Yoko was born in Hokkaido, Japan. Since young she played the piano and was trained in classical music. Her favorite artists are Radiohead, Debussy, and a Japanese idle pop-star, Seiko Matsuda. She was influenced by variety of musicians. She showed outstanding talent in composing and song writing while in college where she studied music. She had constantly worked on making her own songs and had numerous lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido then moved to Tokyo in 2001.
Her professional debut was in 2001. Her song,”Boku ha dorobo” was handpicked and sung by a Japanese pop singer and also an actress, Kyoko Koizumi in her album, “'KYO→2 ~ ANNIVERSARY SONG.” In 2003, she was chosen as the annual best and received a first place in nifty@nobis, a mainstream internet based audition program. The same year, Yoko participated in the solo album “bonyari bonyari” which was released by Hirobumi Suzuki, the member and bassist of long-lived Japanese rock band, Moonriders. The following year in 2004, Japanese subculture magazine “Bikkuri House” held the 30th anniversary music festival in Tokyo, and Yoko was invited to perform with Hirobumi Suzuki and Masahiro Takekawa in Moonriders at the event. In 2006, her first album “Yubiippon De Taosarerudarou” was released. The same year in the fall her songs were featured in the movie, “Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru − I carry a Ticket of Eternity”, and its soundtrack album was released. Kazutoki Umezu, a famous saxophone player and producer of the album said, “The beauty of her music is exquisite.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.