YUI began writing poems in the ninth grade, which would soon lead one of her friends, recommanding her to go and study the path of music. At a private school in her hometown, Fukuoka, Japan, YUI was able to study songs, songwriting, and guitar at the age 16. She was inspired to become an professional singer, so she carried her guitar around and sang at the local places.

In March 2003, Sony Music Japan hosted an audition. YUI sang three songs, "Why me" which was later put into her debut single, along with "It's A Happy Line" and "I Know", which were included on her indie single. She sat corssed-legged on the floor, she strummed her guitar, and sang. The judges and others present claimed that, "The performance created a tremendous aura from her heaveanly voice, and captured the hearts of the whole audience." All of the judges evaluated YUI with the highest score, which caused a jumble amonst record labels.

From there, YUI's singing career has been a successful path. To date, she has released 4 albums, 3 being studio albums and 1 being a best album, and 13 singles.




It's all too much / Never say die is YUI's fourteenth single. The single was released October 7, 2009. The two songs were used in the movie version of an anime called Kanji as the theme and insert song. The single debuted at #1 its first week, it was also certified Gold for shipment of 100,000. The titles below will lead you to their PVs.