Yuki (singer)
| Yuki | |
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| Born |
磯谷有希 (Isoya Yuki) February 17, 1972 Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Occupation |
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| Spouse(s) | Yoichi Kuramochi (m.2000-present) |
| Children | 3 |
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Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
| Associated acts |
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| Website |
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Yuki Kuramochi (å€‰æŒ æœ‰å¸Œ Kuramochi Yuki, born February 17, 1972 in Hakodate, Hokkaido), known professionally as Yuki (stylized as YUKI), is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist for Judy and Mary. She founded Judy and Mary in 1991 and became a solo artist in 2002. She has also been a member of the bands NiNa (1999, with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, bassist Mick Karn of Japan, former members of the Japanese New Wave band The Plastics Masahide Sakuma and Takemi Shima, and session drummer Steven Wolf) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001).
Biography
Yuki was born Yuki Isoya (磯谷 有希 Isoya Yuki) in Hakodate, Hokkaido. After graduating from Hakodate Otani College, she worked as a beautician. She met Yoshihito Onda who visited Hakodate to make a movie, The Triple Cross. The meeting triggered the formation of Judy and Mary in 1992. After Judy and Mary disbanded, Yuki made her solo debut in 2002. She married Magokoro Brothers frontman Yoichi Kuramochi in September 2000, and gave birth to her first child, a boy, on April 18, 2003. However, the child died from unknown causes (SIDS) on March 17, 2005. She gave birth to a second child on August 29, 2006, and a third child in June 2009.[1]
Backup band
Band Astro
They perform in her tour or recording.
- Guitar: Jun Matsue (Spoozys)
- Drums: Atsushi Matsushita (Zazen Boys)
- Bass: Hiroharu Kinoshita (ex. L⇔R, curve509)
- All keyboard instruments: Makoto Minagawa (ex Shiina Ringo)
- DJ / manipulator: Yohei Tsukasaki
The Urah
They performed in her tour or recording in 2010.
- All keyboard instruments: Kiyohide Ura (ex Diamond Head)
- Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori
- Guitar: Akihito "Akkin" Suzuki (ex. Heart Bazaar, ex Shiina Ringo, ex Kaela Kimura)
- Bass: Kenji Ueda (ex. The Pillows)
- Drums: Tsuyoshi Miyagawa
Discography
Original albums
| Year | Album information | Chart positions [2] |
Total sales [3] |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prismic
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3 | 298,240 | Gold[4] |
| 2003 | Commune
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11 | 90,000 | Gold[5] |
| 2005 | Joy
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1 | 343,000 | Platinum[6] |
| 2006 | Wave
|
1 | 358,000 | Platinum[7] |
| 2010 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo (ã†ã‚Œã—ãã£ã¦æŠ±ãã‚ã†ã‚ˆ, "Happily Holding Each Other")
|
1 | 166,146 | Gold[8] |
| 2011 | Megaphonic
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1 | 119,980 | Gold[9] |
| 2014 | Fly
|
2 | 58,591 |
Other albums
| Year | Album information | Chart positions [2] |
Total sales [3] |
Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Five-star
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1 | 362,000 | Platinum[10] |
| 2010 | Yuki "The Present" 2010.06.14,15 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
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9 | 29.982 | |
| 2012 | Powers of Ten
