Hitoto You - singer & songwriter
Name: Hitoto You, 一青窈, 顏窈
Birthday: 1976, 9-20
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Favourite Artists: David Tao, Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Inoue Yosui, Omokage Lucky Hall
Languages: Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English
Family: Hitoto Yo has an older sister named Tae. She is six years older than her, and has appeared in several TV dorama. However, she is actually a dentist. Her official site is here. Fun Fact: A popular internet meme involves Hitoto Yo's voice slowed in tempo by 20%. Her voice then sounds exactly like Hirai Ken's.
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Hitoto You Information
Hitoto Yo in Café Lumière Hitoto Yo lived in Taipei until her Kindergarten years, then moved to Japan due to the death of her father due to lung cancer. Hitoto is not actually her last name, but is her mothers' hmaiden name which she took when she moved back to Japan. However, when Hitoto was 16 her mother died, leaving her sister Tae to take care of her. After her high-school years, Hitoto You enrolled in the prestigious Keiou University, where majored in Environmental Studies and joined an a cappella group called K.O.E.. She was a backup singer for a while until she met Kitayama Yoichi of The Gospellers, who convinced her to compose music.
Hitoto Yo is a Japanese singer-songwriter under Columbia Records. She is best known for her extremely popular debut single Morai Naki. She is Taiwanese through her father and Japanese through her mother. She originally lived in Taiwan until Kindergarten years, and from then on moved to Japan. Hitoto Yo starred in the 2004 Japanese art film, Café Lumière (Coffee Jikou).
Before her Japanese debut, Hitoto sung the game Dynasty Warriors Chinese theme song, Sheng Lu ~Circuit~. This song later appears on her Edo Polka / Yume Nakaba single as 'Seiro ~MAZE' (the kanji is the same for both titles).
Hitoto debuted with the single Morai Naki, reaching #4 on Oricon charts and charting for an amazing 68 weeks in the top 200 singles. The single became the #13 single of 2003, and was awarded the Best Hit Artist, with the Debut Artist of the Year award at the Nihon Record Taishou. Since then, Hitoto has recieved sustained popularity, such as with her recent single Kazaguruma, which was used as the theme song to the movie Semishigure.
In late 2006 Hitoto released her first 'best of' collection, entitled BESTYO. The album, featuring a new song of hers, Tentou Mushi, was a smash hit. It reached #2 on Oricon charts and sold over 700,000 copies: making it Hitoto's best selling album.
In the January edition of Friday gossip magazine, followed by several other publications, that Hitoto Yo was committing adultery with Kobayashi Takeshi. Kobayashi had been married with his bandmate akko from My Little Lover since 1996, and in May announced their divorce. At the same time Kobayashi announced his intentions to marry Hitoto.
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