is a Japanese idol of Vietnamese descent. Often dubbed "Idoling No. 8", she is a former member of Japanese all-girl idol group Idoling. She was one of original members and had been the most popular member of the group. She also does glamour modeling as a gravure idol, having released two photobooks and five DVDs since 2008.
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is a Japanese idol of Vietnamese descent. Often dubbed "Idoling No. 8", she is a former member of Japanese all-girl idol group Idoling. She was one of original members and had been the most popular member of the group. She also does glamour modeling as a gravure idol, having released two photobooks and five DVDs since 2008.
==Career== Phongchi was born in 1990 in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa to Vietnamese immigrant parents who came from Saigon, South Vietnam. Phongchi participated in an audition, the SMA Teens Audition, held by Sony Music Artists in 2005, becoming the runner up. She joined Idoling as an original member in 2006.
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