Mami (musician)
is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. She is best known as lead guitarist of the all-female rock band Scandal since 2006. In addition to being a principal songwriter in the band, Mami occasionally sings lead vocals on songs such as "Koe" and "Oh! No!". In 2014, Mami and two of her bandmates became the first female Japanese musicians to have signature model guitars with Fender. Early life Mami was born on May 21, 1990, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She was enrolled at Caless, a voice and dance school, where she and her Scandal bandmates met. Before making their debut, Mami appeared along with her future bandmate Tomomi and singer Yuya Matsushita in a TV commercial. Career Scandal was formed in 2006, when Mami was 16 years old. In 2008, they had their first releases on the independent label Kitty Records before signing to Epic Records Japan and making their major label debut with "Doll" in October of that year. They won a Newcomer Award at the 51st Japan Record Awards in 2009. Scandal performed a concert at the Nippon Budokan in March 2012, marking the fastest debut at the prestigious venue by a "girl band" in history. Mami