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Puffy AmiYumi
Background information
Years active1995–present
Members(Touring band)
Ami Onuki (vocals)
Yumi Yoshimura (vocals)
Fumio Yanagisawa (guitar)
Takeshi Tsuji (guitar)
Hiroharu Kinoshita (bass)
Takashi Furuta (drums)
Junichi Fujimoto (keyboards)

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" or "Puff Daddy"), is a Japanese pop/rock duo.

Ami Onuki, whose nickname is "Jane", and Yumi Yoshimura, 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).

Achievements

Whoooooooo!!!!!! go me!!!!! I love myself!!! Ashley loves herself!!!! AQshley loves Andrew!!!! he is so sexy to her!!!

Influences

It has been noted that many of Puffy's songs are heavily influenced by a wide range of artists: ABBA, The Beatles, The Blue Hearts, The Cardigans, ELO, The Supremes, Elvis Costello, Ramones, Stereolab, The Buggles, The Who, and even Black Sabbath.

Discography

Albums

Singles

  1. "Asia no Junshin" (1996)
  2. "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (1996)
  3. "Circuit no Musume" (1997)
  4. "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru etc." (1997)
  5. "Mother/Nehorina Hahorina" (1997)
  6. "Ai no Shirushi" (1998)
  7. "Tararan/Puffy no Tourmen" (1998)
  8. "Puffy de Rumba" (1998)
  9. "Nichiyobi no Musume" (1999)
  10. "Yume no Tame ni" (1999)
  11. "Umi e to/Pool nite" (2000)
  12. "Boogie Woogie No. 5" (2000)
  13. "Atarashii Hibi" (2001)
  14. "Aoi Namida" (2001)
  15. "Hurricane" (2002)
  16. "Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (2002)
  17. "Sunrise" (2004)
  18. "Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (2005)
  19. "Hi Hi" (2005)
  20. "Mogura Like" (2006)
  21. "Tokyo I'm On My Way!" (2006)
  22. "Hazumu Rizumu" (2006) [1]
  23. "Hataraku Otoko" (2006)

Compilation

  1. Puffy Re-Mix Project (PRMX) (1999)
  2. The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever (2000)
  3. An Illustrated History (2002) U.S.
  4. PRMX Turbo (2003)
  5. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004) U.S.

DVDs

The release date on DVD is in parentheses

Performances:

  1. RUN! PUFFY! RUN! 1996 (2000)
  2. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 1997 (2000)
  3. Jet Tour '98 (2000)
  4. Jet 1998 (2000) - Music videos, including Chinese version of "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"
  5. Fever*Fever 1999 (2000) - Concert footage from Fever Fever tour
  6. CLIPS (2000.07.05 and VHS)
  7. PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
  8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
  9. Funclips Funclub (2005)

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Series:

  1. Let's Go! (2005)
  2. Rock Forever! (2006)

Books

  1. PUFFY 10th Anniversary Book
  2. Hi Hi PUFFY English

Video games

Other works

  • Hosted the Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy show
  • Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live (April 25, 2005)[2]
  • Played "Electric Beach Fever" and "That's the Way It Is" at Japan's New Year's Eve Countdown show (2005-2006).[3][4]
  • Recorded a version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Cyndi Lauper on her album, The Body Acoustic.
  • Recorded the Teen Titans theme song (Audio file "TEEN_TITANS_GO!!!!.ogg" not found).
  • Recorded the opening theme (Sunrise) for SD Gundam Force (Audio file "PREVIEW - Puffy AmiYumi - Sunrise.ogg" not found).
  • Two songs from PUFFY's Solo Solo album, Yumi Yoshimura's solo song, Kyouki na Futari (Perfect Couple) for an opening theme and Ami Onuki's solo song, Tadaima (I'm Home) for an ending theme were recorded for the anime show, Tokyo Pig.
  • Recorded the song "Hito Natsu No Keiken" on the Yamaguchi Momoe Tribute Album "Tribute Thank You For..."
  • Recorded a cover version of the Guitar Wolf song "Can-Nana Fever" on a tribute album "I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much".
  • Contributed backing vocals on "Sayonara" for an early American version and eventual Japanese version of Bleu's album Redhead.
  • Friends Forever was featured on the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed soundtrack (Audio file "PREVIEW_-_Puffy_AmiYumi_-_Friends_Forever.ogg" not found).
  • Asia no junshin was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.1 (Audio file "PREVIEW - Puffy AmiYumi - True Asia.ogg" not found).
  • Asia no junshin was also featured in the arcade game Taiko no tatsujin 5.
  • Atarashii hibi was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.2
  • Hajimari no uta was featured on the compilation album Jpop CD, Vol. 2 and was featured in the Pokémon movie: Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
  • Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi was used in Donkey Konga 3 and the Japanese film Wasabi [5]
  • Ai no shirushi was featured in the Japanese film Waterboys [6]

Tours

West Coast Tour 2005

The Never Ending were supporting these shows. The Aquabats joined the shows in LA and San Diego.

  • Friday 22nd April - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom (9pm)
  • Saturday 23rd April - Seattle, WA - The Showbox (8pm)
  • Sunday 24th April - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre (9:15pm)
  • Wednesday 27th April - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore (8pm)
  • Friday 29th April - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre (9pm)
  • Saturday 30th April - San Diego, CA - SOMA (9pm)
  • Monday 2nd May - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre (8pm)

Puffy AmiYumi toured the U.S. East Coast in August 2005. Visited cities were Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Toronto.

East Coast Tour 2006 (Splurge! Splurge! Splurge!)

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Official Logo of the Splurge! Splurge! Splurge! Tour

On May 11, Puffy AmiYumi announced US (East Coast) tour dates:[7]

Summer Sonic Summer Festival in Japan 2006

On July 5th Puffy AmiYumi announced these dates on their official site: [9]

  • Sunday 30th July - Fukuoka, Japan - HIGHER GROUND 2006 Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
  • Friday 4th August - Ibaraki, Japan - ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL '06 Hitachi Seaside Park
  • Saturday 12th August - Chiba, Japan - SUMMER SONIC 2006
  • Sunday 13th August - Osaka, Japan - SUMMER SONIC 2006
  • Thursday 17th August - Miyagi, Japan - ROCK ROCK KON-NICHIWA! in Sendai Zepp Sendai
  • Friday 18th August - Tokyo, Japan - J-WAVE LIVE 2000+6 Yoyogi Gymnasium
  • Saturday 2nd September - Osaka, Japan - ROCK ROCK KON-NICHIWA! 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Izumiohtsu Phoenix
  • Sunday 10th September - Okinawa, Japan - OkinawAmp'06 Tug+CHU!

Note: Also playing at the Summer Festival are Fall Out Boy, El Presidente and The Cardigans.[10]

Trivia

  • During their East Coast tour, Puffy sold their new album Splurge at concerts before it's release date.
  • On the back of their Splurge! Splurge! Splurge! Tour T-Shirts, it said "On June 18th 1853 the US navy sailed into Yokohama Bay and opened Japan to Western influence. 153 years later, Puffy AmiYumi are touring USA" [11]

See also

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