Yumi Yoshimura

To me, Yumi Yoshimura will always be one half of PUFFY, that gloriously unbothered duo who made looking effortless into an art form. She and Ami sang like they'd just rolled off the couch, and somehow that laid-back, shoulders-down vibe is exactly what hooks you and won't let go. I love that there's real craft hiding under the chill: she plays guitar, the pair charmed their way across the Pacific into American cartoon-land, and they pulled it off without ever shouting "look at me." That's the trick I admire most, the calm that still has a spine running through it. A girl from Neyagawa in Osaka quietly soundtracking living rooms worldwide? Honestly, that's a lot cooler than it sounds, and I'm here for every loose, breezy minute of it.

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Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese singer, voice actress, guitarist, and translator born on January 30, 1975, in Neyagawa, Osaka. She is best known as one half of the pop duo PUFFY (internationally known as Puffy AmiYumi), whose official site is puffyamiyumi.com. In addition to her music career, she has worked as a voice actress abroad and plays guitar. Her debut date is not publicly known.

Name (English)

Yumi Yoshimura

Name (Japanese)

吉村由美

Reading

よしむら ゆみ

Born

January 30, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan

Occupation

Singer / Voice Actress / Guitarist / Translator

Spouse

西川貴教

Works summary

Appearances

14 (1997–2010)

By year

1997: 2, 2002: 3, 2005: 2, 2006: 1, 2010: 1

Debut work

V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.puffyamiyumi.com
• Xhttps://x.com/yumi_puffy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E6%9D%91%E7%94%B1%E7%BE%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2737572

Tags

• From Osaka
• Singer
• Voice Actress
• Guitarist

Last updated

2026-08-26

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