Yumi Yoshimura Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
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Elina Uphoff
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Thursday, May 23, 2024
Yumi Yoshimura Quick Info
Height
5 ft 4 in
Weight
52 kg
Date of Birth
January 30, 1975
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese musician and singer who is popular as the member of the popular Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. She collaborated with Ami Onuki in the mid-1990s to form the duo. She has a very successful career with a large number of fans in Japan and other countries.
Born Name
Yoshimura Yumi
Nick Name
Sue
Yumi Yoshimura during an autograph session at Japan Expo 2009 (Georges Seguin / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Sun Sign
Aquarius
Born Place
Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
Nationality
Education
The details about Yumi’s educational background aren’t known.
Takanori Nishikawa (1999-2002) – Takanori Nishikawa is a Japanese singer, musician, and record producer who performs under the name T.M. Revolution. Yumi and Takanori were married for around 3 years before Japanese media accused Yumi of having an extramarital affair. Takanori filed for divorce after the accusations in 2002, and hence the pair parted ways.
Unidentified (2009-2013) – Yumi remarried a businessman on December 31, 2009, who was also her long-time friend. They parent a baby boy who was born on August 1, 2012. However, their marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced on December 31, 2013.
Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi performing live at Japan Expo 2009 (Georges Seguin / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Race / Ethnicity
Asian
Hair Color
Light Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Chin-length hair
Best Known For
Being a member of the Japanese pop-rock duo, Puffy AmiYumi
Her character in the show Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which was a Japanese-American animated action-fantasy-comedy cartoon series, which premiered on the United States’ Cartoon Network on November 19, 2004.
Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Georges Seguin / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)
First Album
Her debut album was AmiYumi which was released on July 22, 1996. It was released as the first album of her band Puffy AmiYumi.
First Film
Her theatrical film debut was made in 2002, in the movie Copycat Killer (Mohou-han).
First TV Show
Yumi debuted in a Japanese TV series Shin Dômoto kyôdai in 2004.
Puffy AmiYumi band giving a live performance at Japan Expo 2009 (Georges Seguin / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Yumi Yoshimura Facts
She got into music industry through the Chotto Sokomade talent hunt by Sony Music Artists in Tokyo.
Yumi was around 18 when she successfully auditioned for Sony Music.
She had a chance meeting (while working with the common label Sony Music) with Ami Onuki, her Puffy AmiYumi bandmate and they instantly hit it off and decided to collaborate.
Andy Sturmer is regarded as the godfather of the band Puffy AmiYumi.
“Asia no Junshin” which was the first release of her band gained wild popularity and has sold over a million records.
It was their 4th anniversary when Yumi and her second husband got divorced on December 31, 2013.
Yumi is well-versed in Japanese and also speaks English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, and Portuguese, to some extents.
She is ambidextrous and also has two tattoos.
Yumi hosted the hit talk show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy from 1999 to 2002, with Ami.
She has got her very own animated figure on the show Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which airs on Cartoon Network.
Yumi appears in the live action segments of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi but her character on the show is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
Visit her on the official website of her band, Puffy AmiYumi @ PuffyAmiYumi.com and puffy.jp.
