| Yuki | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Yuki Isoya (磯谷 有希 Isoya Yuki) |
| Born | February 17, 1972 Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, Songwriter, Lyricist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
| Associated acts | Judy and Mary NiNa Mean Machine Kōichi Tsutaya (producer) Kenji Tamai (producer) |
| Website | Yuki Web.net |
Yuki Isoya (磯谷 有希 Isoya Yuki) (born on February 17, 1972) is a Japanese musician who performs under the name Yuki (stylised as YUKI). She debuted in the music industry in 1991 as the lead vocalist for the rock band Judy and Mary, and as a solo artist in 2002. She has also been a member of bands NiNa (with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, 1999) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001).
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Yuki was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido to her parents Mo and Ryōko. Her father was an elementary school principal. She has two siblings: an older sister, Yukari, and a younger brother, Taminori. After graduating from Hakodate Iai Girl's High School, she worked as a tour guide. 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 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 her third child in June 2009.Yuki sang the theme songs for many films such as Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash In the Land of Snow.[1]
| Year | Album information | Chart positions [2] |
Total sales [3] |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prismic
|
3 | 298,240 | Gold[4] |
| 2003 | Commune
|
11 | 90,000 | Gold[5] |
| 2005 | Joy
|
1 | 343,000 | Platinum[6] |
| 2006 | Wave
|
1 | 358,000 | Platinum[7] |
| 2010 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo (うれしくって抱きあうよ, "Happily Holding Each Other")
|
1 | 166,000 | Gold[8] |
| 2011 | Megaphonic
|
1 | 76,000 |
| Year | Album information | Chart positions [2] |
Total sales [3] |
Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Five-star
|
1 | 362,000 | Platinum[9] |
| 2010 | Yuki "The Present" 2010.06.14,15 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
|
TBA | TBA |
| Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Oricon sales [3] |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon singles charts [2] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100† [10] |
RIAJ digital tracks† [11] |
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| 2002 | "The End of Shite" | 6 | — | — | 125,000 | Prismic | |
| "Prism" (プリズム Purizumu) | 11 | — | — | 87,000 | |||
| "66db" | Re-cut single | 30 | — | — | 9,500 | ||
| "Stand Up! Sister" (スタンドアップ！シスター Sutando Appu! Shisutā) | 10 | — | — | 33,000 | Commune | ||
| 2003 | "Sentimental Journey" (センチメンタルジャーニー Senchimentaru Jānī) | 17 | — | — | 24,000 | ||
| "Humming Bird" (ハミングバード Hamingu Bādo) | 23 | — | — | 11,000 | |||
| 2004 | "Home Sweet Home" | 9 | — | — | 57,000 | Joy | |
| "Hello, Goodbye" (ハローグッバイ Harō Gubbai) | 6 | — | — | 43,000 | |||
| 2005 | "Joy" | Certified Gold for cellphone downloads[12] | 10 | — | — | 61,000 | |
| "Nagai Yume" (長い夢, "Long Dream") | Certified Gold for copies shipped and cellphone downloads[13][14] | 4 | — | — | 86,000 | Wave | |
| "Dramatic" (ドラマチック Doramachikku) | Certified Gold for copies shipped[15] | 2 | — | — | 77,000 | ||
| "Yorokobi no Tane" (歓びの種, "Seeds of Happiness") | Certified Gold for copies shipped[16] | 5 | — | — | 69,000 | ||
| 2006 | "Melancholinista" (メランコリニスタ Merankorisuta) | 10 | — | — | 43,000 | ||
| "Fugainai ya" (ふがいないや, "Cowardly") | 6 | — | — | 39,000 | |||
| 2007 | "Biscuit" (ビスケット Bisuketto) | Digital single, certified Gold for cellphone downloads[17] | — | — | 18* | — | Five-star |
| "Hoshikuzu Sunset" (星屑サンセット, "Stardust Sunset") | Certified Gold for cellphone downloads[18] | 4 | — | 36* | 44,000 | ||
| "Wonder Line" (ワンダーライン Wandārain) | 4 | — | 19* | 35,000 | — | ||
| 2008 | "Kisha ni Notte" (汽車に乗って, "Riding on the Train") | 5 | 9 | 61* | 35,000 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo | |
| "Message" (メッセージ Messēji) | Digital single | — | 46 | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Rendezvous" (ランデヴー Randevū) | 6 | 8 | 45* | 36,000 | Ureshikutte Dakiau yo | |
| "Cosmic Box" | 6 | 42 | 13 | 30,000 | |||
| 2010 | "Ureshikutte Dakiau yo" (うれしくって抱きあうよ, "Happily Holding Each Other") | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24,000 | ||
| "Futari no Story" (２人のストーリー, "Our Story") | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27,000 | TBA | ||
| 2011 | "Himitsu" (ひみつ, "Secret") | — | — | — | — | ||
*charted on monthly Chaku-uta Reco-kyō Chart
†Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009
| Release | Title | Chart positions | Oricon sales [3] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon singles charts [2] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [10] |
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| 1999 | "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange" (愛の火 3つ オレンジ, "Fire of Love, Three, Orange") (Chara+Yuki) | 6 | — | 230,000 | — |
| 2010 | "Bedtime Story" (ベッドタイムストーリー Beddotaimu Sutōrī) (Jazztronik feat. Yuki) | 27 | 53 | 4,400 | TBA |