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Momo
Momo began dancing as a child with her older sister. JYP scouts found a dance video online and invited both sisters to audition; Momo passed and moved to South Korea as a teenager. Sixteen eliminated her before the finale. J.Y. Park then restored her to the lineup because the group needed her performance ability. Fans still debate the fairness of the mechanism, but the artistic logic is difficult to dispute after watching TWICE dance for ten years.
Profile
| Birth name | Hirai Momo (平井もも / 히라이 모모) |
|---|---|
| Stage name | Momo |
| Born | November 9, 1996 |
| Birthplace | Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Western zodiac | Scorpio · focused, private and fully willing to repeat a move until everybody else loses the argument |
| Chinese zodiac | Fire Rat · quick, adaptable and clever under pressure |
| Group | TWICE |
| Position | Main dancer · sub-vocalist · sub-rapper · MISAMO |
| Debut | TWICE: October 20, 2015 · MISAMO: July 26, 2023 |
| Agency | JYP Entertainment |
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Before TWICE and the road through Sixteen
Momo began dancing as a child with her older sister. JYP scouts found a dance video online and invited both sisters to audition; Momo passed and moved to South Korea as a teenager. Sixteen eliminated her before the finale. J.Y. Park then restored her to the lineup because the group needed her performance ability. Fans still debate the fairness of the mechanism, but the artistic logic is difficult to dispute after watching TWICE dance for ten years.
Music, performance and the work outside the group box
Momo joined Mina and Sana in MISAMO, TWICE’s Japanese subunit. The 2023 mini album Masterpiece and title track “Do Not Touch” used museum imagery and controlled sensuality instead of treating the Japanese line as a novelty unit. Haute Couture followed in 2024, expanding the trio’s performance identity. Her individual work also lives in dance stages, choreography features, fashion and the kind of fancams people open “for research” before losing forty minutes.
Inside TWICE, her role changed as the catalog moved from “Like OOH-AHH,” “Cheer Up” and “TT” into “Fancy,” “Feel Special,” “I Can”t Stop Me,” “The Feels,” “Talk That Talk,” “Strategy” and THIS IS FOR. A ten-year profile should show that movement. Positions are a starting map, not a prison sentence.
The panda side quest
Watch Momo learn choreography, not only perform it. Practice footage shows how quickly she understands weight shifts and angles. Then watch her in variety content forget ordinary information while retaining every count in a dance break. The brain has chosen its storage priorities.
Fandom notes and things the fact box misses
- Dance machine: not a cute nickname invented by a profile site. Her body control and speed are foundational to TWICE’s performance line.
- Moguri: a raccoon-derived nickname that appears across fan art and merchandise.
- Food file: jokbal became attached to her public image so thoroughly that pork feet achieved supporting-cast status.
- Heechul history: their public relationship and breakup are part of the record, not the center of her biography.
RaeRae take: Momo is what happens when a survival show’s elimination structure collides with the practical need to build a group that can perform. She was brought back because the lineup needed her. A decade later, that decision is not a footnote; it is visible every time nine bodies hit a formation and the center of gravity stays clean.
YouTube tracking history
No individual solo music catalog is currently listed. Momo has not released an official solo single under her own artist billing. TWICE and MISAMO videos remain attached to their respective group and unit profiles so their views are not duplicated here. An official Momo solo upload will receive a local thumbnail, current views and historical tracking in this section.