Biography
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Born
19 August 1972 (age 51)
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Born In
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
米倉千尋 (Chihiro Yonekura), born August 19, 1972, is a Japanese singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. While Yonekura was attending university, she sent off several demonstration tapes to recording companies. She was scouted out, and received the opportunity to do the opening song "Arashi no Nakade Kagayaite" for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, as well as the ending song, "10 Years After". She debuted with a single containing both, which was successful. That same year she released three other singles and an album. Yonekura quickly gained a large fan base, and many shows selected her songs for opening and ending themes. She has now been singing and touring for 10 years. To celebrate her success, she released an album in 2005 entitled Cheers. During the years Chihiro Yonekura lost of her population, because many fans of her found her newer albums monoton. In 2010 she left the King Records, and went to Flying DOG. However her latest album: "Nakeru Anison" reached only #154 on the Oricon weekly charts, it seems popular worldwide.
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