Chanmina
{{short description|Japanese singer}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Chanmina
| birth_name = Mina Otomonai
| native_name = ちゃんみな
| native_name_lang = jp
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1998|10|14}}{{cite web | url=https://trendnews.yahoo.co.jp/archives/448769/ | script-title=ja:女子高生ラッパー・ちゃんみな、日本語ラップの"フリースタイルブーム"は「早く終わって欲しい」/〈視線の先〉インタビュー | website=Yahoo! JAPAN | language=ja | date=August 15, 2016 | accessdate=October 11, 2020 | archive-date=June 4, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604095302/https://trendnews.yahoo.co.jp/archives/448769/ | url-status=live }}
| birth_place = South Korea{{cite web | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/02/08/music/rapper-chanmina-blurring-lines-genre-nationality/ | title=Rapper Chanmina is blurring the lines of genre and nationality | website=The Japan Times | first=Patrick | last=St. Michel | date=February 8, 2019 | accessdate=October 11, 2020 | archive-date=October 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011222519/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/02/08/music/rapper-chanmina-blurring-lines-genre-nationality/ | url-status=live }}
| occupation = {{Flat list|
- Rapper
- Singer
}}
| years_active = 2016–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Ash Island|2024}}
| children = 1
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| origin = Nerima, Tokyo{{cite web | url=https://tower.jp/artist/2560963/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AA | script-title=ja:ちゃんみな プロフィール | website=Tower Records Japan | language=ja | accessdate=October 11, 2020 | archive-date=August 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815030935/https://tower.jp/artist/2560963/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AA | url-status=live }}
| genre = {{Flat list|
}}
| label = {{Flat list|
- Victor
- Warner Japan
- No Label
- Mastersix
}}}}
| website = {{URL|https://chanmina.com}}
| module2 = {{Infobox Chinese | child= yes|headercolor=transparent
| kanji = 乙茂内 美奈
| romaji = Otomonai Mina
| hiragana = おともない みな
| katakana = オトモナイ ミナ
}}
| module3 = {{Infobox korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| header = Korean stage name
| hangul = 챤미나
| rr = Chyanmina
| mr = Ch'yanmina
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Mina Otomonai|乙茂内 美奈{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jp/takumiharimaya/chanmina#.byyD90KQP |script-title=ja:「いじめがきっかけでハマったラップ」 現役女子高生ラッパーちゃんみなは語る |website=Buzzfeed Japan |first=Takumi |last=Harimaya |language=ja |date=June 28, 2016 |accessdate=October 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152415/https://www.buzzfeed.com/jp/takumiharimaya/chanmina#.byyD90KQP |url-status=live }}|Otomonai Mina|born October 14, 1998}}, known professionally as {{Nihongo|Chanmina|ちゃんみな}}, is a South Korean-Japanese rapper and pop musician. She debuted in 2016 independently, before releasing her major label debut album Miseinen in 2017.
Biography
Chanmina was born in South Korea, to a Japanese father and a South Korean mother, and lived in South Korea until she was three years old. As her mother is a professional ballerina, she spent her childhood traveling around South Korea, Japan and the United States. Due to her mother's influence, Chanmina learned ballet and violin from a young age.
During this time in her life, she discovered the song "Day by Day" (2008) by Korean band Big Bang, and felt moved by the song, inspiring her to become a rapper. Chanmina originally planned to move to South Korea to become a K-Pop musician in her second year of high school, however her friend, female rapper Messhi, convinced her to stay in Japan. She first came to fame after participating in the 2016 {{ill|Bazooka!!! Kōkōsei Rap Senshūken|ja|BAZOOKA!!! 高校生RAP選手権}}, a high school rap competition broadcast on BS Sky Perfect!, and her independently released debut single "Miseinen" (featuring Messhi on the track), managed to top iTunes Japan's hip-hop song rankings chart.
Her first major label debut single "Fxxker" was released in 2017, followed by her debut album Miseinen (2017).{{cite web |url=https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/20171115080188/ |script-title=ja:ニューアルバム『CHOCOLATE』をリリースするちゃんみな |website=Music Voice |first=Fumiaki |last=Kurebayashi |language=ja |date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016140530/https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/20171115080188/ |url-status=live }} In the same year, Chanmina released the extended play Chocolate, which was recorded in Los Angeles. The following year, Chanmina switched labels to Warner Music Japan. The title song from her second album Never Grow Up was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Jigoku no Girlfriend and became a sleeper hit, reaching over 10 million views on YouTube eight months after the song's release, and receiving a gold certification for streaming from the RIAJ.{{cite web | url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000181096 | script-title=ja:ちゃんみな、アコースティック・スタジオセッション動画公開 | website=Barks | language=ja | date=April 10, 2020 | access-date=October 11, 2020 | archive-date=October 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011224835/https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000181096 | url-status=live }}
In September 2021, Chanmina's song "I'm a Pop" was featured in the Netflix film Kate,{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/kate-movie-soundtrack-songs/ | title=Every Song In Kate | first=Autumn | last=Cejer | website=Screen Rant | date=September 12, 2021 | access-date=September 21, 2021 | archive-date=September 13, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913124629/https://screenrant.com/kate-movie-soundtrack-songs/ | url-status=live }} leading the song to chart in the United States on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. Chanmina released her third studio album, Harenchi in October, featuring "Voice Memo No. 5", "Picky", "Angel" and "Bijin"; songs she had released as singles or as leading tracks from extended plays in 2020 and 2021.{{cite web | url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/441224 | script-title=ja:ちゃんみな、3rdアルバムは「ハレンチ」 | website=Natalie | language=ja | date=August 18, 2021 | access-date=August 18, 2021 | archive-date=August 17, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817233400/https://natalie.mu/music/news/441224 | url-status=live }}
Chanmina released her first full-length Korean-language single "Don't go" featuring Ash Island on September 23, 2022.
