Naomi Watanabe Fashion Trends and Public Style Facts

Naomi Watanabe (渡辺 直美, Watanabe Naomi; born 23 October 1987) is a Japanese comedian, actress, and fashion designer. She rose to fame in 2008 for her imitation of Beyoncé, after which she was given the title "the Japanese Beyoncé".

== Biography == Watanabe was born in Taipei to a Japanese father and a Taiwanese mother. The family moved to Japan shortly after her birth and she was raised in Ibaraki . She is an only child. Her parents divorced when she was a very young. Her mother raised her in Ibaraki until she remarried when Watanabe was eight years old. She revealed that her mother's new husband was only interested in her mother and did not care much about her. During that time, Watanabe recalls what living in poverty was like, especially when she was five or six years old. Her mother struggled to find suitable work because she was a foreigner and could barely understand Japanese.

== Career == Watanabe does impersonations of popular artists in Japanese culture, among which her imitation of Beyoncé singing "Dreamgirls" and "Crazy in Love" became popular. She has launched her own fashion line called Punyus (loosely translated to "chubby" in English), and played the role of Mabel in the...

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• Name: Naomi Watanabe
• Known for: Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian, actress, and fashion designer. She rose to fame…
• Category: fashion trends
• Wikidata ID: Q706671

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