Namie Amuro was born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She was raised solely by her mother, Emiko Taira, who had divorced her father when Amuro was four years old. Taira worked as a nursery school employee and bar hostess to support her children.

Amuro did not have ambitions to become a performer early in life. Instead she wanted to become a stewardess. However, at the age of twelve, Amuro was discovered Read more...

Amuro released the single, "Body Feels Exit" the same month she left her former label. It was the first single produced from her working relationship with producer, Tetsuya Komuro. Komuro had actually approached Amuro in 1993 after seeing a commercial her group had starred in. It was through her former producer, Matsuura, that Amuro was able to switch recording companies and begin working with Komuro. Read more...

After giving birth to her son, whose name is Haruto, in 1998, Amuro returned to the music scene with the single "I Have Never Seen" (1998). She made her first televised appearance on Kouhaku Uta Gassen days later performing a tearful rendition of her hit "Can You Celebrate?" (1997). On the first week of the Oricon year, the new single debuted at the top position.

Amuro's following single, Read more...