Yumi Nakashima
Born December 1, 1979 is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist and singer-songwriter. She was the guitarist and main vocalist in the rock band GO!GO!7188 and is the founding member of Chirinuruwowaka. Nakashima has also released two solo albums since 2004.
Yumi Nakashima

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- Yumi Nakashima
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- 1 December 1979
- Birthplace
- Kagoshima, Japan
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Born December 1, 1979 is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist and singer-songwriter. She was the guitarist and main vocalist in the rock band GO!GO!7188 and is the founding member of Chirinuruwowaka. Nakashima has also released two solo albums since 2004.
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• Name — Yumi Nakashima • Alias — Yuu • Born — 1 December 1979 • Birthplace — Kagoshima, Japan • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — * Pop • rock • Years Active — 1998–present • Label — * EMI Music Japan • Yamamichi • Current Member Of — * Chirinuruwowaka • Yayyay • Past Member Of — GO!GO!7188 • Associated Acts — GO!GO!7188, Chirinuruwowaka
Early life
Early life
Nakashima's interest in music started in middle school after hearing her older sister's cassette tape of the song "Shima Uta" by rock band The Boom. The following year, in 1993, Nakashima attended The Boom's concert at the Kagoshima Citizen's Cultural Hall and was inspired to form a band once in high school.
Career
Career
February 2004 saw the release of Nakashima's debut solo album, Ten no Mikaku. While she wrote the music and lyrics for all the songs featured on it, the record contained contributions from other musicians, such as Hiromasa Yamakawa of The Boom. The album reached a top position of 43 on the Oricon chart, where it stayed for three weeks. The following year, Nakashima formed Chirinuruwowaka after finding that she preferred to work with a band as opposed to being solo. In 2019, Kazushi Tanaka (with whom Nakashima had previously worked on Ten no Mikaku) invited her to do some work on the third album of his Shizuka Kanata project. Tanaka also brought in Anzu Suzuhara and Junpei Hayashida to contribute to the songs. Eventually, they decided to form a band, naming it Yayyay. The group released their first mini album, I'm Here, in October 2020. In October 2021, Nakashima appeared on the Music Station 35th anniversary special as part of Elopers, a band formed by Ringo Sheena just for the event, along with Aina the End, Shiori Sekine, Hona Ikoka and Sheena herself. The group performed the Tokyo Jihen song "Gunjō Biyori" with Nakashima on guitar.
Albums
Albums
• Ten no Mikaku (March 1, 2004) • Yuu's Chicken Katsu (September 20, 2014)
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Yumi Nakashima was born on 1 December 1979.
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