Hirai Momo (平井もも; born November 9, 1996 in Kyoto, Japan), known mononymously as Momo, is a Japanese rapper, singer and dancer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group TWICE, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015. Momo began dancing at the very early age of three, together with her elder sister, Hana. The two of them were originally spotted by JYP Entertainment in an online video in 2012. They were both asked to audition, but only Momo was successful, prompting her to move to South Korea right after that. Before joining TWICE, Momo danced in a number of music videos as a trainee. In 2015 Momo participated in the South Korean reality television show Sixteen, hosted by JYP Entertainment and co-produced by Mnet. Though she was initially eliminated in the competition, she was brought back at the end of the competition and joined the newly formed girl group TWICE. Now She's part of her group's dance line (as a main dancer with Mina, Nayeon and Tzuyu) and rap line (as a rapper with Chaeyoung and Dahyun) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.