously one of the many things Rei has a talent for and tried out as a child.
8. Competitions And Recognitions
Apart from entering for and winning the ‘Miss iD’ modeling competition, Rei also entered for the season 6 edition of ‘Sakidol Ace Survival’. A competition put together by a magazine and after all the votes came in and were collated, she emerged third.
9. Rei Is Multi-talented and Diverse
Apart from her musical background and even her gravure-modeling career, she has been featured in TV shows and movies as well. She isn’t mainstreamed to a particular style of entertainment but she tries to touch on everything possible and she does really well at them.
10. Rei Kuromiya Once Crowd-funded
She started a crowdfunding project in September 2017 in order to raise money for her own fashion brand. Luckily, she had the support of other brands, chains of stores, and Village Vanguard. Her goal was to raise a million yen and within a few days, she reached her target and even surpassed it.
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11. Her Favourite Things In The World
Rei loves dogs and eating Sushi. She also enjoys playing basketball and she considers it her hobby. It also goes without saying that she enjoys looking fashionably good and singing too.
12. Her Fall Out With Friend And Colleague
After working on so many projects, performing for crowds at different events, and being all ‘loved-up’ with each other on social media, Rei Kuromiya and her friend and partner in the music business; Rei Kaneko had a fallout.
It was confirmed on a TV show in February 2018 after a lot of speculations that rose from the strange bodies and social media ‘language’.
