YUI PROFILE
full name is :Yui Yoshioka
Zodiak :
Aries
Shio :
rabbit
YUI, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
composer, actress and radio personality.
Genres :
pop, pop rock
Instruments
: vocal, guitar, bass guitar,
piano, drums
Albums
- 2006: From Me to You
- 2007: Can't Buy My Love
- 2008: I Loved Yesterday
- 2010: Holidays in the Sun
- 2011: How Crazy Your Love
- 2008: My Short Stories
DVD
- 2009: Thank You My Teens
- 2011: Yui 4th Tour 2010: Hotel Holidays in the Sun
- 2012: Yui 5th Tour 2012: Cruising How Crazy Your Love
Movies/drama
- 2009: Thank You My Teens
- 2011: Yui 4th Tour 2010: Hotel Holidays in the Sun
- 2012: Yui 5th Tour 2012: Cruising How Crazy Your Love
- 2011 : Kaitō Royale Cameo
Initial career
Her
professional career began in March 2004 when, at the recommendation of her cram
school instructors, she applied for an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan. Despite the audition rule that a participant could only
perform two songs, Yui was allowed to sing three. She first sang "Why
Me" (a song later included in her debut Sony Records single), followed by "It's Happy
Line" and "I Know". The judges gave her the maximum score.
Because "I Know" was incomplete at the time, the judges were able to
get a glimpse of what would later be dubbed "Yui-go" (YUI語?)", or Yui-speak, nonsensical English hummed to a tune during her
songwriting process – an example of Yui-go can be found in the film Song of the Sun when Yui is working on the song
"Goodbye Days".
On December 24,
2004, she released her debut single, "It's Happy Line", under the indie label Leaflet
Records, coupled with the track "I Know". The pressing was limited to
only 2,000 copies in her home area.
From Me to You (2005–2006)
Upon leaving
her hometown in Fukuoka for Tokyo, Yui wrote the song "Feel My Soul" as a tribute to her hometown.
Although she initially had planned its release on an indie label, Fuji
Television producer Yamaguchi was so inspired by Yui's voice that he insisted
on having her work on the music for his primetime drama Fukigen na Gene even before she released her first major single. The
music in Fukigen na Gene was eventually based on her songs "Feel My
Soul" and "It's Happy Line".
On February 23,
Yui released her first major debut single "Feel My Soul". With the
publicity the drama tie-in drew in, "Feel My Soul" managed to sell
over 100,000 copies and managed to chart at number 8 on Oricon Weekly Charts in its first week. Her next three singles,
"Tomorrow's Way" (theme song for the movie Hinokio), "Life" (5th ending theme for the Bleach anime), and "Tokyo" did not chart as high as
"Feel My Soul", and were only moderately successful in comparison.
After the
release of four singles, Yui released her debut album, titled From Me to You, a moderate success with sales of more than 200,000 copies.
Can't Buy My Love (2006–2007)
Yui made her
acting debut in the full-length feature film Song of the Sun (Taiyou no uta, タイヨウのうた), which opened on June
17, 2006. The film was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. She had a very unique way of approaching her role, such
as imagining unscripted conversations between other characters and hers as well
as staying in her character's room and fitting the aberrant sleeping patters of
her character to give herself a sense of her role. She would eventually attend
the Japan Academy Prize and win the Best Newcomer Award for Midnight Sun. Prior to the
release of the movie, Yui released her fifth single "Good-bye Days" written specifically for the
film. The single is thus so far her highest selling at more than 200,000 copies
sold. All three tracks on the single are featured in Midnight Sun. The
single also re-released the track "It's Happy Line", originally
released on her debut single.
Her next
single, "I Remember You", did
well in terms of sales, riding on the wave of the popularity of "Good-bye
Days". Yui's seventh single "Rolling Star" was chosen as the 5th opening
theme for the Bleach anime. Her eighth single, "Cherry" was featured in commercial
promoting KDDI, a Listen Mobile Service.
She released
her second album Can't Buy My
Love on April 4,
2007. The album spending two weeks at number 1 on the Oricon charts, shattering her entire previous album's record
sales in one week. Can't Buy My Love managed to sell over 680,000
copies. Due to the success of Can't Buy My Love, Yui's previous album, From Me to You charted once again, adding another 9,000 copies to the Oricon counting.
I Loved Yesterday (2007–2008)
Yui released
her 9th single "My Generation/Understand" on June 13, 2007. It was her first double A-side
single. "My Generation" was selected as the ending theme for the TV
drama Seito Shokun!, and "Understand" was chosen as the theme
song for the movie Dog in a Sidecar (サイドカーに犬), (starring her senpai at Stardust Promotion, Yūko Takeuchi). The single charted at number 1 on
the Oricon Weekly Charts the first week of its
release.
Her tenth
single, "Love &
Truth" was
released on September 26, 2007. The title track is the theme song to the film Closed
Note (クローズド・ノート) (starring Erika Sawajiri, also of Stardust).
During this
time, her previous two albums were re-released as Winter Sleeve Editions in
alternative covers taken from her "Love & Truth" photoshoot. Her
first live concert DVD Thank You My
Teens was released
on November 14, 2007, which contained footage of her second live concert tour.
