Yunchi, stylized as Yun*chi (born May 29, 1987) is a Japanese singer and fashion model affiliated with Asobi System and

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. She made her debut as a singer in 2012 with the release of her first mini-album ''Yun*chi''. In 2013, she released her first single "Your Song", which was used in the anime series ''

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''. Her first full album ''Asterisk'' was released in 2014. She has also appeared at events in Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

Career

Yunchi aspired to become an entertainer early in life, a dream that was encouraged by her parents. Because of her plans of becoming an entertainer, she thought of moving to Tokyo as a primary school student and auditioning for idol groups. After deciding to become an entertainer later in life, she joined the talent agency Asobi System, the same agency as artist

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who was Yunchi's senior. Yunchi made her music debut with the mini-album ''Yun*chi'', which was released on November 14, 2012. The album's CD cover was awarded first prize at the 2013 Music Jacket Awards. Her next release was the mini-album ''Shake you'' was released on April 17, 2013. This was followed by her first single "Your song", which was released on November 13, 2013; the title track is used as the ending theme to the first season of the anime series ''

''. Yunchi's first full album ''Asterisk'' was released on February 5, 2014, and her third mini-album ''Starlight'' was released on July 2, 2014. She made her first overseas appearance at

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in July 2014, and she made an appearance at an anime event held by the

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in August 2014. Her second single "Wonderful Wonder World" was released on October 22, 2014; the title track is used as the ending theme to the second season of ''Log Horizon''. She released a mini-album of anime song covers titled ''Ani*yun~anime song cover~'' on April 15, 2015; the album includes a cover of the song "Catch You Catch Me" by

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, which was originally used as the first opening theme to the anime television series ''

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''. Her third single "Lucky Girl" was released on July 15, 2015; the title track is used as the opening theme to the third season of the anime short ''

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''. Her second full album ''Pixie Dust'' was released on September 9, 2015. Her fourth mini-album ''Canvas'' was released on August 2, 2017.

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Living people Anime musicians Japanese female models Japanese women musicians 1987 births