Ayumu Toriyama

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Ayumu Toriyama is born in Nagano (Japan) on October 17th, 1991 and was formerly the main vocalist and lead dancer in the South Korean Kpop girl group Monstercats between 2010 and 2023. After Monstercats disbanded, Ayumu went on to return to her country of birth Japan, especially to Minato, Tokyo where she currently resides. Ayumu decided to stop her music career and work as a manga illustrator at her own studio named "Malafide". Her manga is based on the traditional Japanese mythology which inspired her during her childhood in Japan. Ayumu speaks English, Korean, Japanese, French and Spanish. Ayumu told in multiple interviews that her career in the manga industry is more important than her career in the music industry. Ayumu is even no longer friends with her bandmates Seongyeon, Dahyeon, Jenni, Rami, Charlie, Leah, Yoonchae and Gabriela. (Please don't mind the picture or voice)