In 2023, Chanmina founded her own record label, No Label Music, an imprint of Warner Japan.
In April 2025, Chanmina signed with Sony Music Japan label Mastersix Foundation to distribute her discography under her personal record label.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 2, 2025 |title=ちゃんみな新章開幕!NO LABEL MUSICを携えてソニー・ミュージックレーベルズへの移籍発表(コメントあり / 動画あり) |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/618380 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Natalie |language=ja}}
In 2025, Chanmina formed the girl group Hana through the audition show No No Girls.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2364686/full/|title=『No No Girls』ちゃんみなプロデュース、7人組「HANA」プレデビュー曲をTV初披露&リリース決定|website=Oricon|date=January 19, 2025|language=ja}}
Personal life
Chanmina is trilingual, speaking Korean, Japanese and English.
On July 7, 2024, she announced her pregnancy and marriage to Korean rapper Ash Island.{{cite web|url=https://www.xportsnews.com/article/1878981|title=애쉬 아일랜드, '日래퍼' ♥챤미나와 결혼·임신 발표 "새 생명 찾아와" [전문]|website=Xports News|language=ko|date=July 7, 2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}} On November 1, she gave birth to her first child, a baby girl.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=ちゃんみな、第1子女児の出産を発表「I love you,my princess」夫は韓国人ラッパーASH ISLAND |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20241101-OHT1T51262.html |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=スポーツ報知 |language=ja}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN {{cite web | title=ちゃんみなの作品 | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/691942/products/ | language=ja | website=Oricon | accessdate=October 20, 2021 | archive-date=June 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607200741/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/691942/products/ | url-status=live }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN
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scope="row"| {{nihongo|Miseinen|未成年||Underage}}
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| 59 || — || 27 |
scope="row"| Never Grow Up
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| 23 || 13 || 3 |
scope="row"| Harenchi
| | 16 || 11 || 5 |
scope="row"| Naked
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| 16 || 12 || 11 |
colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
= Extended plays =
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scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN |
scope="row"| Chocolate
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| 29 || — || 10 |
scope="row"| Note-book: Me.
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| 38 || 41 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Note-book: Me. did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Japan Top Single Sales physical chart.{{cite magazine | title=Japan Billboard Top Single Sales | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2020&month=03&day=2 | magazine=Billboard | language=ja | date=February 26, 2020 | accessdate=October 11, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802171520/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2020&month=03&day=2 | url-status=live }}}} |
scope="row"| Note-book: U.
| | 40 || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Note-book: U. did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Japan Top Single Sales physical chart.}} |
colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
= Live albums =
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|+List of live albums, with selected chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details ! colspan="1" scope="col" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;" | JPN |
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scope="row" | Area of Diamond
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Area of Diamond did not enter the Oricon Albums chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Oricon DVD chart.{{cite web | title=ちゃんみなのDVD作品 | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/691942/products/dvd/ | language=ja | website=Oricon | accessdate=May 31, 2025}}}} |
= Singles =
== As lead artist ==
== As featured artist ==
== Promotional singles ==
== Other charted or certified songs ==
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of other charted or certified songs, with selected chart positions, certifications and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot |
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scope="row" | "Best Boy Friend"
| 2017 | — |
| Miseinen |
scope="row" | "^_^"
| rowspan="2" | 2021 | 92 | | rowspan="2" | Harenchi |
scope="row" | "Firework" ({{nihongo2|花火}})
| — |
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=Guest appearances=
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [https://chanmina.com/ Official website]
- {{instagram|minachanxx}}
{{Chanmina}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:English-language singers from Japan
Category:Japanese women hip-hop musicians
Category:Japanese women singer-songwriters
Category:Japanese-language singers of South Korea
Category:Japanese people of Korean descent
Category:Japanese women rappers
Category:Korean-language singers of Japan
Category:South Korean women rappers
Category:South Korean women singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century South Korean singer-songwriters
Category:South Korean people of Japanese descent