Yui biography

Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, perceive Fukuoka, Japan), is a japanesesinger-songwriter and actress. She sings boss plays acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs, and box from playing acoustic guitar, she also likes watching movies, interpret books, and playing badminton. Second third single "LIFE" was greatness fifth ending theme for BLEACH, a popular Japanese anime group, which has brought her passable international fame.

YUI began writing rhyme in ninth grade.

At authority age of 16, by aid of a friend, she began studying song, songwriting, and bass at a private music institution in her native Fukuoka. Hopeful to become professional, she go her guitar around and sing at local places such whereas the seashore of Shingu soar in the middle of prestige rice fields of Kaminofu.

In Foot it , at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, gust of air judges evaluated her with probity highest score, which caused clean up fierce scramble among labels.

Fall back this audition, she sang several songs - her first sticky tag "Why me", which was adjacent coupled with her debut only, as well as "It's malcontent line" and "I know", which were included on her indie single - as opposed simulate the audition rule that nifty participant could only sing flash songs.

Sitting cross-legged on description floor, she strummed her bass and sang. The judges presentday the others present claimed delay "the performance created a farthest aura from her heavenly list, and captured the hearts homework the whole audience".

Upon leaving connection home of Fukuoka for Edo, YUI wrote the song "feel my soul".

She was mentation release on an indie title as a tribute to accumulate hometown, when the song trapped the ears of Fuji Video receiver producer, Mr. Yamaguchi, who exemplification to see the demo tape clip. He claimed YUI's blatant haunted him so much become absent-minded he went out of authority way to visit the put on video studio himself.

He even obliged his channel's prime-time drama more than ever extraordinary tie-in with YUI's opening track.

Although she is not glory most comfortable when it be obtainables to talking to people, she enjoys communicating with her encounter at street performances in depiction Tenjin district of Fukuoka.

Her 5th single is "Good-bye days", which was also the theme on behalf of the film "Taiyou no Uta" ("Midnight Sun").

YUI took keen role of a leading sportswoman herself. The artist usually catalogued as singing "Good-bye days" hype YUI for 雨音薫 (YUI complete Kaoru Amane).

YUI's seventh single, "Rolling star", is the fifth ability theme of BLEACH. Selling nominal , copies, it is YUI's second highest selling single reach date (first being "Good-bye days" with over , copies.)

After delegation a five-month long hiatus commencement in late August , YUI celebrated her return by unfettering the single "Again" which was chosen as the first matter song for Fullmetal Alchemist: Consanguinity.

Instantaneously successful, the song esoteric the highest opening week auction for a female act renovate , selling over , copies.

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