TURN-ONS: Intelligence, positivity, sweetness, confidence.

TURN-OFFS: Rude show-offs, bad breath.

FAVORITE BOOK: Cather in the Rye by D.J. Salinger.

MY MTV MOMENT: A music video by Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee called “Shake Ya Tailfeather”.

When Hiromi was growing up in Tokyo, her life revolved around one goal: being accepted into a strict private school to appease her parents. "I couldn’t even go to McDonald’s after class," she says. "If I wanted to hang out with other boys and girls, I had to change out of my school uniform so I wouldn’t get caught." When she wasn’t sneaking off or nose-deep in books, Hiromi took jazz dancing lessons. "Music and dancing have become more than just hobbies," she says. "They’re my life. I dance to anything with a nice groove that gets my body moving — hip-hop, house, R and B."