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東京出身。幼少期、フランスポンピドゥー・センターにてアーティストである両親の一年間滞在制作を共にし、ポンピドゥー・センター元建築特別顧問であるジョン・デティエや美術評論家のアラン・ジュフロらに愛され、アートに囲まれ過ごす。
英国立ロンドン芸術大学 Central Saint Martins にて Fine Art を専攻。
主に女性や体内をテーマにし、ポエムを組み合わせた作品を制作。

作詞、音楽活動
Chic の元メンバーである Diva Gray や Boyz II Men の Nathan Morris に師事。
2014年 スイス Montreux Jazz Festival にて独自の日本語でのジャズのパフォーマンスが高く評価。東京では Cotton Club などで活躍。常に満席となる。
2019年から LA と東京を行き来し、グラミー賞ノミネートプロデューサー Raymond "Rey Reel" Martin(BeyoncéやBTSなど手掛ける)と楽曲制作。監督 Irene Ashu(代表作セレーナ・ウィリアムス「セレーナ」キム・カーダシアン「SKIMS」)と共にMVを制作。2021年、音楽活動引退発表。

主演、音楽、プロデュースを担当した短編映画「Blue」「The Dogu」は米国アカデミー賞公認短編映画祭 SSFF2016 にノミネートされ、フランス、ポルトガル、アテネ、ダラス国際短編映画際で上映。

Born in Tokyo, Japan. Grew up in a family of well-accomplished artists. Began painting from her pre-teen years; by the time she was a teenager, She was recognized by an art critic named Alain Jouffroy for her paintings. At Central Saint Martins, she began to explore the meaning of art in-depth and expanded her activities to include music and film. In 2021 from the authenticity of the art, developed a class collaboration with Mitsubishi Pencil, the largest stationery manufacturer in Japan.

Career Highlights

  • 2021 - LA; Released self-album "Yurifa" collaborated with Grammy Award-winning producers (Timothy Bullock, Rey Reel, Candace Wakefield)
  • 2021 - Tokyo; Developed a class with Mitsubishi Pencil
  • 2021 - LA; Self Music Video "Love" and "Pick Up" Collaborated with Irene Ashu (Directed for "SERENA" by Serena Willams, "SKIMS" by Kim Kardashian)
  • 2021 - Tokyo; Solo performance, Short films"15 minutes"
  • 2021 - Tokyo; Produced a self-portrait with Miyuki Matsuda
  • 2021 - Tokyo; Produced a self-portrait with Matthew Jordan Smith
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  • 2020 - Tokyo; Performed solo live Billboard JAPAN Marunouchi
  • 2019 - LA; Produced a self-portrait with Pamela Springsteen (Photographer for Adele, Bruce Springsteen)
  • 2016 - Tokyo; Produced and acted in short films "Blue"and "The Dogu” nominated at a short film festival officially recognized by the Academy Awards: SSFF & ASIA
  • 2015 - Tokyo; Performed solo live at the Cotton Club Tokyo
  • 2014 - Switzerland; Solo Performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
  • 2005 - Tokyo; Produced environmental music for the "Eye of the Heart" monument in the main plaza in the Japan Pavilion of the Aichi Expo

Music Releases

  • 2021 - Released self album “Yurifa" in the US
  • 2021 - Self album "Blue" ranked No.1 in Japanese Jazz
  • 2014 - High-resolution single "I'm Always Smoking Love” ranked No.1
  • 2011 - Film insert song "Smuggler" (Warner Bros)
  • 2010 - Film insert song "House Disney Peter Pan 2" (Avex)

Solo Performances

  • "Yurifa’s Christmas Night” at Motion Blue Yokohama (Blue Note Tokyo)
  • Nakasu Jazz Festival 
  • Motion Blue Yokohama(Blue Note Tokyo)
  • Barneys New York Shinjuku

Advertisements and Commercials

  • Real Madrid Official Water "Solan de Cabras" Japan Tie-up Song
  • Olympus Digital Camera General Catalog
  • Asahi Food & Health "Ippon Satisfaction Bar"
  • HITACHI "Mayu Clie"
  • HITACHI "Eye Clie"

Acting

  • Voice acted Ministry of Health, Animation "Gan-chan no Bouken" as Nurse, Patient
  • Movie "Humoresque Upside Down Butterfly" as YURIFA
  • Movie "The House where the Devil Lives" Episode 1 starring Ritsuko Suzuki
  • Short films "Blue" starring Yuri

Lyrics Column

  • WebSite "Mezzanine" Wine and Jazz Column "y in music"
  • Anime Festival Asia 2013 Singapore Official Theme Song "Origami" Lyrics

Design and Exhibitions

  • Minami Aoyama Belleza logo design
  • Nobuaki Kaneko drum stick logo design
  • Unsqueaky exhibition
  • Omotesando Kika Style exhibition
  • Nakameguro OVO exhibition
  • Hatsudai second exhibition

media

  • BRUTUS magazine Kishin Shinoyama serialization with Takayuki Yamada
  • Nihon Keizai Newspaper
  • Asahi Newspaper
  • Sankei Newspaper
  • Yomiuri Newspaper
  • Tokyo Newspaper
  • Sankei Express Newspaper
  • JAZZ JAPAN magazine
  • Rolling stone magazine
  • All Nippon Airways (ANA) international in-flight audio
  • Masatoshi Nagase photo book
  • "Tokyo Calendar"magazine
  • MC for Rainbow Town FM's "Music Friday”
  • MC for Radio Tsukuba "Yurifa's World Art Journey"
  • Cover of the New Year's issue of "ROD & REEL" published by Chikyumaru Publishing
  • a special feature on "Tokyo Walker" published by Kadokawa Publishing 8 pages

Awards

  • EMI/MSN fashion icon award & dance music award 2008, SLY prize Winning, New York King Street Sounds prize Winning
  • Short films "Blue" and "The Dogu”, nominated at a short film festival officially recognized by the Academy Awards: SSFF & ASIA, French international short film festival Signes de Nuit, and others in countries including the US, Portugal, Greece, India, and Romania

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