YUI

First of all, of course my favourite Japanese singer ever, YUI- sama. Oke here it is..

YUI's Profile

YUI is a Japanese J-Pop artist, born March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan. She sings and plays acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs. She is still relatively unknown outside of Japan, but her song "LIFE", from her single by the same name, was the 5th ending theme for Bleach, a popular Japanese anime series, which has brought her some international fame.

Her first full album, From Me To You, was released February 22, 2006, to great acclaim. Among it's 13 tracks, 9 of them were brand new, and these have been well recieved from her fans.

YUI began writing poems already in ninth grade. At an age of 16, by recommendation of a friend, she began studying singing, songwriting, and guitar at a private music school in her native Fukuoka. Aspiring to become professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places such as the seashore of Shingu and in the middle of the rice fields of Kaminofu.

In March 2003, at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, all judges evaluated her with the highest score, which caused a fierce scramble among labels. At this audition, she sang three songs - her first song "Why Me", which was later coupled with her debut single, as well as "It's happy line" and "I know", which was included on her indie single - as opposed to the audition rule that a participant could only sing two songs. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, she strummed her guitar and sang. The judges and the others present claimed that "the performance created a tremendous aura from her heavenly voice, and captured the hearts of the whole audience".

Upon leaving her native Fukuoka for Tokyo, YUI wrote the song "Feel my soul". She was planning release on an indie label as a tribute to her hometown, when the song caught the ears of Fuji TV producer, Mr. Yamaguchi, who happened to see the demo video clip. He claimed YUI's voice haunted him so much that he went out of his way to visit the recording studio himself. He even made his channel's prime-time drama an extraordinary tie-in with YUI's debut track.

Although she is not the most comfortable when it comes to talking to people, she enjoys communicating with her audience at street performances in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka.

YUI Discography

[Indie Single]
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It's Happy Line

Release Date : 24 Desember 2004
Label : RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT
Track List:
1. It's happy line
2. I know

















[Single]
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Feel My Soul

Release Date : 23 Febuary 2005
Serial Number : SRCL-5880

Tracklist:
1. feel my soul
2. Free Bird
3. Why me
4. feel my soul -Instrumental-
















Tomorrow's way

Released Date : 22 Juni 2005
Serial Number :SRCL-5929

Tracklist
1. Tomorrow's way
2. Last Train
3. feel my soul ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. Tomorrow's way ~Instrumental~
















Life

Release Date : 9 November 2005
Serial Number : SRCL-6067

Tracklist
1. LIFE
2. crossroad
3. Tomorrow's way ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. LIFE ~Instrumental~















Tokyo

Release Date : 18 Januari 2006
Serial Number : SRCL-6222
Tracklist:
1. TOKYO
2. HELP
3. LIFE ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. TOKYO ~Instrumental~














Good-bye Days

Release Date : 14 Juni 2006
Serial Number : SRCL-6278

Tracklist
1. Good-bye days
2. Skyline
3. It’s happy line
4. Good-bye days ~Instrumental~



















I Remember You

Release Date : 20 September 2006
Serial Number : SRCL-6421~SRCL-6422 (Limited ed.) SRCL-6423 (Regular ed.)

Track List
1. I remember you
2. Cloudy
3. Good-bye days ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. I remember you ~Instrumental~












Rolling Star

Release Date : 17 Januari 2007
Serial Number : SRCL-6468

Tracklist
1. Rolling star
2. Winter Hot Music
3. I remember you ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. Rolling star ~Instrumental~













CHE.R.R.Y

Release Date : 7 Maret 2007
Serial Number : SRCL-6511~SRCL-6512 (Limited ed.) SRCL-6513 (Regular ed.)

Tracklist
1. CHE.R.RY
2. Driving today
3. Rolling star ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. CHE.R.RY ~Instrumental~

DVD Tracklist
1. CHE.R.RY ~LISMO! Version~ (PV)




























My Generation/Understand


Release Date : 13 Juni 2007
Serial Number : SRCL-6565

Tracklist
1. My Generation
2. Understand
3. CHE.R.RY ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. My Generation ~Instrumental~















Love and Truth

Release Date : 26 September 2007
Serial Number : SRCL-6633~6634 (Limited ed.) SRCL-6635 (Regular ed.)

