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さかいゆう

(Yu Sakai)

Pop music
Asiatic music
World music
Yu Sakai grew up in the remote fishing town of Tosashimizu in the south of Shikoku Island listening to Japanese folk and Enka (Speech) music. Aged 20 he started studying at the prestigious Tokyo School of Music before moving to Los Angeles two years later where he experienced gospel, jazz and hip-hop music. LA also enabled him to begin writing and recording, and collaborations such as that with former Boyz II Men member Marc Nelson. He moved back to Japan and in 2006 independently released his first album. He followed this by forming the Sakai Yu Band and signing to Augusta Recor...
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桜の闇のシナトラ (Sinatra, The Darkness Of Cherry Blossom)さかいゆう, John Scofield, Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart (Yu Sakai)
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嘘で愛して (Tell Me A Lie) (Usode Aishite (Tell Me A Lie))さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)
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孤独の天才 (So What) (Loneliness Is Not Always Bad Thing (So What))さかいゆう and Terrace Martin (Yu Sakai)
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ハッピー☆ブギ (Happy Boogie)中納良恵, さかいゆう and 趣里 (Yoshie Nakano, Yu Sakai and Shuri)
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君と僕の挽歌 (Kimi To Boku No Banka)さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)
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想い出オブリガード (Omoide Obrigado)さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)
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桜の闇のシナトラ (Sinatra, The Darkness Of Cherry Blossom)さかいゆう, John Scofield, Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart (Yu Sakai)

Yu Are Something

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嘘で愛して (Tell Me A Lie) (Usode Aishite (Tell Me A Lie))さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)

Ainodeban

4:09

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孤独の天才 (So What) (Loneliness Is Not Always Bad Thing (So What))さかいゆう and Terrace Martin (Yu Sakai)

Touch the World

5:11

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ハッピー☆ブギ (Happy Boogie)中納良恵, さかいゆう and 趣里 (Yoshie Nakano, Yu Sakai and Shuri)

ハッピー☆ブギ

3:41

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君と僕の挽歌 (Kimi To Boku No Banka)さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)

How's It Going?

5:51

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想い出オブリガード (Omoide Obrigado)さかいゆう (Yu Sakai)

Touch the World

6:17

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