大貫亜美
Puffy
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Puffy AmiYumi, or PUFFY, are a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Ōnuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name Puffy. The duo sings in Japanese, English, and Mandarin Chinese. Ōnuki and Yoshimura were scouted by Sony-affiliated talent agencies and put together in the mid-1990s. Most of their work was produced or co-written by Okuda Tamio and Andy Sturmer, formerly of the bands Unicorn and Jellyfish, respectively. The duo's first single, "Asia no Junshin" (1996), sold one million records. They gained mainstream success in Japan in 1998 following the release of their album Jet and continued with several more full-length releases (totaling 15 million sales in Japan). In 2004, an animated series featuring fictionalized versions of themselves, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, premiered on the US's Cartoon Network. While the singers portrayed themselves for short live-action segments taped in Japan, their characters were voiced by Janice Kawaye and Grey DeLisle respectively.
Career
- 1996Won Japan Cable Awards
- 1996Won 38th Japan Record Awards
- 1998Won Japan Gold Disc Award
- Notable work: Asia no Junshin
- Notable work: Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi
- Notable work: Circuit no Musume
- Notable work: Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera
- Notable work: Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
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- •Genre: J-pop, pop rock, Shibuya-kei
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