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Tokyo, Japan (1995 – present)
PUFFY (パフィー) or Puffy AmiYumi as they are known in the United States (due to legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, also known as “Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs”, “Puff Daddy”, or “P-Diddy”), 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.
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.
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Nice
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Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
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Splurge
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JET CD
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Shoutbox
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jakefernandez wrote:
easily my favorite band ever. EVER.
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truculenttyler wrote:
PRMX was really good
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setasohjiro wrote:
I cannot stop listening to PUFFY. It's quite worrying. Splurge is perfect.
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monochromeblues wrote:
I downloaded JET CD out of curiousity, and OH MY GOD. THEY ARE PERFECTION.
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gabiuspears wrote:
Bring It is a nice album, I love it
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Talisasan wrote:
Тому, кто "Писал" о группе на русском языке: не знаете языка, незачем переводить.
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taciturnxlove wrote:
Love themmm! Their my favorite.
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NejiPooshon wrote:
Finally 1million plays <33 [2]
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deadgrave wrote:
hot girls
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FreakumDress wrote:
Finally 1million plays <33
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LoveThe90s wrote:
My son loved the 'Teen Titans' cartoon and so did I... Memories.
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mathekr wrote:
the best japanese duo! <33
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kosukeatami wrote:
such a crap' but their HIT PARADE album works fine'
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Ferdokki wrote:
I LOVE THEM! THEY ARE SOOO CUTE AND AWESOME!!! I love how they got all into "Teen Titans" and everything.
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BJNinja wrote:
they rock j-pop n j-rock owns
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jamesos868 wrote:
just got bring it! its great
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deuxdoom wrote:
puffy awesome :D recently looks so young xD
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Cherrybooy wrote:
The best group in Japan, FACT ♥♥♥♥♥
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bigwillch wrote:
I would gladly stick it in both of them
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Ms_Vanessa_S wrote:
Le_in_Lully, yeah you right. they're cute!
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Less Than Jake
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COUNTDOWN JAPAN09/10
幕張メッセ国際展示場, 千葉県, Japan
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Recent Activity
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Pyrokene added PUFFY to Pyrokene’s library. 8 hours ago
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jenny2 tagged PUFFY with ‘j-pop’. 12 hours ago
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ongaku_dreams, TohruAyashi, stephany0510 and 2 other people added PUFFY to their libraries. yesterday morning
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AgentKaz tagged PUFFY with punk, j-music, fun and 10 other tags. Wednesday morning
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CrimsonReaper24, Otaku7, ritarepulsa and 38 other people added PUFFY to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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shinyhappyfit wrote about PUFFY in a deleted journal. last week
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mugippo313, erikakathryn, oigrrrl805 and 2 other people added PUFFY to their libraries. 11 days ago
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teh_kimi wrote about PUFFY in apple and cinnamuhhhhhhhn. 15 days ago
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sachikokyoto added PUFFY to sachikokyoto’s library. 16 days ago
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JJiko tagged PUFFY with j-pop, japanese and female vocalists. 17 days ago
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