Ito Yuna rev 3.0

One of my favorite JPOP artists. So good looking. Unfortunatly she is half-japanese :-) Started in 2005-2006 and now she is the best young singer in Japan (for me). Great PV is "Loosin", so attractive :-)

rev 3.0: added last "Trust You" PV. Good video ideas to show Yuna in best poses and lanscapes, but somthing is missing, I don't like it like I love "Losin'". Maybe she got a little additional weight, don't know :-) In all case must see. (NB: You can receive audio-video syncronization problem with this PV, just use another codec or player, for example VLC plays in sync)

Bio: Yuna Ito (伊藤 由奈 Itō Yuna) (born September 20, 1983) is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan. Ito was born to a Japanese father and a Korean-American mother in Los Angeles. Her family later moved to Oahu, Hawaii where she remained until the start of her singing career in Japan. From a young age Ito dreamed about becoming a singer, after being inspired by the powerful vocals of Mariah Carey.

In 2005, Ito was chosen to portray Reira Serizawa, the vocalist for rock band Trapnest in the film adaptation of Ai Yazawa's popular manga series Nana. She released her debut single, "Endless Story", under the name "Reira Starring Yuna Ito". It debuted on the Oricon chart at the #2 position. Her second single, "Faith/Pureyes" (2006). Her third single, "Precious", which debuted at #3 on the charts. Ito released three more singles in 2006; "Stuck on You", "Losin'", and "Truth". The singles debuted at the respective numbers of #20, #19 and #10.

Ito started off 2007 with the release of her debut album Heart. Upon its release Heart topped the Oricon album chart. Heart was certified Double Platinum. In March, Ito released her seventh single, "I'm Here". The single following "I'm Here" was "Mahaloha" (June), which was a collaboration with Micro from the band Def Tec. At the end of the year, Ito released her ninth single, "Urban Mermaid". Her tenth single, entitled Anata ga Iru Kagiri: A World to Believe In, was released in on January 16, 2008. The song is a duet with Celine Dion.

In June 2008, Ito collaborated with popular Japanese music producer Takeshi Kobayashi (who produced music for Mr. Children, a famous Japanese band) and Russian conductor Mikhail Pletnev, to sing Gate, the theme song for documentary movie with the same name, Gate. Her eleventh single entitled "Miss You" was released on September 3, 2008.

Ito released an English version of new single "Koi wa Groovy x2", entitled "groovy x2" under the pseudonym Christine Ito. On March 31, 2009 Ima Demo Aitai Yo... feat. Spontania (今でも会いたいよ... lit. I Still Miss You?), which was the answer song to Spontania's "Ima Demo Zutto"

Filmography:

Year  Film  Role
2005 Nana Reira Serizawa
2006 Nana 2 Reira Serizawa

Check:



PVs (some in double variants, for those who wants enchanced quality):

REIRA starring YUNA ITO - ENDLESS STORY.mpg

Precious.avi

Losin' You.avi



Losin' You.mpg (ench. quality)

I'm Here.avi



I'm Here.mpg (ench. quality)

Stuck on you.avi

Urban Mermaid.mpg

Mahaloha.mpg

Miss you.avi

Spontania feat. Ito Yuna - Ima Demo Zutto.avi

Yuna Ito x Celine Dion - Anata ga Iru Kagiri~A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN~.mpeg

Ito Yuna - trust you

Live videos:

Ito Yuna & Mika Nakashima - ENDLESS STORY and GLAMOROUS SKY and Talk (Japan Record Awards 2005.12.31).avi

Ito Yuna - miss you (Music Japan 080904).ts (HDTV)