Hori Chiemi

Other Name: 堀ちえみ

Age: 57

Birthday: February 15, 1967

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Female

Chiemi Hori is a Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer represented by Horipro, and later Shochiku Geino. Her stage name is Chiemi. Chiemi Hori debuted in 1982 when she was only 14 years old. She steadily gained popularity and was tipped to be one of the most recognized idols in 1984 after producing a string of top 5 hits and starring in a few well-received dramas. In the same year, she was selected to perform in the NHK Red and White Song Festival - a prestigious annual year-end program. However, an exhausted Hori eventually got burnt out, forcing her to quit show business in 1987, at the age of only 20. Hori returned in late 1989, but could no longer match her earlier success. From the mid-1990s, she began to host TV programs catered to housewives and did some acting. Hori is the mother of five biological children from her first two marriages, in addition to being the stepmother of the two children of her current husband. In February 2019, Hori announced that she had stage 4 tongue cancer and tumors on the lymph nodes on the left side of her neck. She underwent surgery to have the tumors and half of her tongue removed. (Source: Wikipedia, AsianWiki ).