![]() ![]() ![]() Matsutoya has influenced many female singers who have come after, showing that one can be successful and have artistic control without sacrificing anything. Her tours sold out, known for their elaborate costumes and stage shows, and her records continued to sell in the millions. From 1985 to the late '90s, she was more often in the Top Ten charts than out of it. (Her husband continues to be her arranger to this day). Her single "Anohi Ni Kaeritai" made the Top Ten the accompanying album Yuming Brand was a success and to top it off Arai married the arranger of the music from that album, Masataka Matsutoya, changing her name. Three years later, things began to click. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Kikis Delivery. Unlike a more folk- or guitar-based sound of the West, Yumi Arai's music was closer to the jazz-rock of Chicago or Steely Dan without the cynical edge. Yumi Matsutya was born on 19 January 1954 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs. Her first single barely cracked the Top 40, but then again neither had the debut singles of her contemporaries it wasn't about that at the time. Yumi Matsutoya, nicknamed Yuming, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Her fans know her by her nickname, "Yuming."īorn in Tokyo in 1954, Arai made her debut in 1973 with the album Hikokigumo. She never fit the model of the cute, perky pop singer, but her fans are legion, allowing her to tour with a new album almost every year since she hit the big time in 1980. Her voice is instantly recognizable: rough and smooth at the same time, bitter and sweet, slightly nasal, but deeper and lower than most Japanese female singers (it has become more so over time). The magazine Shūkan Gendai ranked Matsutoya third (behind only Miyuki Nakajima and Masayoshi Son) in a list of the smartest Japanese figures that was determined based on the criteria of "intelligence, determination, sensibility and capability".Yumi Matsutoya (formerly Yumi Arai) became one of the most famous members of Japan's singer/songwriter era in the 1970s, and continued to garner hits into the 2000s, a notable feat if one considers the careers of her Western contemporaries: Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and so on. In addition to multiple hit singles, she has obtained enormous commercial success on the Japanese Albums Chart, particularly during the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s. ![]() Throughout the 1980s, Matsutoya's music was prominently featured in advertisements for Mitsubishi Motors in her native Japan and her image was used to promote their vehicles. The album The 14th Moon and the three albums that ranked in the top 10 of the Japanese charts in 1976 ( Cobalt Hour, Yuming Brand, and Hikōki-gumo) "contained several songs which are considered to be early classics of the J-pop genre." Īfter marrying her musical collaborator Masataka Matsutoya in 1976, Arai began recording under her married name and has continued to do so. This musical idiom is generally thought to have been first realised on Cobalt Hour". ![]() In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture, it is written that "Yuming incorporated influences from progressive rock and European pop to produce a sophisticated, upper-middle-class female Japanese voice and sound in a contemporary musical and journalistic world dominated by discussions of folk music and social critique. Other famous songs include "Haru-yo, Koi" and "Sweet, Bitter Sweet". She also gained popularity as a vocalist in the same year through the success of "Ano Hi ni Kaeritai", which became her first number-one hit on Japan's Oricon Charts. In 1975, Arai became known as a composer for " Ichigo Hakusho wo Mou Ichido", a commercially successful song recorded by the folk duo BanBan. During her early career, she worked under her birth name Yumi Arai ( 荒井 由実, Arai Yumi ). Īfter gaining several years of experience as a session musician, she debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972. She is the only artist to have at least one number-one album every year on the Oricon charts for 18 consecutive years. Yumi Matsutoya (formerly Yumi Arai) became one of the most famous members of Japans singer/songwriter era in the 1970s, and continued to garner hits into. In 1990, her album The Gates of Heaven became the first album to be certified "2x million" by the RIAJ, and she has had twenty-one No. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, she is renowned for her idiosyncratic. Her recording career has been commercially successful with more than 42 million records sold. Yumi Matsutoya, nicknamed Yuming, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. ![]()
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