Kikuchi Moa (菊地 最愛) is a singer and model under the agency Amuse. She is a member of BABYMETAL and a former member of Sakura Gakuin and it's sub-units Twinklestars and Mini Pati.
Her role is "Scream and Dance" under the name of MOAMETAL .[1]
Biography[]
Kikuchi was born on July 4, 1999 in Nagoya, Japan. In her first years, she worked as model and commercial actress. She was signed with the talent agency Amuse at the age of 8 when she won the Semi-Gran Prix in the "Ciao Girl Audition 2007" held by the company.[2] The audition had more than 10.000 children participating in the big event. Kikuchi started to learn guitar on Aichi the same year while she was traveling monthly to Osaka to take dancing and singing lessons on Amuse school.
On August 2, 2010, at the age of 11, Kikuchi, at the same time with Mizuno Yui, joined Sakura Gakuin. Kikuchi and Mizuno first became members of the sub-unit Baton Club "Twinklestars" and later together with Nakamoto Suzuka they formed the Heavy Music Club "BABYMETAL". Before the formation of this sub-unit, none of the three members knew what heavy metal was.[3]
In July 2011, she joined the sub-unit Cooking Club "Mini Pati", as the second generation member.
On November 2012, BABYMETAL performed overseas for the first time at the 2012 Anime Festival Asia in Singapore.[4] They became an independent recording group in 2013.[5]
In May 2014, she became the fourth student council president of Sakura Gakuin. In July of the same year, BABYMETAL started their first world tour "BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2014". During a bus trip, Kikuchi and Mizuno wrote "Song 4" together, under the writing credits BLACK BABYMETAL.[6]
On March 29, 2015 she graduated from Sakura Gakuin with the live performance "The Road to Graduation 2014 Final - Sakura Gakuin 2014 Graduation".[7] She has been performing with BABYMETAL ever since.[8]
Associated acts[]
- Sakura Gakuin (2010 — 2015)
- Twinklestars (Baton Club sub-unit) (2010 — 2015)
- Mini Pati (Cooking Club sub-unit) (2011 — 2015)
- BABYMETAL (2010 — present)
- BLACK BABYMETAL (sub-unit)
Discography[]
Sakura Gakuin[]
- Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo ~Message~ (2011)
- Sakura Gakuin 2011 Nendo ~Friends~ (2012)
- Sakura Gakuin 2012 Nendo ~My Generation~ (2013)
- Sakura Gakuin 2013 Nendo ~Kizuna~ (2014)
- Sakura Gakuin 2014 Nendo ~Kimi ni Todoke~ (2015)
BABYMETAL[]
- BABYMETAL (2014)
- METAL RESISTANCE (2016)
- METAL GALAXY (2019)
- THE OTHER ONE (2023)
Filmography[]
Music videos
Sakura Gakuin:
- Over The Future Entrance Examination (2010)
- Hello！IVY (2010)
- 夢に向かって Yumenimukatte (2010)
- Twinklestars — Dear Mr.Socrates (2011)
- FLYAWAY (2011)
- message (2011)
- Twinklestars — プリーズ！プリーズ！プリーズ！ Please! Please! Please! (2011)
- ベリシュビッッ Berisyubittsu (2013)
- WONDERFUL JOURNEY (2013)
- My Graduation Toss (2013)
- Hana＊Hana (2013)
- 顔笑れ!!（がんばれ!!）Gambare!! (2013)
- Jump Up ～ちいさな勇気～ Chiisana Yuki (2014)
- ハートの地球（ほし） Heart No Hoshi (2014)
- 仰げば尊し ～ from さくら学院 2014 ～ Aogeba Tōtoshi from Sakura Gakuin 2014 (2015)
BABYMETAL:
- ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング Doki Doki ☆ Morning (2012)
- いいね！Iine! (2012)
- ヘドバンギャー！！ Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!! (2012)
- イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ Ijime, Dame, Zettai (2012)
- メギツネ Megitsune (2013)
- ギミチョコ！！ Gimme Chocolate!! (2014)
- KARATE (2016)
- THE ONE (2016)
- PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO) (2019)
- Elevator Girl English Ver. (2019)
- Shanti Shanti Shanti (2019)
- DA DA DANCE (feat. Tak Matsumoto) (2019)
- BxMxC (2020)
- Divine Attack – 神撃 – Divine Attack - Shingeki - (2022)
- METAL KINGDOM (2023)
- Light and Darkness (2023)
- Mirror Mirror (2023)
- METALIZM (2023)
- メタり！！ (feat. Tom Morello) METALI!! (2023)
Trivia[]
- Her favorite group was °C-ute, and she was acquainted with her favorite former member of the group, Suzuki Airi.[9]
- She likes watching anime, and her favorite show is Love Live!.[10]
- She can play the guitar.
- She is an only child.
Gallery[]
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📷 To view the MOAMETAL gallery, click here. 📷 |
References[]
- ↑ "Biography" BABYMETAL official website
- ↑ "Kikuchi Moa profile". Amuse Inc.
- ↑ "Did Babymetal invent 'cute metal' and what is it?". BBC.
- ↑ "ARTIST LINE-UP". 2012 Anime Festival Asia.
- ↑ "12～13歳女の子の「ヘビメタアイドル」 「さくら学院 BABYMETAL」に世界が大注目". (in Japanese) J-CAST.
- ↑ "K-bleJungle intervista BABYMETAL (KJ on the Road)". YouTube.
- ↑ "さくら学院、菊地最愛&水野由結ら涙の卒業式". (in Japanese) ORICON NEWS.
- ↑ "さくら学院の卒業メンバーが学院生活と今後について語る". (in Japanese) ORICON NEWS.
- ↑ "Headbanging with BABYMETAL at Rock In Japan 2013". MTV 81.
- ↑ "さくら学院 菊地最愛への100の質問【完全版】". (in Japanese) EntameNext.
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