Yuka Kashino
Yuka Kashino | |
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Kashino (right) at the 2014 KKBOX Music Awards | |
Background information | |
Native name | 樫野 有香 |
Also known as | Kashiyuka / Yuka-chan |
Born | 23 December 1988 |
Origin | Hiroshima, Japan |
Genres | J-Pop, Electropop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Dancer |
Instruments | vocals |
Years active | 2001–present |
Labels | Universal J |
Associated acts | Perfume |
Website | Amuse official website |
Yuka Kashino (樫野 有香 Kashino Yuka), nicknamed Kashiyuka (かしゆか, stylized as KASHIYUKA[1]), is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the electropop group Perfume.[2]
Biography
Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Actor’s School Hiroshima with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Ayano Ōmoto. She and Nishiwaki are the two original members of Perfume.
Kashino and Nishiwaki formed Perfume in 2001 with former member Yūka Kawashima, who left shortly after to focus on her schoolwork. Before Ōmoto joined Perfume after being asked by Nishiwaki, the two had not met.[3]
Kashino is also friends with fellow singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
References
- ↑ Biography - Perfume Official Site
- ↑ "Perfume Profile - TJC Artists". Tokuma Japan Communications. Retrieved on 11 October 2010.
- ↑ Flash magazine: "33 Shocking Legends of Perfume!". Retrieved on 7 September 2008.
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