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Masahide Sakuma and Takemi Shima, and session drummer Steven Wolf) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001).

Biography

Yuki was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. After graduating from Hakodate Otani College, she worked as a beautician. She met Yoshihito Onda who visited

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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.

Backup band

Band Astro

They perform in her tour or recording. * Guitar: Jun Matsue (Spoozys) * Drums: Atsushi Matsushita ( Zazen Boys) * Bass: Hiroharu Kinoshita (ex. L⇔R, curve509) * All keyboard instruments: Makoto Minagawa (ex Shiina Ringo) * DJ / manipulator: Yohei Tsukasaki

The Urah

They performed in her tour or recording in 2010. * All keyboard instruments: Kiyohide Ura (ex Diamond Head) * Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori * Guitar: Akihito "Akkin" Suzuki (ex. Heart Bazaar, ex Shiina Ringo, ex Kaela Kimura) * Bass: Kenji Ueda (ex. The Pillows) * Drums: Tsuyoshi Miyagawa

Discography

Original albums

Other albums

Singles

As lead artist

*charted on monthly Chaku-uta Reco-kyō Chart
†Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009

As featured artist

DVDs

* (March 2, 2005) * ''Sweet Home Rock'n Roll Tour'' (March 2, 2005) * (January 25, 2006) * (March 19, 2008) * ''Yuki Live "5-star": The Gift Will Suddenly Arrive'' (May 28, 2008) * ''Yuki concert New Rhythm Tour 2008'' (March 4, 2009)

Books

* Yuki Girly Rock – Yuki biography (1997) * Yuki Girly Swing – Yuki autobiography & diary (1997) * Yuki Girly Folk – Yuki biography (2000) * Yuki Girly Boogie – Yuki autobiography & diary (2000) * Yuki Girly Wave – Yuki biography (2004) * Yuki Girly Tree – Yuki autobiography & diary (2004)

Appearances

Movies

* – cameo appearance

Radio

*''Yuki: Hello! New World'' (2017–present)

References

External links

*
YUKI Official Website
– By

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuki 1972 births Living people Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese women pop singers Mean Machine (band) members Musicians from Hokkaido People from Hakodate Epic Records Japan artists 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers