Hirai Momo (Japanese: 平井 もも Hepburn: Hirai Momo), known mononymously as Momo (Hangul: 모모), was born on November 9, 1996 in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan. She is the main dancer of Twice.
Momo started dancing at a very young age and decided to become a singer because of Amuro Namie and got into K-pop after watching Rain and Lee Hyori. She used to be a trainee at Step Out Dance Studio in Japan. In 2011, she, along with her older sister and two other friends, formed a group and auditioned for Mnet's Superstar K3, but was eliminated. JYP Entertainment then saw a dance video of her and her sister. They were told to audition on April 13, 2012, though she was the only one who made it in.
In 2014, she appeared in the music video of Got7's "Stop Stop It" and the Japanese MV of Junho's "Feel". In the following year, she appeared in the music videos of Wooyoung's "R.O.S.E" and miss A's "Only You." She is the only eliminated member of the survival show Sixteen to be brought back to debut as a member of Twice.
In fall 2016, Kim Hee-chul and Min Kyung-hoon released a digital single, "Sweet Dream", under SM Entertainment, with the music video starring Momo and the rest of the Knowing Bros cast.
