Ito Yuna
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Profile
- Name: Ito Yuna (伊藤由奈)
- Birthday: September 20, 1983
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California USA
- Citizenship: American
Information
Ito Yuna got her break acting as Reira in the movie NANA, and released her debut single from the movie, Endless Story, which reached #2 on the Oricon, just below Nakashima Mika's Glamorous Sky single from the movie. However, Ito's single went on to outsell Nakashima Mika's. This feat put her at #20 on the top 50 singles of 2005 on the Oricon charts.
In 2005 she was voted "Best New Artist" in the Best Hit Kayousai 2005.
Pureyes, one of the A-side tracks on Ito's 2nd single, Faith / Pureyes was featured in a Bioclen Zero CM. Her third single, Precious, is the theme song to the movie LIMIT OF LOVE Umizaru.
Ito graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu. Her parents own a Japanese restaurant in Kaimuki. Ito is half-Japanese, half-Korean as her father is Japanese and her mother is Korean. She speaks English as her native language, and Japanese as a second language. She can also write fluently in kana.
An interesting bit of trivia is that her name, when written in Western form ("Yuna Ito" as opposed to "Ito Yuna") becomes the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "unite".
Discography
Albums
Singles
- [2005.09.07] ENDLESS STORY (REIRA starring YUNA ITO)
- [2006.03.01] Faith / Pureyes
- [2006.05.03] Precious
- [2006.08.09] stuck on you
- [2006.09.06] losin'
- [2006.12.06] Truth (REIRA starring YUNA ITO)
- [2007.03.14] I'm Here
- [2007.06.27] Mahaloha ([Haw]: Thanks and Love) (Ito Yuna with Micro of Def Tech)
- [2007.10.24] Urban Mermaid
- [2008.01.16] Anata ga Iru Kagiri ~A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN~ (あなたがいる限り; As Long as You are Here) (Ito Yuna x Céline Dion)
- [2008.09.03] miss you
- [2008.11.26] Koi wa groovy×2 (恋はgroovy×2; Love is groovy groovy)
- [2009.03.04] trust you
Digital Download
- [2009.03.23] Ima Demo Aitai yo... feat. Spontania (今でも 会いたいよ...; Right Now, I'm Missing You)
Compilation / Other
- [2005.09.28] NANA Original Soundtrack (#16 ENDLESS STORY (SOUNDTRACK VERSION))
- [2006.03.01] THE JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD 2006 (#12 ENDLESS STORY)
- [2005.12.20] NANA 2 Original Soundtrack (#22 Truth (NANA2 original soundtrack version))
- [2007.09.26] TRIBUTE TO CELINE DION (#1 MY HEART WILL GO ON)
- [2008.04.16] J-MOVIE SONGS (#3 Precious)
- [2008.09.24] Shiawase ni Narou Uta (#1 Precious)
- [2008.10.29] .LOVE (#5 ENDLESS STORY)
- [2009.01.28] Spontania feat. Ito Yuna - Ima Demo Zutto (今でもずっと; Now and Forever) ( )
- [2009.04.01] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 04 (#30 trust you -Gundam 00 Version-)
- [2009.04.29] Yume ga Kanau Uta (#3 ENDLESS STORY)
- [2009.07.08] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 COMPLETE BEST (#9 trust you)