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Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan), is a japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She sings and plays acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs, and apart from playing acoustic guitar, she also likes watching movies, reading books, and playing badminton. Her third single "LIFE" was the fifth ending theme for BLEACH, a popular Japanese anime series, which has brought her some international fame.
YUI began writing poems in ninth grade. At the age of 16, by recommendation of a friend, she began studying song, songwriting, and guitar at a private music school in...
"I’ve got my first EP called ‘Early Mystery’ and ‘Ghostly Vibes’ was not such a departure from it as regards to the process—I was still playing around with synths, samples & ideas as I did on the first EP, only then I didn’t have any experience at all, as it was my first steps in electronic music production. I’ve been playing the cello since childhood and then at some point just got bored of classical music and decided to set my mind on a different field of my lifelong passion. The inspiration tends to come out of nowhere—it can be...
There are multiple musicians who go by the name YUME, but here are the ones that someone bothered to write descriptions of:
1. YUME (pronounced you-may, after the Japanese word for 'dream') is an electronic musician from NYC. YUME started releasing music online sometime around 2011 or 2012 and wrote some absolutely perfect tracks, especially in his Dreamt of U EP.
In 2013, YUME took an extended hiatus but returned with lots of great tracks in 2014, released on his 95sound label/collective that he started with his friends. He has since released three albums (1995, Akumu, Eternity+) all of which...
KAmiYU consists of two members, Kamiya Hiroshi 神谷浩史 and Irino Miyu 入野自由. It is a seiyuu unit formed under Kiramune label, a division of Lantis.
The unit was first formed in 2010 when they sang "my Proud,my Play!", which is the ending song of Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G, an animated OVA.
They have released one mini-album and one single so far:
2011 - link-up (mini-album)
2013 - REASON (single)
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Yuna (real name; Yunalis Zarai) is an acoustic/alternative/pop singer-songwriter originating from Selangor, Malaysia and is now based in Selangor, Malaysia and Los Angeles, US. She began making a mark for herself in the local independent scene in 2007, before releasing her demo in February 2008. Her debut EP, Yuna EP, was released in October 2008. Her debut album was finally released in July 2010, titled Decorate.
Yuna has been cementing herself in the local scene with complementary comparisons to the likes of Norah Jones and Rachael Yamagata. Her influences include Fiona Apple, Feist, Lykke Li, Sia, Bob Dylan and The...