I’m Akemi, half Japanese half Belgian, born in Paris.
I started music at age 5 playing piano, then learned bass, drums, guitar and singing as a teenager.
I also started producing electronic music with my duo project dismaze.
I love playing on a stage so when I’m not in studio making songs, I spend most of my time touring with different artists like Prudence, Victor Solf, Isabel Sörling, Kutu, Lola Le Lann, Naive New Beaters, Soko…
I would really like to live in Japan for a little while, connect to my roots there and discover the music scene in Tokyo.
Beside music, I love sports, food, languages, animals, nature in general.
Beside modeling, what are your hobbies?
beach volleyball, rollerskating, horse riding, surfing, drawing, origami, photography, cooking, reading…
Could you define yourself in three words?
Resourceful, perceptive, independent
What’s your current obsession?
My newly adopted ’93 fender precision bass
What's the soundtrack of your life?
At the moment, songs we are producing with dismaze!
A movie that changed your life?
Le Roi et l’oiseau, Paul Grimault
Who is your favorite female model you look up to?
Tao Okamoto
What’s one quality every model should have according to you?
Adaptability
Which living person do you most admire?
My dear mother
With which woman would you dream to have dinner with?
Cate Blanchett
What is the quality you most like in someone else?
Sincerity
What is your perfect idea of happiness?
Seeing myself, the people I care about and the world evolve and thrive
What’s your definition of beauty?
Beauty to me is a feeling. You see or hear something and it moves you, through so many different shades of emotion.