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Yumi Matsutoya

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  • Archive Panic: Has 37 studio albums, 2 extended plays, 2 live albums, and about an album's worth of songs that were exclusive to singles.
  • Creator Couple: Married her producer Masataka Matsutoya.
  • Darker and Edgier: Her 1980 album "Toki no Nai Hotel" (The Hotel Without Time) isn't relentlessly dark, but has a very moody and somber tone compared to a lot of her other albums.
  • Shout-Out: Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performed to a piano version of "Haru yo, koi" as one of his gala/exhibition programs, because his mother (coincidentally also named Yumi) is a big fan of Yumi Matsutoya and listened to the original a lot when she was pregnant with him.
  • Signature Song: Has several.
    • From her time as Yumi Arai, we have "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara" (If I'm Enveloped In Tenderness), "Rouge no Dengon" (Message in Rouge), "Chuo Freeway," and "Soutsugyou Shashin" (Graduation Photo).
    • From her time as Yumi Matsutoya, we have "Destiny," "Mamotte Agetai" (I Want to Protect You), "Hello, my friend," and "Haru yo, koi" (Come, Spring).

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