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Name: BoA Full Name: Kwon Boa DOB: November 5, 1986 Height: 160cm Weight: 42kg Blood type: AB Religion:
Catholic Education: Korean Kent Foreign School Hobbies: singing, hip-hop dancing, listening to music The first thing that BoA needed to learn was neither dancing or singing, but foreign languages. She was given a private
tutor who taught her both English and Japanese. This was something that BoA absolutely needed to learn in order to go abroad
with her future music. BoA was even sent to Japan during her vacations in order to receive extra focused lessons. It may have
been because of her young age, but her ability to learn these new languages was extraordinary. Also, after her graduation
from elementary school, her start in the International middle school was delayed for six months in order to go to Tokyo, Japan
once again. This time, not only did she learn Japanese, but she also received vocal and dance lessons. On top of that, she
was only allowed to speak Japanese during her stay there. In order to pick up fine tuned pronunciations, she stayed with and
was taught by NHK’s GuMiKo. This intense training has given BoA the ability to speak Japanese almost perfectly, and
also understand and converse in English.
When (who manages one of Japan’s top entertainers, Yungsung Akanemi) saw BoA, they took upon themselves the responsibility
of her dance and vocal training. As a result, they introduced one of the top instructors to BoA. Sakuma, who had been recognized
as Japan’s best dancer, gave BoA dance lessons, and Japan’s top hip hop dancer Kazeu personally came to Korea
to choreograph BoA’s debut album. Sakuma even praised BoA saying "When compared to the Japanese dancers who do nothing
but dance, her skills are right up at that level. And among the female singers who do both singing and dancing, there is no
one who has the skills that BoA has. There has been no one this young who can dance so well."
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