Azumi Inoue

Azumi Inoue is a famous Japanese singer. She was graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She has a clear and beautiful voice, and is best known for singing the theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki animation films. She has won the Best Award for the Theme Songs of Japanese Animation.

Making her debut in 1983, she first gained notice as the singer of the end theme for Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli animation movie, Laputa: Castle In The Sky with “Carrying You”. Performing as a singer on many early Studio Ghibli movies, she is known for such favorites as the opening and end themes for My Neighbor Totoro “Stroll” and “My Neighbor Totoro”; and incidental music for Kiki’s Delivery Service “Changing Seasons” and “Maho No Nukumori”.

In addition to movie theme songs, she has also performed theme songs for local authorities, classic songs from school textbooks, as well as the official theme song for Peter Rabbit. Her voice and music is loved by people from all generations. Her daughter YUYU was born in 2004 with music talent. They hold concerts around the world every year.

YUYU

YUYU is the daughter of Azumi Inoue. She is currently a 10-year-old elementary student. In 2012, she made her debut at the age of seven on the public broadcasting channel NHK, performing the song “6-Year-Old Ballad” for the TV show Minna No Uta. This show, which has a 50 year history, was bombarded with requests for the song, so the promoter extended show time to seven months from normal two months and it really made a huge hit. In 2013, she collaborated with rock band Watanabe Flower to release her second single “Tan Tan Tan”, which was broadcast on the same show and got 700,000 hits on YouTube. It was another big success. In 2014, her song “Hanbun Otona”, a duet performed with her mother Azumi Inoue, was also broadcast on NHK’s Minna No Uta, making it her third consecutive song to be shown on the program, which is obvious an amazing achievement.

Artists List

Lead Singer: Azumi Inoue, YUYU

Piano: Kodera Nanae

Guitar: Nakamura Masayuki

Violin: Hoshino Madoka

Cello: Hoshino Atsushi