Who is TWICE’s MOMO ? You can find all the information you need to know about her real name, birth place and date, family, age, sign, height, weight, being one of the female idols with the best dance skills, her lover and more.
MOMO’s Physical and Personal Characteristics
Stage name: Momo (모모)
Real name: Hirai Momo (平井 も も)
Position in the Group: Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper
Birthday: November 9, 1996
Sign: Scorpio
Height: 167 cm (5’6 ″)
Weight: 48.5 kg (106 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
MOMO’s Family
- She has an older sister named Hana who is 2 years older than her. Her sister also has good dance skills.
- Momo and her sister sent their dance practice video to JYP Entertainment. She is discovered that way.
- MOMO and GOT7’s BamBam’s mothers were once “Rain” fans.
- MOMO’s family has three female dogs named Petco, Pudding and Lucky.
Some About MOMO
- MOMO was born in Kyoto, Japan.
- She can speak Korean and Japanese.
- “MOMO” means peach in Japanese. MOMO sometimes uses peach emojis in her posts on TWICE’s Twitter and Instagram accounts.
- The color that defines MOMO is pink.
- She loves to eat. Especially jokbal is her favourite cook. (Jokbal: a Korean dish made with pork trotters cooked with soy sauce and spices).
- MOMO’s favorite number is 64. 64 was the number on the back of his father’s shirt when he was playing football.
- She likes dolls.
TWICE and MOMO
- On April 13, 2012, she attended the idol selection elimination with her sister. However, her sister was not successful.
- MOMO was eliminated in the 6th part of the SIXTEEN program, which is an idol survivor competition, and all program followers and contestants become upset after. However, J.Y.Park enabled MOMO to join TWICE due to her dance skills.
- TWICE’s Jeongyeon and MOMO use the same room in the dormitory.
MOMO and Dance
- MOMO loves to dance, practices dance for hours, enjoys learning dance choreographies of other idol groups in her spare time. She learns choreographies fast.
- She is one of the hardest working idols.
- MOMO relies heavily on urban dance. She also likes hip-hop dance.
- She started dancing at the age of 3. She was inspired by the her sister in dancing.
- In 2014, while an intern at JYP, She appeared in GOT7’s “Stop Stop It” MV, Junho’s “Feel” (Japanese) MV, miss A’s “Only You” MV, Wooyoung’s “Rose” (Japanese) MV, Heechul and Min Kyung Hoon’s “Sweet Dream” MV.
- MOMO’s own “Fancy” Choreography Video:
MOMO and Her Love Life (Boyfriend)
- In January 2020, it was reported that MOMO was dating Super Junior‘s Heechul and they are still dating.
- Momo’s ideal male type : Someone who is not overweight but loves to eat and especially likes JokBal.
In November 2015, TWICE debuted with the single “Ooh-Aah”.
# MOMO
There was another hashtag that shook the hashtag #AppleEvent , which was on the agenda on Twitter in the fall of 2019 iPhone 11 launch: #MOMO . “What’s MOMO?” On the day of Apple Event where Apple’s CEO introduce their new products, Apple was not the top trending topic in social media as #MOMO hashtag occupying the top spot. One businessman expressed his surprise, what was MOMO at all?. Kpop lovers, on the other hand, corrected “who” not “what”. So why was #MOMO become the trending headline? Because TWICE was going to make a comeback with their mini album “Feel Special“, they had released a short promotional video. In the promotional video, MOMO’s new hair style (bangs were gone and forehead was exposed!) was highly appreciated. Here is that hair and its promotional video:
