Birth name 磯谷有希 (Isoya Yuki) Role Musician Years active 1991–present | Name Yuki Kuramochi Spouse YO-KING (m. 2000) | |
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Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician Movies Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, Juvenile Albums COMMUNE, Megaphonic, joy, Five‑star, PRISMIC Profiles | ||
Instruments Vocals, guitar, drums | ||
yuki hakkenden touhou hakken ibun yuki no hitohira
Yuki Kuramochi (倉持 有希, Kuramochi Yuki, born February 17, 1972 in Hakodate, Hokkaido), known professionally as Yuki (stylized as YUKI), is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist for Judy and Mary. She founded Judy and Mary in 1991 and became a solo artist in 2002. She has also been a member of the bands NiNa (1999, with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, bassist Mick Karn of Japan, former members of the Japanese New Wave band The Plastics Masahide Sakuma and Takemi Shima, and session drummer Steven Wolf) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001).
Contents
- yuki hakkenden touhou hakken ibun yuki no hitohira
- Yuki tsubaki kobayashi sachiko
- Biography
- Band Astro
- The Urah
- As lead artist
- DVDs
- Books
- Movies
- References
Yuki tsubaki kobayashi sachiko
Biography
Yuki was born Yuki Isoya (磯谷 有希, Isoya Yuki) in Hakodate, Hokkaido. After graduating from Hakodate Otani College, she worked as a beautician. She met Yoshihito Onda who visited Hakodate to make a movie, The Triple Cross. The meeting triggered the formation of Judy and Mary in 1992. After Judy and Mary disbanded, Yuki made her solo debut in 2002. She married Magokoro Brothers frontman Yoichi Kuramochi in September 2000, and gave birth to her first child, a boy, on April 18, 2003. However, the child died from unknown causes (SIDS) on March 17, 2005. She gave birth to a second child on August 29, 2006, and a third child in June 2009.
Band Astro
They perform in her tour or recording.
The Urah
They performed in her tour or recording in 2010.
As lead artist
*charted on monthly Chaku-uta Reco-kyō Chart
†Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009