-Miihi POV-
Achieving fame as a K-pop star involves years of intensive training, and often some plastic surgery. Miihi is one of the few Japanese hopefuls to have experienced the grueling life of a K-pop trainee.
I was a child when I made the big move from my home in the north-east of Osaka to South Korea, where I trained for two years to become a K-pop star.
At the time K-pop was largely unknown in Asia.
But I'm half-Korean and half-Japanese, so I started watching South Korean TV dramas like School : Who Are You and Love Alarm - and then fell in love with K-pop and the whole culture.
While my classmates were crazy about Ariana Grande and One Direction, I was also listening to Wonder Girls and Genie.
My burning ambition was to become an actor and perform.
One way of doing that in South Korea is to become an "idol", which means someone who does everything: model, act, sing and dance. So K-pop seemed like a route to achieving my dreams.
