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During the First Sino-Japanese War and World War II, a soldier going off to fight was often given a senninbari haramaki ("1,000 stitch belt") by his family. A mother, sister, or wife would stand on the street and ask passing women to contribute a stitch until 1,000 had been collected.
Obi is also "belt or "band" or "sash" in Japanese. With the exceptions of books where belly-bands are used to add marketing claims, obi were unique to Japan and are used to provide the title of the product, track listings (if applicable), price, catalog number and information on related releases in Japanese.
Mai Shiraishi (白石 麻衣, Shiraishi Mai, born 20 August 1992 in Gunma) is a Japanese actress, model, YouTuber, and a former first generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazines LARME and Ray .
On May 14, 2007, after Tsuji's resignation from the band, Asami Abe joined in her place. Their first single, "Boom Boom Meccha Maccho!" (Boom Boom めっちゃマッチョ!, boom boom very macho!), was released on June 20, 2007 on Japanese independent label TN-mix through Pony Canyon. Sone's nickname in Gyaruru is Sonene.
Saki (さき, born October 4, 1990 [1]) is a Japanese heavy metal musician and songwriter. She is best known as guitarist of the all-female band Mary's Blood from 2012 until they began an indefinite hiatus in 2022, and was also a member of the all-female band Nemophila from 2019 to 2024.
Linda McDonald, drummer of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens; she is of Irish and Japanese descent; Elle McLemore, stage & TV actress; 1/4 Japanese; Meiko, L.A.-based singer-songwriter; one-quarter Japanese on her mother's side; Emi Meyer, jazz pianist and singer-songwriter; mother is Japanese; Anne Akiko Meyers, classical violinist
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Originally a member of the rock band The News, she debuted as a solo musician in 2012 and released her debut album Kavkanize in 2013. She prominently plays the drums in all of her promotions. Shishido was given the name "Kavka" for her stage name by copy editor Junpei Watanabe. Shishido always wore black, reminding her of a crow.