Tracklist
1. LOVE & TRUTH
2. Jam
3. My Generation ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. LOVE & TRUTH ~Instrumental~

DVD Tracklist
1. LOVE & TRUTH (Closed Note Ver)






























Namidairo

Release Date : 27 Februari 2008
Serial Number : SRCL-6636~6637 (First Pressing) SRCL-6638 (Regular Edition)

Tracklist
1. Namidairo (Tear-coloured)
2. I wanna be...
3. LOVE & TRUTH ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. Namidairo ~Instrumental~

DVD Tracklist
1. Namidairo (PV)
2. Umbrella (Live)





























Summer Song
Release Date : 2 Juli 2008
Serial Number : SRCL 6817~18 (First Pressing) SRCL 6819 (Regular Edition)

CD Tracklist
1. SUMMER SONG
2. Oh My God
3. Laugh away -YUI Acoustic Version-
4. SUMMER SONG -Instrumental-

DVD Tracklist:
1. SUMMER SONG VIDEO CLIP
2. Laugh away ~YUI Acoustic Version~ VIDEO CLIP





























[Album]
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From Me to You
Release Date : 22 Februari 2006
Serial Number : SRCL-6237

Tracklist
1. Merry・Go・Round
2. feel my soul
3. Ready to love
4. Swing of lie
5. LIFE
6. Blue wind
7. I can't say
8. Simply white
9. Just my way
10. Tomorrow's way
11. I know
12. TOKYO
13. Spiral & Escape







Can't Buy My Love
Release Date : 4 April 2007
Serial Number : SRCL-6520~SRCL-6521 (Limited ed.) SRCL-6522 (Regular ed.)

CD Tracklist
1. How crazy
2. Rolling star
3. It's all right
4. I remember you
5. RUIDO (Noise)
6. CHE.R.RY
7. Thank you My teens
8. Umbrella
9. Highway chance
10. Happy Birthday to you you
11. Winding road
12. Good-bye days
13. Why?

DVD Tracklist
1. feel my soul (PV)
2. Tomorrow's way (PV)
3. LIFE (PV)
4. TOKYO (PV)















I Loved Yesterday
Release Date : 9 April 2008
Serial Number : SRCL-6766~7 (Limited ed.) SRCL-6768 (Regular ed.)

CD Tracklist
1. Laugh away
2. My Generation
3. Find me
4. No way
5. Namidairo
6. Daydreamer
7. Love is all
8. I will love you
9. We will go
10. OH YEAH
11. My friend
12. LOVE & TRUTH
13. Am I wrong?

DVD Tracklist
1. Good-bye days (PV)
2. I remember you (PV)
3. Rolling star (PV)
4. CHE.R.RY (PV)
5. LIVE at BUDOKAN
- OPENING
- It's happy line
- LIFE
- LOVE & TRUTH
- RUIDO
- JAM
- TOKYO










My Short Stories


Release Date : 11 November 2008
Serial Number : SRCL-6899 (Limited ed.) SRCL-SRCL-6901 (Regular ed.)

CD Tracklist
1. I'll be
2. HELP
3. Last Train
4. Winter Hot Music
5. Jam
6. Skyline
7. Free Bird
8. I wanna be...
9. Oh My God
10. Cloudy
11. Driving Today
12. Understand
13. Crossroad
14. It's happy line
15. Why me

DVD Tracklist
1. I'll be [PV]
2. Understand [PV]
3. Jam [PV]
4. YUI 3rd Tour“oui”~I LOVED YESTERDAY~
- No way
- Daydreamer
- Street live at Sapporo
- Namidairo
- Am I wrong?
- Street live at Sendai
- Love is all
- Tomorrow's way
- Street live at Hiroshima
- Good-bye days





[DVD]
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Thank You My Teens
Released Date : 14 November 2007

Tracklist
1. OPENING
2. Rolling star
3. CHE.R.RY
4. TOUR DOCUMENT 1
5. Happy Birthday to you you
6. RUIDO (Noise)
7. LIFE
8. Highway chance
9. TOUR DOCUMENT 2
10. Good-bye days
11. TOKYO
12. TOUR DOCUMENT 3
13. Thank you My teens










[MOVIES]
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Taiyou no Uta (2006)
2006, as Kaoru Amane
~The Synopsis~
A girl who can only live at night and a high school student who loves to surf as the sun rises...

The two had nothing in common...

Kaoru Amane, 16 years old, did not attend school but instead sang herself away every night after dark at a square in front of a train station with a guitar in her hands. She led a lifestyle opposite the norm, sleeping during the day and active at night.

Kaoru was suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), an illness, which also might be described as the allergy to the sun, and was not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. The only motivation in her life was singing, which also was the only connection to the outside world.

One day, an incident drastically changes her life...

Cast
Yui - Kaoru Amane
Takashi Tsukamoto - Koji Fujishiro
Kuniko Asagi - Yuki Amane
Eri Fuse
Gaku Hamada
Goro Kishitani - Ken Amane
Takashi Kobayashi
Magy
Sogen Tanaka - Haruo Kato
Airi Toyama - Misaki Matsumae