is a Japanese DJ,

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and presenter, specialising in music from

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. She is notable for performing while dressed in a kigurumi style outfit, wearing an anime-style face mask while performing.

Career

Momochi describes herself as "the world's first animetic idol", and wears an anime-style face mask on stage. She made her TV debut on ''Anison Live'' on

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's Anime Street, working as an ambassador for

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, hosting

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live broadcasts, and presenting

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matches. She was the in

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for

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, the women's division of

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. She left the promotion in 2017. Momochi claims in an interview with Vice Japan that she looked like an anime character as a child and "used to have a bit of complex about it", but because she was complimented on her looks she decided to become an anime-like idol. She also says that made her own original anime series. In 2014, Momochi successfully

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a campaign to become the star in a series of sci-fi ninja

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s, raising ¥1,852,300 ($17,000) on the website Green Funding. The novels, entitled ''Catch Me in Asagaya: Ninja Mangatronique'', are written by Kasuga Yasunori and features a cover illustration by Techno Fuyuno.

Influences

Momochi has stated that when DJing that she prefers to use anime songs that used fixed choreography so that she can dance with the crowd, examples being music from the series ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has also said that musicians that have influenced her include

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from

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References

External links

Official website
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