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2 | 112.818 | Gold |
Singles
As lead artist
| Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Oricon sales [3] |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon singles charts [2] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100†[11] |
RIAJ digital tracks†[12] | |||||
| 2002 | "The End of Shite" | 6 | — | — | 125,000 | Prismic | |
| "Prism" (プリズムPurizumu) | 11 | — | — | 87,000 | |||
| "66db" | Re-cut single | 30 | — | — | 9,500 | ||
| "Stand Up! Sister" (スタンドアップï¼ã‚·ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ¼ Sutando Appu! ShisutÄ) | 10 | — | — | 33,000 | Commune | ||
| 2003 | "Sentimental Journey" (センãƒãƒ¡ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ«ã‚¸ãƒ£ãƒ¼ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ Senchimentaru JÄnÄ«) | 17 | — | — | 24,000 | ||
| "Humming Bird" (ãƒãƒŸãƒ³ã‚°ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ‰ Hamingu BÄdo) | 23 | — | — | 11,000 | |||
| 2004 | "Home Sweet Home" | 9 | — | — | 57,000 | Joy | |
| "Hello, Goodbye" (ãƒãƒãƒ¼ã‚°ãƒƒãƒã‚¤ HarÅ Gubbai) | 6 | — | — | 43,000 | |||
| 2005 | "Joy" | Certified Gold for cellphone downloads[13] | 10 | — | — | 61,000 | |
| "Nagai Yume" (é•·ã„夢, "Long Dream") | Certified Gold for copies shipped and cellphone downloads[14][15] | 4 | — | — | 86,000 | Wave | |
| "Dramatic" (ドラマãƒãƒƒã‚¯ Doramachikku) | Certified Gold for copies shipped[16] | 2 | — | — | 77,000 | ||
| "Yorokobi no Tane" (æ“ã³ã®ç¨®, "Seeds of Happiness") | Certified Gold for copies shipped[17] | 5 | — | — | 69,000 | ||
| 2006 | "Melancholinista" (メランコリニスタ Merankorinisuta) | 10 | — | — | 43,000 | ||
| "Fugainai ya" (ãµãŒã„ãªã„ã‚„, "Cowardly") | 6 | — | — | 39,000 | |||
| 2007 | "Biscuit" (ビスケット Bisuketto) | Digital single, certified Gold for cellphone downloads[18] | — | — | 18* | — | Five-star |
| "Hoshikuzu Sunset" (星屑サンセット, "Stardust Sunset") | Certified Gold for cellphone downloads[19] | 4 | — | 36* | 44,000 | ||
| "Wonder Line" (ワンダーライン WandÄrain) | 4 | — | 19* | 35,000 | — | ||
| 2008 | "Kisha ni Notte" (汽車ã«ä¹—ã£ã¦, "Riding on the Train") | 5 | 9 | 61* | 35,000 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo | |
| "Message" (メッセージ Messēji) | Digital single | — | 46 | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Rendezvous" (ランデヴー Randevū) | 6 | 8 | 45* | 36,000 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo | |
| "Cosmic Box" | 6 | 42 | 13 | 30,000 | |||
| 2010 | "Ureshikutte Dakiau yo" (ã†ã‚Œã—ãã£ã¦æŠ±ãã‚ã†ã‚ˆ, "Happily Holding Each Other") | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24,000 | ||
| "Futari no Story" (２人ã®ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒ¼ãƒªãƒ¼, "Our Story") | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27,000 | — | ||
| 2011 | "Himitsu" (ã²ã¿ã¤, "Secret") | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | "Playball / Sakamichi no Melody" (プレイボール / å‚é“ã®ãƒ¡ãƒãƒ‡ã‚£, "Playball / Melody on the Slope") | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| "Watashi no negaigoto" (ã‚ãŸã—ã®é¡˜ã„事, "My wish") | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013 | "STARMANN" | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | "Daredemo lonely" (誰ã§ã‚‚ãƒãƒ³ãƒªãƒ¼, "Everyone lonely") | — | — | — | — | — | |
*charted on monthly Chaku-uta Reco-kyÅ Chart
†Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009
As featured artist
| Release | Title | Chart positions | Oricon sales [3] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon singles charts [2] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [11] | ||||
