Momo

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**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.

## Early life and career Beginnings

Momo was born in November 9, 1996 in Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan. Her family consists of her parents and older sister by two years, Hana Hirai.

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.

In 2014, she appeared in the music video of Got7's "Stop Stop It" and the Japanese MV of Junho's "Feel". In the following year, s "R.O.S.E" and miss A's "Only You."

In 2015, Momo became a contestant on the reality girl group survival show, Sixteen. Originally, eliminated in the sixth episode of the series, she was brought back by JYP in the show's finale, due to him believing that her skills in dance and performance would complete his girl group, which was named Twice.

## Career

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, Kim Hee-chul and 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.

## Personal Life

On January 2, 2020, JYPE confirmed that Momo was dating Super Junior's Heechul. On July 8, 2021, it was confirmed by both JYP Entertainment and Label SJ that the couple had broken up due to busy schedules.

## Filmography

### Music video appearances

* GOT7 - "Stop Stop It" (2014)
* Junho - "Feel" (2014)
* miss A - "Only You" (2015)
* Wooyoung - "R.O.S.E." (2015)
* Park Jin Young - "Fire" (feat. Conan O'Brien, Steven Yeun, & Jimin Park) (2016)
* Heechul X Min Kyung Hoon - "Sweet Dream" (2016)
* yukaDD - "Superhero" (2021)

## Discography

### Soundtrack

* Participated in JYP Nation concert theme song - ENCORE. (2016)

## Credits

◯ = *Participates as writing/composer/producer*, ✖ = *Not participated as writing/composer/producer*

## Dance Performance

TWICE(트와이스) MOMO THINK ABOUT YOU Ver. MTWICE(트와이스) MOMO THINK ABOUT YOU Ver. OMOMO "SIGNAL" DANCE VIDEOTWICE MOMO "YES or YES" Dance VideoTWICE MOMO "FANCY" Dance VideoTWICE MOMO "I CAN’T STOP ME" Dance VideoMOMO Performance Project
## Pets

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## Video Gallery

TWICE(트와이스) "OOH-AHH하게(Like OOH-AHH)" Teaser Video 2. MOMOTWICE(트와이스) SPECIAL VIDEO 'I' MOMOTWICE(트와이스) "TT" TT FILM - MOMOTWICE "LIKEY" VIDEO - MOMOTWICE TV "What is Love?" EP.03TWICE TV "YES or YES" EP.03TWICE TV "FANCY" EP.03TWICE "Feel Special" TEASER MOMOMOMO 129 SecondsTWICE TV "Feel Special" EP.03TWICE "Feel Special" M V Monitoring Clip 3TWICE Seize the Light ALL ABOUT MOMOTWICE "MORE & MORE" CONCEPT FILM MOMOWanna have MORE MOMO? - TWICE "MORE & MORE"TWICE “MORE & MORE” 60 Seconds Speed Interview MOMOTWICE TV “Finding TWICE’s MBTI” EP. MOMOTWICE "Eyes wide open" CONCEPT FILM MOMO『TWICE in Wonderland』 OFFICIAL GOODS Making -MOMO-MOMO Performance Project BehindTWICE JAPAN 8th SINGLE『Kura Kura』Teaser MOMOMOMO’s TW-LOG with SECRET FRIEND『Kura Kura』The Special Contents Teaser MOMOTWICE MOMO x W Korea Making FilmTWICE JAPAN SEASON’S GREETINGS 2022 “ONCE-WAY” Teaser MOMOTWICE MOMO-made "처음 그 자리에 (이보람)" Cover
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1. ↑ 슈퍼주니어 김희철♥트와이스 모모, 열애 인정 "친한 선후배에서 최근 호감"[공식입장
2. ↑ 김희철·모모 양측 “결별 맞다”…공개열애 끝