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Mina Otomonai (乙茂内 美奈[4], Otomonai Mina; born October 14, 1998), known professionally as Chanmina (ちゃんみな), is a South Korean-Japanese rapper and pop musician. She debuted in 2016 independently, before releasing her major label debut album Miseinen in 2017.
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Chanmina was born in South Korea,[2] to a Japanese father and a South Korean mother, and lived in South Korea until she was three years old.[4] As her mother is a professional ballerina, she spent her childhood traveling around South Korea, Japan and the United States.[2][4] Due to her mother's influence, Chanmina learned ballet and violin from a young age.[2]
During this time in her life, she discovered the song "Day by Day" (2008) by Korean band Big Bang, and felt moved by the song, inspiring her to become a rapper.[2][1] Chanmina originally planned to move to South Korea to become a K-Pop musician in her second year of high school, however her friend, female rapper Messhi, convinced her to stay in Japan.[4][2] She first came to fame after participating in the 2016 Bazooka!!! Kōkōsei Rap Senshūken, a high school rap competition broadcast on BS Sky Perfect!,[2] and her independently released debut single "Miseinen" (featuring Messhi on the track), managed to top iTunes Japan's hip-hop song rankings chart.[1]
Her first major label debut single "Fxxker" was released in 2017, followed by her debut album Miseinen (2017).[3][5] In the same year, Chanmina released the extended play Chocolate, which was recorded in Los Angeles.[5] The following year, Chanmina switched labels to Warner Music Japan.[2] The title song from her second album Never Grow Up was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Jigoku no Girlfriend and became a sleeper hit, reaching over 10 million views on YouTube eight months after the song's release, and receiving a gold certification for streaming from the RIAJ.[6][7]
In September 2021, Chanmina's song "I'm a Pop" was featured in the Netflix film Kate,[8] leading the song to chart in the United States on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[9] Chanmina released her third studio album, Harenchi in October, featuring "Voice Memo No. 5", "Picky", "Angel" and "Bijin"; songs she had released as singles or as leading tracks from extended plays in 2020 and 2021.[10]
Chanmina released her first full-length Korean-language single "Don't go" featuring Ash Island on September 23, 2022.
In 2023, Chanmina founded her own record label, No Label Music, an imprint of Warner Japan.
In April 2025, Chanmina signed with Sony Music Japan label Mastersix Foundation to distribute her discography under her personal record label.[11]
In 2025, Chanmina formed the girl group Hana through the audition show No No Girls.[12]
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Personal life
Chanmina is trilingual, speaking Korean, Japanese and English.[2] On July 7, 2024, she announced her pregnancy and marriage to Korean rapper Ash Island.[13] On November 1, she gave birth to her first child, a baby girl.[14]
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- Note-book: Me. did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Japan Top Single Sales physical chart.[21]
- Note-book: U. did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Japan Top Single Sales physical chart.[21]
- Area of Diamond did not enter the Oricon Albums chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Oricon DVD chart.[22]
- "My Name" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Japan Streaming Songs chart.[30]
- "Doctor" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Japan Streaming Songs chart.[34]
- "Pain Is Beauty" did not enter the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the Oricon Streaming Chart.[36]
- "I'm a Pop" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Japan Top Single Sales physical chart.[39]
- "Call" did not enter the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, but peaked at number 44 on the Oricon Streaming Chart.[36]
- "Death Anniversary" did not enter the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Oricon Digital Singles Chart.[52]
- "Call" did not enter the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the Oricon Streaming Chart.[36]
- "Harenchi" did not enter the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the Oricon Streaming Chart.[36]
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