| 1999 | "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange" (æ„›ã®ç« 3㤠オレンジ, "Fire of Love, Three, Orange") (Chara+Yuki) | 6 | — | 230,000 | — |
| 2010 | "Bedtime Story" (ベッドタイムストーリー Beddotaimu SutÅrÄ«) (Jazztronik feat. Yuki) | 27 | 53 | 4,400 | TBA |
DVDs
- Yuki Videos (ユã‚ビデオ) (March 2, 2005)
- Sweet Home Rock'n Roll Tour (March 2, 2005)
- Yuki Live Yuki Tour "Joy", May 20, 2005 at Nippon Budokan (ユã‚ライブ YUKI TOUR "joy" 2005å¹´5月20æ—¥ 日本æ¦é“館) (January 25, 2006)
- Yuki Videos 2 (ユã‚ビデオ2) (March 19, 2008)
- Yuki Live "5-star": The Gift Will Suddenly Arrive (May 28, 2008)
- Yuki concert New Rhythm Tour 2008 (March 4, 2009)
Books
- Yuki Girly Rock – Yuki biography (1997)
- Yuki Girly Swing – Yuki autobiography & diary (1997)
- Yuki Girly Folk – Yuki biography (2000)
- Yuki Girly Boogie – Yuki autobiography & diary (2000)
- Yuki Girly Wave – Yuki biography (2004)
- Yuki Girly Tree – Yuki autobiography & diary (2004)
Movies
- Mizu no Onna (æ°´ã®å¥³, Water Woman) – cameo appearance
References
- ↑ 2009å¹´02月05æ—¥ 14時00分. "YUKIã€å¦Šå¨ 7ヶ月ã§5月出産予定 (ＹＵＫＩ) ニュース-ダイエット・エステ・美容ã®ã‚ªãƒªã‚³ãƒ³ãƒ©ãƒ³ã‚ング". Beauty.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 "アーティスト： YUKI". Oricon. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "オリコンランã‚ãƒ³ã‚°æƒ…å ±ã‚µãƒ¼ãƒ“ã‚¹ã€Œyou大樹ã€". Oricon. Retrieved October 31, 2010. (subscription only)
- ↑ "GOLD ALBUM ä»–èªå®šä½œå“ 2002å¹´3月度" (PDF). RIAJ (in Japanese). September 10, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2003å¹´7月. RIAJ (in Japanese). August 10, 2003. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2005å¹´3月. RIAJ (in Japanese). April 10, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2006å¹´9月. RIAJ (in Japanese). October 10, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2010å¹´3月. RIAJ (in Japanese). April 10, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2011å¹´8月. RIAJ (in Japanese). March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2007å¹´10月. RIAJ (in Japanese). August 10, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- 1 2 "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN". Billboard (in Japanese).
- ↑ 有料音楽é…ä¿¡ãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ãƒˆ (in Japanese). RIAJ.
- ↑ レコードå”会調ã¹ã€€7月度有料音楽é…ä¿¡èªå®š ＜略称：7月度èªå®šï¼ž. RIAJ (in Japanese). August 20, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2005å¹´04月. RIAJ (in Japanese). May 10, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ↑ レコードå”会調ã¹ã€€3月度有料音楽é…ä¿¡èªå®š ＜略称：3月度èªå®šï¼ž. RIAJ (in Japanese). April 20, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2005å¹´06月. RIAJ (in Japanese). June 10, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ↑ ゴールドç‰èªå®šä½œå“一覧　2005å¹´09月. RIAJ (in Japanese). October 10, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ↑ レコードå”会調ã¹ã€€5月度有料音楽é…ä¿¡èªå®š ＜略称：5月度èªå®šï¼ž. RIAJ (in Japanese). June 20, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ レコードå”会調ã¹ã€€6月度有料音楽é…ä¿¡èªå®š ＜略称：6月度èªå®šï¼ž. RIAJ (in Japanese). July 20, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
Further reading
- Tetsuishi, Mihoko and JAM. JAM Book. Sony Magazines. ISBN 4-7897-1038-6.
- Isoya, YUKI. Girly Swing. Sony Magazines. ISBN 4-7897-1153-6.
- Utsunomiya, Miho and YUKI. Girly Rock. Sony Magazines. ISBN 4-7897-1152-8.
- Isoya, YUKI. Girly Boogie. Sony Magazines. ISBN 4-7897-1565-5.
- Tetsuishi, Mihoko and YUKI. Girly Folk. Sony Magazines. ISBN 4-7897-1566-3.
External links
- Yuki Official Website – By Sony Music
- Yuki discography at MusicBrainz
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