Birthday : June 29, 1990
Birthplace: Yokote, Akita, Japan
Blood type : A
In January 2008, '''Sugawara Sayuri''' participated to "7 DAYS Audition" and "30 DAYS Audition". With her transparent voice, she won both auditions and got a contract with For Life Music Entertainment. On December 17, 2008, Sugawara released her first song digitally through Chaku-Uta, Destiny (Sugawara Sayuri). Destiny is sampled from Franz Liszt Franz Liszt's classical masterpiece "Liebesträume Liebesträume" (German language [Ger]; ''Dream of Love'') and featured rapper FEROS. In April 2009, Sugawara released her debut mini-album, "Kimi ni Okuru Uta (mini-album)". In April 2009, she made her major debut with the mini-album, "Kimi ni Okuru Uta (mini-album)".
Following the digital success of her song, "Kimi ni Okuru Uta", Sugawari will release her debut single "Ano Hi no Yakusoku" on September 30, 2009. On September 3, 2009, at wikipedia:Final Fantasy XIII. Final Fantasy XIII premier, it was announced that she will perform its theme song, "Kimi ga Iru Kara (Sugawara Sayuri)". The song is composed by Hamauzu Masashi and Sugawara also performed its orchestra version the premier. A single for "Kimi ga Iru Kara (Sugawara Sayuri)" is scheduled to be released on December 2, two weeks before the release date of Final Fantasy XIII.
External Links :
http://sugawarasayuri.jp/ Official website
http://www.forlife.co.jp/sugawarasayuri/ For Life Music Entertainment's page
http://www.myspace.com/sugawarasayuri Official MySpace
Kanon Wakeshima
Birthday : July 3, 1988
Blood Type: A
Hobbies : Drawing
Favorite Authors : Nagano Mayumi, Taniyama Hiroko
Favorite Cellist : Jacqueline du Pré
Favorite Artists : Émilie Simon, Lily Chou-Chou, Kojima Mayumi
akeshima started playing the cello when she was three. In junior high school she was part of musical ensemble groups/a cello duo group. Her first time performing on-stage as a vocalist was in her first year of senior high school at school cultural festival. Later on, she entered a Sony audition to discover her music potential, and managed to become one of the finalists. She was signed to DefSTAR Records, and debuted in 2008 with the Mana-produced single still doll.
External Links :
http://www.kanonweb.jp/ Official Website
http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/451681/full/ Oricon Profile
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Makino Yui
Nicknames : Yuccha(ゆっち), Makimaki(まきまき)
Birthday : January 19th, 1986
Birthplace : Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type : O
Height :154 cm
Group : NEEDLESS GIRLS|NEEDLESS★GIRLS+ (2009)
Gifted with piano talent, Makino Yui learns to play piano since the age of 4. She also played piano for Iwao Shunji films' All About Lily Chou Chou, LOVE LETTER (film) and Hana to Alice. In 2005, she debuted both as a singer and Seiyuu by singing "Onma Magni", Genesis of Aquarion Sousei no Aquarion's first ending theme and voicing the main character ''Sakura'' in the Anime adaption of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Even though "Onma Magni" is her first song and is produced by popular composer Kanno Yoko, it was coupled with AKINO's single "Go Tight!" as a B-side. In August 2005, Makino released her debut single "Amrita (Makino Yui)",Tsubasa Chronicle Torikago no Kuni no Himegimi movie's ending theme. Its B-side, "You Are My Love (Makino Yui)" was produced by Kajiura Yuki, marking her one of few artists who has collaborated with both Kajiura Yuki and Kanno Yoko. Her sixth single, "Synchronicity (Makino Yui)" also has a tie-in with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle series and was produced by Kajiura.
Not only known for her contributions to Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle series, Makino is also known for her performances in Aria (manga) series. Even though she did not have a major role in the anime, her songs for Aria (manga) are popular among fans. Her three singles with Aria (manga) "Undine", "Euforia" and "Spirale" are currently her best selling singles.
In March 2008, Makino graduated from Tokyo College of Music's piano department and released her second album "Makino Yui".
External Links :
http://www.bgbcom.com/makino-yui/ Official Website
http://ameblo.jp/yui-makino/ Official Blog
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/yui/ flying DOG's Official Music Website
YUI
Stage Name : YUI
Real name : Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯)
Birthday : March 26 , 1987
Birth place : Fukuoka, Japan
Height :155 cm
Blood type : AB
Favorite place : Shingu Sea in Fukuoka
Hobbies : Movies, reading, acoustic guitar, badminton Family : Father (deceased), mother, grandmother, no siblings
Inspiration : Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch
YUI began writing poems in ninth grade. At the age of 16, by recommendation of a friend, she began studying singing, songwriting, and guitar at a private music school in her hometown in Fukuoka. Aspiring to become professional, she carried her guitar around and performed at local areas like the seashore of Shingu and the middle of Kaminofu's rice fields.
In March 2003, at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, all of the judges evaluated her with the highest score, which caused a fierce scramble among labels. At this audition, she sang three songs: "Why me" (which was later coupled with her debut single), "It's happy line", and "I Know" - though the audition rules stated 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 at the audition claimed that "the performance created a tremendous aura from her heavenly voice, and captured the hearts of the whole audience". It's happy line was then released as an indie single in December 2004, with I Know as the second track.
Upon leaving Fukuoka for Tokyo, YUI wrote the song "Feel My Soul". She was planning to release it 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 dorama "Fukigen na Gene" an extraordinary tie-in with YUI's debut track.
Although she is not the most comfortable when it comes to talking to people, YUI enjoys communicating with her audience at street performances in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka.
Her first full album, From Me to You, was released on February 22, 2006 to great acclaim. Among its 13 tracks, 9 of them were brand new, and these have been well received from her fans. The album has already sold quite well, reaching as high as the weekly 9th most sold album in Japan, and the main track, Tokyo (YUI), has reached the number 4 spot on the MTV Japan song charts.
YUI has been honing her acting and singing skills in a movie released in 17 June, 2006 called "Taiyou no Uta", and has since been released in various Asian countries as well.
She released her second album entitled Can't Buy My Love on April 4th, which had a more experimental sound to it, and went straight to #1 on the charts. Her third album, I Loved Yesterday was released April 9th 2008, hitting #1 on the charts yet again.
YUI will be releasing her first compilation album, My Short Stories, on November 12th. It will have all of her B-sides from her previous singles as well as a new song. After this release, she is planning to take a small hiatus to re-energize herself.
In 2009, after the hiatus, YUI came back with a new single entitled Again (YUI) and was the theme song for the anime Fullmetal Alchemist : Brotherhood. This single is one of YUI's best selling singles because only in its first week passed the 100.000 copies. For October it's scheduled a new double A-side single and will be the theme and insert song for the upcoming movie Kaiji starring Death Note stars http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fujiwara_Tatsuya Tatsuya Fujiwara and http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Matsuyama_Kenichi Matsuyama Kenich.
External Links :
http://www.yui-indo.com/YUI Fan listing (Indonesia)
http://www.yui-net.com/ Official site (Japan)
http://yui-lover.com/ YUI Lover
http://www.yui-station.co.nr Yui-Station
http://fanatic.digital-dreamer.net/yui/ YUI Fan listing
