Hirai Momo

Momo Hirai (Hangul: 히라이 모모, Japanese: 平井もも ひらいもも Hirai Momo), better known as Momo (Hangul: 모모), is a Japanese singer and dancer, active in South Korea. She is the third oldest member of the K-pop girl group, Twice, as the main dancer, vocalist, and sub-rapper. Momo was born on November 9, 1996 in Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan. Momo started dancing at a very young age and decided to become a singer because of Amuro Namie and got into K-pop after watching Rain and Lee Hyori. Throughout her young life, she trained at the Step Out Dance Studio and was scouted by JYP Entertainment after they saw a dance video of her and her older sister. Momo and her sister were invited to the 2011 JYP Japan Audition which were held in Osaka (19/11/2011) and Tokyo (25/11/2011). Momo passed the audition, her sister did not. Subsequently, she moved to South Korea to start her JYP traineeship on April 13, 2012 together with TWICE's Sana. Momo was given the roles of a supporting vocalist, sub-rapper and a main dancer in Twice. In October 2015, Twice made their debut with the single "Ooh-Aah", and rose to the title of 'The Nation's Girl Group'. In the fall of 2016, Super Junior's Kim Hee-chul and Buzz singer Min Kyung-hoon released a digital single, "Sweet Dream", under SM Entertainment, with the music video starring Momo and the rest of the Knowing Bros cast. On January 2, 2020, JYPE confirmed that Momo was dating Super Junior's Heechul.