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Also known as Yui Yoshioka, Yoshioka Yui

Japanese singer-songwriter (1987-)

Person · Open Library

Born
10 November 1984
Works
58

Top works

  • Clockwork planet
  • No Game No Life, Vol. 11, Chapter 3
  • No Game No Life, Vol. 8
  • Clockwork Planet: Volume 4
  • Clockwork planet

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Japan
Active from
1987-03-26
j-poppop rocksinger-songwriter

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
563,447
Total plays
27,115,110

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j-popjapanesefemale vocalistsJ-rockJPop

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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/YUI">Read more o

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Key facts

Born
( 1987-03-26 ) March 26, 1987 (age 39) , Koga, Fukuoka , Japan
Genres
Pop rock
Occupations
Singer-songwriter musician
Instruments
Vocals guitar bass guitar piano drums
Years active
2004–present
Labels
Studioseven Gr8! Leaflet
Member of
Flower Flower
Website
www .yui-net .com

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.yui-net.com
Image
Yui the MTV Music Awards 2006.jpg
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date of birth
1987-03-26
name in native language
Yui Yoshioka
start of work period
2004-00-00
social media followers
2146
Commons category
Yui (vocalist)
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Yui (ユイ; born March 26, 1987) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In her solo career, she sold more than 5 million physical copies in Japan. She is popular in Japan and in surrounding countries, ranking number one in 2011 Count Down TV "Dearest Female Artist" and Music Station "Artist You Most Want to Marry" polls, as well as Radio Television Hong Kong's "Most Popular Japanese Artist".

Born and raised in Fukuoka Prefecture, she played live at various locations in her hometown before being noticed by Sony Music Japan when she was 17 years old, and released her debut single months later. Her singles, however, were only met with moderate success until the breakout "Good-bye Days", which charted for 44 weeks on Oricon and marked her as one of the Japanese music industry's rising stars. Since her debut album, From Me to You, each of her soloist album releases has topped the charts, with at least one single reaching number one on the Oricon charts from 2007 until her second hiatus in 2012, including five straight from mid-2008 to late 2010. After retiring from music as a soloist in 2012, she formed the band Flower Flower in 2013.

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