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She was born in Tokyo, Japan on the 12th.Sep in 1980. She started dreaming about becoming a rock star when she was 4 years old. She was influenced by her mother's music collection at first, so Rock music has been a big part of her life since she was a little girl.

Her grand mother always took her to Ginza and Shibuya when she was a little girl and All the time, people from overseas came up to her and took her photos. Also her photos were in the show windows of photo shops in Ginza when she was 3 or 4 years old.

She started to write her own, original songs, when she was 16 years old. At first, she was writing in Japanese only but then suddenly started to write songs in English because she wanted to spread her music world wide. She has been part of many bands since she first started and has had offers from Japan,the US and the UK before.

In 2005, she acted as detective "Mana" for an independent film called "Last Stop For Paul(http://www.laststopforpaul.com/)" made by Mandt Bros Production and located in L.A.@

In 2006, She became MySpace Girl Of The Week on G4TV "Attack Of The Show" in L.A. MySpace boys and girls all over the world love her.(You can watch the video on the RockaHolicYoungShot's myspace page.)
In 2007, Rolling Stone Magazine -Japan edition- featured her.

She was once in a band called MANAMI. and released one album in 2006 in Japan and the US. The band drew lots of attention and popular but In the end, she decided to leave the band and go her own way. Now here she is with Mana Hardcore. As you can see, she is a true rockaholic.

Members: Mana Hardcore Vocals/Songwriter
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Influences: Pink Floyd,Led Zeppelin,Aerosmith,The Used,The Cooper Temple Clause,HIM,A.F.I.,TOOL...
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Style: the RockaHolicYoungShot