PUFFY
1,661,873 plays (84,803 listeners)
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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KingFahtah It wasn't me
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SangMi-Lena Yumi-chan is pregnant, cool *-* [4]
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Morganmorgy Dareka Ga is my favorite track.
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gabrielsquall I really need more friends that like Puffy AmiYumi. [2]
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MatheusDrew Yumi-chan is pregnant, cool *-* [3]
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honey-creeper I really need more friends that like Puffy AmiYumi.
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Yumi-chan is pregnant, cool *-* [2]
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iIpleut Yumi-chan is pregnant, cool *-*
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Dareka ga - Puffy sub español
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