Dream Ami

Dream Ami
Born
Ami Nakashima (中島麻未)

(1988-05-11) May 11, 1988 (age 36)
Minoh, Osaka, Japan
Other namesAmi
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
  • television personality
Agents
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Spouse
Yuto Handa
​
(m. 2020)​
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar[1]
Years active2002–present
Labels
Formerly of
Websiteami-ldh.jp

Ami Nakashima (中島 麻未, Nakashima Ami), known as Ami or Dream Ami, is a Japanese singer, dancer and television personality. She is a former member of the Japanese girl groups Dream and E-girls.[2]

She debuted as a member of the eight-member group Dream in 2002 at the age of 14, and she had remained throughout several line-up changes until the group stopped their activities. She gained fame after becoming part of the collective girl group E-girls in 2011. In 2015, she debuted as a solo artist with the single "Dress o Nuida Cinderella".[3] Apart from music activities, she is widely known for her regular appearances on Japanese television and various media, and was ranked as one of the most popular Japanese female idols by Nikkei in 2016 and 2017.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Dream Ami、変わらぬ絆に涙「Dreamは名字みたいなもの」". Oricon (in Japanese). November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference graduation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "E-girls Member Ami To Make Solo Debut This Summer". Jpop Asia. April 29, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "E-girls・Ami「まだまだ納得できてない」 今後の夢とは？". Modelpress (in Japanese). February 12, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "HKT指原が連覇 NMB山本、乃木坂の白石も上昇". Nikkei Style (in Japanese). June 15, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.