渡辺満里奈

Marina Watanabe 渡辺満里奈 Born November 18 1970 Is A Japanese Actress Singer And TV Personality. She Was Born In Ōta Tokyo Japan And Is Currently Married To Japanese Comedian Jun Nagura. She Is A Former Japanese Idol Who Is Now Particularly Famous In Her Country For Her Books And TV Shows That Express Her Widely-Regarded Sophisticated Sense For Fashion Travel And Personal Health. Watanabe Was Born And Raised Within The Tokyo Area. It Is Said That Her Father Named Her Daughter "Marina" A Rather Unusual Name For Japanese Girls At The Time Because He Enjoyed Yachting. In 1986 She Was Discovered By Star Agents And Subsequently Passed Her Audition Tests To Become An Idol In The Same Year. Soon After She Became A Member Of The Now-Legendary Idol Group Onyanko Club Onyanko Club . It Was During Her Time Within The Group That She Made Her Debut. Her Solo Debut Song "Shinkokyuu Shite" Became A Number One Song On The Oricon Charts And Later Got Her In The Record Books For Setting The Record For The Youngest Singer To Have A Number 1 Oricon Hit A Record That Stood For 15 Years Until It Was Broken By A Member Of Morning Musume In 2001 . She Was 15 Years Old At The Time. After The Group Was Disbanded Watanabe Continued To Participate In Various Variety Shows As A Singer. Initially She Used Mainstream Idol Clothing In Her Performances However Because She Decided To Purchase Her Own Clothes And Design Her Performance Style While Abandoning Traditional Idol Styles She Became Even More Popular. Later She Was Found To Have Talent As A Comedian And Thus She Decided To Take On More Diverse Roles Such As That Of A Variety Show Announcer With A Comedic Yet Sophisticated Touch. It Was From This Period On That Others Started To Notice That She Was Trying To Hide Or Down-Play The Fact That She Once Was A Member Of An Idol Group. Throughout The 1990s She Continued To Build Broad Networks Within The Subculture Genre Of Japan As Both An Announcer And Celebrity Which Eventually Led To Her Rising Popularity. Currently She Is Famous In Japan For Her Essays And Books Concerning Her Hobbies Of Fashion Travel And Personal Health. She Is Known Widely As A "Taiwan-Know-All". After Marriage To Her Husband In 2005 Her Official Name Was Changed To Nagura Marina As She Adopted Her Husband's Surname. However She Continues To Work Under Her Maiden Name. read less