Yuka Kashino

Yuka Kashino
樫野 有香
Kashino at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (2015)
Born (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 (age 36)[1]
Hiroshima, Japan
Other namesKashiyuka / Yuka-chan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
Musical career
Genres
Years active2000–present
Labels
Member of
Websitewww.perfume-web.jp

Yuka Kashino (樫野 有香, Kashino Yuka, born 23 December 1988), nicknamed Kashiyuka (かしゆか, stylized as KASHIYUKA[2]), is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the electropop group Perfume.[3]

Biography

Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Actor's School Hiroshima with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Ayano Ōmoto. She and Nishiwaki are the two original members of Perfume.

Kashino and Nishiwaki formed Perfume in 2000 with former member Yūka Kawashima, who left shortly after to focus on her schoolwork. Before Ōmoto joined Perfume after being asked by Nishiwaki, the two had not met.[4]

Kashino graduated from Horikoshi High School. She subsequently enrolled into J. F. Oberlin University, as the member's master and graduated in March 2011. Ōmoto attended the same university, but dropped out by 2008.

Kashino is also friends with fellow singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.[citation needed]

On 18 April 2008, Perfume made a special guest appearance performing "Ceramic Girl" at the ending of the drama Sumire 16 sai!!.[5]

On 23 March 2012, Perfume made a special guest appearance performing "Baby Cruising Love" in the movie Moteki.[6]

On 31 March and 1 April 2017, Kashino played the role of Okamido in the TV Tokyo special drama Pensées.[7]

In September 2017, Kashino dubbed the voice of the cake shop clerk in the Fastening Days 3 mini-series.[8]

Kashino's regular page "Kokontozai: Kashiyuka's Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts" in the monthly magazine Casa Brutus started with issue 217, which was released on 9 March 2018.[9]

In August 2024 KASHIYUKA collaborated with the project "SHAPE OF TENDO" by Tendo Mokko. She created "Rattan Side Table Limited Edition by KASHIYUKA".[10]

References

  1. ^ "Profile ｜ Perfume Official Site". Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ Biography – Perfume Official Site
  3. ^ "Perfume Profile – TJC Artists". Tokuma Japan Communications. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. ^ Flash magazine: "33 Shocking Legends of Perfume!". Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Perfumeの新曲"セラミックガール"がBSフジのドラマ｢スミレ 16歳!!｣の主題歌に". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Moteki". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Pensées" (in Japanese). Tv Tokyo. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ^ "YKKのショートアニメ第3弾「FASTENING DAYS 3」のテーマソングに「Sweet Refrain」が決定!!". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. ^ "新連載「古今東西 かしゆか商店」始まります。 Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA's Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts".
  10. ^ "KASHIYUKA will be participating in a project by the furniture brand Tendo Mokko!".
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