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Tokyo, Japan (1995 – present)
PUFFY (パフィー) or Puffy AmiYumi as they are known in the United States, is a pop/rock duo from Tokyo, Japan.
Ami Onuki (大貫亜美), whose nickname is “Jane”, and Yumi Yoshimura (吉村由美), nicknamed “Sue”, were scouted by two different talent agencies and put together in 1995, and soon PUFFY-Mania would begin. PUFFY-Mania is a term that was used by the Japanese media to refer to the craze for all things related to PUFFY, from key-chains, to CDs. It began in 1996 and continues to this day. PUFFY-Mania reached its peak in 1998 to 1999, following the release of the Jet-CD and the Jet-Tour. Their first release “Asia no Junshin” (“True Asia”) sold a million records and their success continued with several more full-length releases (totalling 14 million sales in Japan).
They hosted their own weekly TV show, “Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy”, with guests such as Lenny Kravitz, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, and rock band Garbage.
Their music has been largely a collaboration between producer Tamio Okuda (奥田民生), American singer-songwriter Andy Sturmer, formerly of the band Jellyfish (who is referred to as the “godfather” of PUFFY, for naming the band), and Ami and Yumi themselves. Ami and Yumi’s vocals are likened to U.S. vocal sister group The Roches. They often sing whole songs together with harmonies and their sound borrows heavily from The Beatles and other artists such as ABBA, The Who and Carpenters. Their genre is usually defined as J-Pop/J-Rock (more specifically it can be categorised as shibuya-kei). Both Ami and Yumi themselves have openly admitted that their music is hard to put into just one genre because of the many different influences.
Ami Onuki (大貫亜美), whose nickname is “Jane”, and Yumi Yoshimura (吉村由美), nicknamed “Sue”, were scouted by two different talent agencies and put together in 1995, and soon PUFFY-Mania would begin. PUFFY-Mania is a term that was used by the Japanese media to refer to the craze for all things related to PUFFY, from key-chains, to CDs. It began in 1996 and continues to this day. PUFFY-Mania reached its peak in 1998 to 1999, following the release of the Jet-CD and the Jet-Tour. Their first release “Asia no Junshin” (“True Asia”) sold a million records and their success continued with several more full-length releases (totalling 14 million sales in Japan).
They hosted their own weekly TV show, “Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy”, with guests such as Lenny Kravitz, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, and rock band Garbage.
Their music has been largely a collaboration between producer Tamio Okuda (奥田民生), American singer-songwriter Andy Sturmer, formerly of the band Jellyfish (who is referred to as the “godfather” of PUFFY, for naming the band), and Ami and Yumi themselves. Ami and Yumi’s vocals are likened to U.S. vocal sister group The Roches. They often sing whole songs together with harmonies and their sound borrows heavily from The Beatles and other artists such as ABBA, The Who and Carpenters. Their genre is usually defined as J-Pop/J-Rock (more specifically it can be categorised as shibuya-kei). Both Ami and Yumi themselves have openly admitted that their music is hard to put into just one genre because of the many different influences.
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Joyful_Blue wrote:
I always forget just how awesome they are.
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gabrielsquall wrote:
Main picture, nostalgic ♥ [2]
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Saaaaant wrote:
Main picture, nostalgic ♥
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Guitaregirl wrote:
PUFFY I love youuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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LittleCuteDoll wrote:
Urei <3
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gabrielsquall wrote:
I need a new and mature album, not songs like Thank You songs and Sweet Drop
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ckx wrote:
sweet drop was a perfect OP, I haven't listened to PUFFY in freaking years, just seeing the name in the OP animation was nostalgic
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gabrielsquall wrote:
Kore ga Watashi No Ikiru Michi ♥
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My Story ♥
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gabrielpac10 wrote:
Radio Tokyo *-----------------------*
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sumiresghost wrote:
teen titans :B
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gabrielsquall wrote:
I must to have "15" in my hands
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maybethefuture wrote:
hiii follow if you like http://puffyamiyumiislove.tumblr.com/. Thank you.
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gabrielsquall wrote:
Shuen no Onna is also great. I wanna more songs like Nice or honeycreeper
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iIpleut wrote:
more mature songs [2]. Something like Lemon Kid from the Jet cd would be AWESOME.
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californiatrash wrote:
I totally forgot about this group! Aw, this reminds me of Teen Titans. ;_;
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gabrielsquall wrote:
I like Sweet drop but I wanna more mature songs
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iIpleut wrote:
suito doropuso is boring...
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Ferdokki wrote:
My favorite Japanese artist, hands down.
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JuanShadow wrote:
começou quando nos conhecemos e saimos a tocar, a nossa musica ficou demais e nossa estrela brilhar ² (quem tem infancia lembra)
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Dareka ga PV [HQ]
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Be Someone Tonight／AMI ONUKI
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burnmybread, UsagiSkittles and sarahtran37 added PUFFY to their libraries. yesterday evening
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jennybunnyy tagged PUFFY with ‘j-pop’. Tuesday morning
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scoutsbear, KarappoGarandou, Vanlikes and 6 other people added PUFFY to their libraries. Monday morning
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galaxoid uploaded fisheye02 to PUFFY’s images. last month
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edebildt tagged PUFFY with ‘j-pop’. last month
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janus_hi wrote about PUFFY in 【女性歌手限定】2006年ヒット曲. last month
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