Ayano Ōmoto

Okay, Nocchi is the one I always end up watching. She anchors Perfume right in the middle, and she's got that cool, lower register that gives the trio's shimmery techno-pop its spine. The short hair, the boyish poise, the way she nails that razor-sharp choreography year after year, it reads as effortless, but I know there's serious grit underneath, the kind you only build by staying frontline for over a decade. And then she opens her mouth off-stage and out tumbles that Hiroshima accent and a goofy, totally unguarded charm, and the whole composed image just melts. That gap, icy precision one second, complete sweetheart the next, gets me every single time. I'm not pretending I'm immune. I'm absolutely one of the people she's quietly won over.

Ayano Ōmoto, known by her nickname Nocchi, is a Japanese singer and dancer born on September 20, 1988, in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. She is a member of the electronic pop trio Perfume, managed by Amuse Inc., known for their precisely choreographed performances and technopop sound. She attended Horikoshi High School, a school well known for its entertainment industry alumni. She maintains an active presence through Perfume's official channels and her personal Instagram account.

Name (English)

Ayano Ōmoto

Name (Japanese)

大本彩乃

Reading

おおもと あやの

Born

September 20, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Singer / Dancer

High school

Horikoshi High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.amuse.co.jp/perfume
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nocchi.prfm_p000002/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%9C%AC%E5%BD%A9%E4%B9%83

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Singer
• Dancer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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