Minami
Person · female · Japan · Saitama Prefecture · born 1997
Japanese singer
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Also known as 美波
Timeline
1990s
Biography
Biography
Minami (美波; born September 14, 1997) is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Saitama, currently releasing her music independently.
Minami won the second FlyingDog Audition Grand Prix in 2017, and later signed onto FlyingDog under Victor Entertainment in 2019. On June 30, 2020, she transferred to Warner Music Japan. She ended her contract with Warner Music japan and became an independent artist again in the end of 2024 (Announced by Minami herself during the concerts of Earthtication tour).
Biography
Minami was born in the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture. Influenced by the live performances of Yutaka Ozaki in high school, she took up guitar and participated in music activities.
In 2017, the first Mini-Album "Emotional Water" and the first single "main actor" were released. On Tower Records in Shibuya, Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, limited sales were made.
Miscellaneous
- groping• ハル-あと3cmの冬-• F and B (FとB)
- 傘を忘れた日• 放課後オレンジヒーロー (After School Orange Hero)• Deep-sea fish• プレッシャーボーイズ (Pressure Boys)• サイダーみたいだ (Like a Cider)• Summer time game!!• issue• 星屑のうた (Hoshikuzu no uta)• カレーライス (Curry Rice)• アスター (Astor)• 留年確定• ETERNAL BLUE• 雪見だいふくの歌•ヘナ (Hena) ( Originally meant to be part of DROP EP, lately abandoned by Minami)•Luna say maybe (for Gakuen Idolmaster)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Minami head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas(band) | 2008 | present | background vocals,keyboard,original |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53765024seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q53765024 · MusicBrainz: be5ae183-78b6-4564-93e1-553d752d3b84
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