Brief facts:
Birth Name: Name: Amuro Namie (Maruyama Namie)
Birth Date: 20 September 1977 (Birthday Countdown)
Birth Place: Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Education: Joto Elementary School, Ishimine Junior School, Okinawa Actors School
Sign of the Zodiac: Virgo
Height: 5' 2.2" (cm 158)
Weight: 88.184 lb (40 kg)
Measurements: 30"-23"-33.5" (cm 75-58,5-84,5)
Blood type: O
Mother: Taira Emiko, half Italian
Sisters: 2
Brothers: 1
Sons: Masaharu Haruto born on 19 May 1998
Nationality: Japanese
Relationships: married to Masaharu Maruyama in 1997. Divorced in 2002
Other occupations: singer

Biographical Notes:
Her parents divorced wen she was only 3. Amuro, her sisters and her brother, was raised by their half Italian mother Emiko Taira (murdered in March 1999 by her brother-in-law, Kenji Tairo). Attending the Okinawa Actor School since the age of 12, Amuro, and four other girls, formed the group "Super Monkeys". She officially debuted with Super Monkey on September 16, 1992 with "Mr. USA",  4 days before her 16th birthday.  After the 7th single, "Stop the Music" in 1955, she went solo. In 1996 she became the youngest artist to win the '96 Japan Records Award. She sold over 10 million of copies that year.