Ito Yuna
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Ito Yuna is a Hawaii-raised Japanese-Korean singer and actress under Sony Music Records. She is most known for her debut single in 2005, ENDLESS STORY, which was featured in a crucial scene in the hit movie NANA. In this same film she played the character Serizawa Reira, the vocalist of the rival band, TRAPNEST. This single would debut at #2 on the charts and eventually sell over 400,000 copies. Ito is also widely known for her third single, Precious, which was used as the movie LIMIT OF LOVE Umizaru's theme song. In 2007 her debut album HEART reached #1 on Oricon charts.
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- Name: Ito Yuna (伊藤由奈)
- Birthday: September 20, 1983
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California USA
- Citizenship: American
Information
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, Yuna's single went on to outsell 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 Yuna'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.
Yuna graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu. Her parents own a Japanese restaurant in Kaimuki. Yuna 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' #19
- [2006.12.06] Truth (REIRA starring YUNA ITO)
- [2007.03.14] I'm Here #15
- [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 Celine Dion)
- [2008.09.03] miss you
- [2008.11.26] Koi wa groovyx2 (恋はgroovy×2; Love is groovy groovy)
- [2009.01.28] Ima Demo Zutto (今でもずっと; Now and Forever ) (Spontania feat. Ito Yuna)
- [2009.03.04] trust 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 (セリーヌ・ディオン・トリビュート) (#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)
- [2009.04.01] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 04 (#30 trust you -Gundam 00 Version-)
- [2009.04.29] Yume ga Kanau Uta (#3 ENDLESS STORY)