On November 19,
2007, Yui opened her first live show at Nippon Budokan, which promptly sold out. The
Budokan concert was structured similar to a live performance, which a writer
from B-Pass called it fitting considering her beginnings as a street performer
on the streets of Fukuoka.
Yui started
2008 with her eleventh single, "Namidairo", released
on February 27, 2008. Yui composed the song as a "mysterious and sad
sounding" insert for the television drama 4 Shimai Tantei Dan. The
chorus of the song was incidentally written by Yui long ago, during her singing
debut.
A week
following the release of her 11th single, the promotional video of a new song
"Laugh Away", was released. The song was used in Glico's "Watering KissMint" commercial. "Laugh Away" was
released as a digital single on March 10, 2008.
Her third
studio album was released on April 9, 2008 titled I Loved Yesterday. It quickly charted at number 1 on
the Oricon Weekly Charts and sold more than 400,000 copies, only a little
behind her second album. The 10th track on the album, titled "Oh
Yeah", was used as the opening theme to Mezamashi TV, a morning television show. The
limited edition version of the album included a DVD which contained music
videos of her previous singles and live footage of her Nippon Budokan show. The album was composed mainly
of semi-ballads with much of the same themes as her previous releases such as
youth.Yui's third tour, named "Oui: I Loved Yesterday'" started in
May 2008 and ran until July.
My Short Stories/Holidays in the Sun (2008–2010)
On July 2,
2008, Yui released "Summer Song" again charting at number 1 on
the Oricon Weekly Charts. "Summer Song" sold 83,440 copies in a week,
making "Summer Song" second highest in first week sales after
"Love & Truth."
Yui released
her B-side compilation album, My Short Stories, on November 12, 2008, which charted
at number 1 on Oricon. The album included all the B-side
tracks of all her singles to date, along with a new song "I'll Be".
Yui is the second female artist whose B-side compilation album topped the
charts, after Seiko Matsuda's Touch Me in 1984. The last
compilation album that reached No. 1 was Mr. Children's B-Side in May 2007. On the success of
"My Short
Stories", sales
of her first album From Me to You rose again.
In her
"Yui Diary" blog entry on August 29, 2008, Yui mentioned that she
would put her career on hold, not making any public appearances after the
release of the album. With this break, she would be able to fully concentrate
on her plans for the next year. During this break, she co-wrote the song
"I Do It" with Okinawa girl band Stereopony. It was released as Stereopony's
third single on April 22, 2009.
Yui announced
her return from her 5-month hiatus on March 25, 2009 on her official website.
The single celebrating her return is an up-tempo tune titled "Again." The track was chosen as the
first opening theme of the new season of the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood anime, premiered on April 5, 2009.
The single was released on June 3, 2009. "Again" debuted atop the
Oricon charts, selling over 110,000 copies in its first week. It currently has
the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009.
Her website
Yui-net.com announced the release of her second double-A side single named
"It's All Too Much/Never Say Die" on July 27, 2009. The two
songs were featured in the movie adaptation of Kaiji as both a theme and an insert song.
The single was released on October 7, 2009 and Kaiji released on October
10, 2009. The single debuted at number 1, selling 75,000 copies in its first
week of sales. This is her fifth overall number 1 single. Yui released "Gloria" on January 20, 2010. It was
another chart-topper, selling 80,000 copies in the first week. Her next single,
"To Mother," was released on June 2, 2010.
On July 14,
2010, Yui released her fourth studio album Holidays in the Sun, which included her five singles from "Summer
Song" to "To Mother". It became her fourth straight album to top
the Oricon charts, eventually selling over 300,000 copies, and attained the
certification of Platinum.
How Crazy Your Love (2010–present)
Her single
"Rain" was released on November 24,
2010. Yui's released a double-A side of "It's My Life/Your Heaven," on January 26, 2011. Yui traveled to Sweden for
the shooting of the "Your Heaven" music video and a short movie
showing Yui's journey to various places and shops in Sweden.
Yui's tour DVD,
Holidays in the Sun was released on March 9. Her newest single, "Hello (Paradise
Kiss)", was
released on June 1, 2011, the A-side and B-side being theme song and ending
song, respectively, of the live-action movie "Paradise Kiss". On June 16, 2011, Yui
traveled to Hong Kong for her first overseas concert at the AsiaWorld-Expo Arena, performing to a capacity audience
of 14,000 people.
Yui visited
schools in stricken areas from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on July 7, 2011, and performed a
charity concert. Her single "Green a.Live" uses the emotions and thoughts
she felt from the visit, and was released on October 5, 2011. It was previewed
on the Tokyo FM radio show School of Lock on
August 22. "Green a.Live" debuted on top of the charts, and became
her first number one single since July 2010.
On November 2,
2011, Yui's album How Crazy Your
Love was released.
The album debuted at number one on the daily charts, selling just under 50,000
copies on the first day of release, and would go on to reach number one on the
weekly charts – making How Crazy Your Love her fifth straight album to
debut at the weekly number one.Yui started her fifth major tour on November 11,
2011 to promote her recent album.It has cruising as the major theme.
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