Street lives is where she feels most comfortable. “feel my soul) in the next single release. Ever since her second single, “Tomorrow’s way,” she has always included a recorded acoustic version of her previous single (i.e. These street performances are important to YUI as this is where her music career. Doing these street performances helped YUI to eventually overcome her shyness. Bianco Nero recommended to YUI that she should join a private music school and soon, she dropped out of high school and seriously began studying songwriting and guitar at a juku (private music school) in her hometown of Fukuoka.Īspiring to become a professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places such as, the street entrance of Tenjin Station in Fukuoka, the seashore of Shinguu, and in the middle of the rice fields of Kaminofu. Upon leaving the hospital she encountered a live street performance and expressed her desire to pursue a musical career to the band, Bianco Nero, at the end of the concert. She decided that school and music could not coexist. While in hospital, with time to think, she was overwhelmed with the desire to make music. Always busy, she thought there was no longer a road to music. While in high school she worked part-time to help pay for tuition. Because of this, by the time she was in high school, she began writing songs. By the time she was in elementary school she thought she would like to become a singer.ĭuring her third year in middle school, following the influence of her mother, YUI began keeping a journal of everyday feelings and poetry. She does remember always being close to music, be it from her mother’s car stereo or the radio she would remember the tunes and sing along. YUI grew up in a single parent family and so does not have any memory of her father.
In 2010, the film, Taiyou no uta, was re-produced as a Korean musical production where YUI’s songs were recreated in the Korean language (including “it’s happy line,” “Skyline,” and “Good-bye days”). Korean Pop and Rock Band called Bay (베이) covered ”Good-bye days” in 2007. Hong Kong Singer Fiona Sit covers “Tomorrow’s Way” re-titled as “Dear Fiona” in 2007. NHK NCON (Nコン) – National School Choir Competition (2012) Main Theme song: YUI – HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~ U-Can Campaign & Sony Walkman “PlayYou” Campaign (CM, 2011)Ĭommercial: YUI – It’s My Life/Your Heaven Main Theme & Insert song: YUI – It’s all too much/Never Say Die
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Sony Walkman NW-S638FK Series Promotion (CM, 2008)įull Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Anime, 2009) Main Theme & Insert Songs: YUI for Amane Kaoru – Good-bye days, YUI – It’s happy line, YUI – Skylineĭog in a Side Car Saido Ka ni Inu (Film ,2007)Ĭommercial/Digital Single Only: YUI – Laugh away Taiyō no Uta タイヨウのうた Song of the Sun (Film, 2006) YUI’s songs are featured in the following Japanese dramas, movies, & commercial campaign tie-ups: She is currently signed with Gr8! Records Label, a sublabel under Sony Music Entertainment (Japan). She is the second female in Japanese music history that has achieved a record of four consecutive No 1. YUI has written a vast number of theme/tie-up songs for popular Japanese drama/film, anime and commercial productions.
She sings, plays the acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs. YUI is a Japanese singer-songwriter and J-pop/J-rock artist, born Main Fukuoka, Japan. Likes アコースティックギター Acoustic Guitar、Badminton