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mikami wakana, known by her stage name TAIGA(타이가), is a japanese singer-songwriter, actress and model under MYSTIC STORY ENTERTAINMENT. she is currently a member of the korean-japanese girl group BROWN EYED GIRLS. she debuted with the group on march 2, 2006 with the album YOUR STORY. she made her solo debut on july 14, 2008 with the album I FEAR HOT GIRLS. she announced a hiatus from the group on may 19, 2014 to return to her home country following the legal adoption of her nephew. the same year she debuted as a soloist within japan, and would miss the group's 2015 comeback with the album BASIC. she would remain on hiatus within korea until 2017 when she would comeback with her 5th single as a soloist titled, GASHINA. she returned to the group for their cover album RE_VIVE in 2019.
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STAGE NAME taiga BIRTH NAME mikami wakana KOREAN NAME kangwoo-ri ENGLISH NAME winnie mikami NICKNAMES wakami, wakachan, nacchan, tiny tiger, toratora, whiny winnie, willie POSITION lead rapper, vocalist, face of the group, maknae BIRTHDAY february 5, 1989 ZODIAC SIGN aquarius CHINESE ZODIACSIGN snake HEIGHT 157 cm (5'2 ft) WEIGHT - - BLOOD TYPE ab NATIONALITY japanese MBTI TYPE n/a INSTAGRAM wawowi YOUTUBE tigerflower
TAIGA FACTS
— she was born in saitama prefecture, japan.
— she legally adopted her nephew after the deaths of her brother and sister-in-law.
— she joined the group after miryo recommended her to jea. she auditioned and recorded a demo tape for the company. she got the call that she passed the audition while washing laundry.
— she was the third member to join the company. she trained for three years.
— she became friends with miryo before joining the group. they had a mentor/mentee relationship.
— she learned to rap from miryo. at first she auctioned as a vocalist, but she was a weaker vocalist than jea and narsha so she was given the rapper position.
— her mother is ethically half-japanese half-korean, but was raised in japan. this means taiga is ethnically a quarter korean.
— only her family uses her birth name, she was known within school and by friends as kang woo-ri.
— she got her english name from miryo, who used to call her whiney winnie, because she would whine after long hours training.
