page_title: Harajuku Girls
section_title: Maya Chino
hierarchical_section_title: Harajuku Girls / Cast / Maya Chino
caption_attribution_description: Maya Chino (stage name "Love") during a performance of "Harajuku Girls" in Duluth, Georgia, United Stateswicked hair
context_page_description: The Harajuku Girls are four Japanese and Japanese-American backup dancers featured in stage shows and music videos for Gwen Stefani during her solo pop/dance-record career. The women also act as an entourage at Stefani's public appearances.
  The Harajuku Girls are Maya Chino, Jennifer Kita, Rino Nakasone and Mayuko Kitayama. The name of the group is a reference to Harajuku, a neighborhood of Tokyo. The stage names of the women are derived from Stefani's Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which was the name of her first album as well as her clothing brand.
  In 2014, Stefani announced she would be producing an animated series that was based on the characters Love, Angel, Music, Baby, and G, a character who was first introduced in the Harajuku Lovers perfume line. The series Kuu Kuu Harajuku follows the girls, known together as HJ5, as they fight evil and try to pursue their music.
context_section_description: Maya Chino (stage name "Love") grew up in Tokyo. She started out doing ballet when she was three years old and also tap danced. Before dancing with Gwen Stefani, she was a backup dancer for South Korean singer BoA. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, and teaches hip hop lessons to children at an academy called HORIPRO Music Academy. She is also one of the Head Instructor/Choreographers for HMA's HIPHOP Team "RIZE".
caption: Maya Chino ("Love") during a stage performance of Harajuku Girls
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