Anna Makino

Anna Makino ("Makino Anna", 牧野アンナ, born 4 December 1971) is a J-pop singer, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She was born in Okinawa, Japan. She made her debut as a solo J-pop singer on 22 January 1987, aged 15. Her first song "love song Sagishite" was adopted for the promotion song of a computer game Dragon Quest II, even having a NES/Famicom synth version on the load screen. She released another singles,"Hitomi ha genkina Sky Blue", however she failed to become a popular solo singer. She stayed in Tokyo, going to dance school and appearing in musicals for a year before returning to Okinawa to teach at the Okinawa Actors' School, where her father, founder Masayuki Makino was president.At 20, Anna decided to try her luck in show business again, becoming the oldest member of the group Super Monkey's. She left in 1992 (being replaced by Rino Nakasone), to become the chief dance instructor at Okinawa Actor's, where she worked until 2002, when she left to start her own dance school 'Love Junx', which is a dance school for children with Down Syndrome.

Her students have performed in America for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles in November 11, 2007. For the Buddy Walk, a charity event to raise awareness to Down Syndrome. We were very pleased to have her and her students. They are inspirational and heart-warming.

See also

* Super Monkey's