YU-KA

 (由薫) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Profile

 * Language: English
 * Born in Okinawa, raised in the US, Switzerland and Japan.
 * She grew up listening to Western music under the influence of her music-loving father, and fell in love with music itself after performing in a musical and seeing a play on Broadway when she was in elementary school, and began listening to music from around the world on the Internet.
 * At the age of 15, she bought an acoustic guitar and started playing in cover units and bands.
 * At the age of 17, she started creating original music.
 * Currently, she is active on social networking sites and performs at many live events.