Welcome to the J-Pop World featured artist site for the Japanese duo Puffy AmiYumi. Since entering the world stage in 1996 Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura have recorded over ten CDs, toured in both Asia and North America, done countless TV appearances and commercials and have established an international fan base. (Read more at Puffy Biography.)

New Lavshuca Ad is running in Japan. The Lavshuca website currently features videos of Ami and Yumi and a new wallpaper: Wallpaper.

Our forum member Cerahbes sent us the following picture of the ad in Nihobashi station: Picture.

New Single "My Story" has been released on August 6th. The bonus DVD version includes footage from the December 19th 2007 Honeysweeper show at the SHIBUYA-AX.

On June 16th Ami posted the following info on her blog:

"So, info on the next single "My Story" has started being posted. Yep, the lyrics have been written by Puffy AmiYumi. And the other day the director of the music video said "the lyrics for this song is really good"...I was so happy I was about to float up to the clouds. But, I don't think we've ever written lyrics like this love story. We'd be so happy if the lyrics fill up your hearts. The song is totally full speed and this is another one of those songs that will grow as we do more shows."

According to David of the Merrymakers: "About "My Story" the story is that I originally made an attempt at writing the melody that ABBA never wrote. But since the demo ended up sounding so much like ABBA it didn't really make sense recording it properly so it was lying around for quite some time. But when we were asked by Puffy to produce and record the song for them Anders and I made a "puffyfied" version with a much more rockin' feel. We feel that the melody eventually has found its home with Puffy and it's a great feeling. We are again delighted to work with Puffy and hope to be doing it again soon..."

New Puffy Single called All Because of You was released in Japan on May 21st. Puffy's official site has just announced that you can now download the songs. Here is the link they gave (if you have used it please leave us a comment at the forum).

The title track was written by Butch Walker and Avril Lavigne (official site). Butch Walker has written songs for Puffy on both Splurge and Honeycreeper. Avril is probably best known for her song "Girlfriend." If you want to add to the 77 million view count for the song at YouTube here is the link.

The second track was Frontier no Pioneer by Puffy's longtime songwriter and producer Tamio Okuda. The song is being used for a commercial for a Kagome vegetable juice called "Yasai Seikatsu 100!"

The third track was the RYUKYUDISKO remix of Butch Walker's Closet Full of Love.

The first press limited edition will include a bonus DVD featuring four songs from the December 19th show at SHIBUYA-AX from PUFFY TOUR 2007 Honeysweeper. Songs will include Boom Boom Beat, Tokyo I'm On My Way, Kimi to Autobike and Circuit no Musume.

The public got a sneak peak at the cover art for the new single on March 25th when Ami brought a poster with her on an appearance on the Japanese variety show Waratte Iitomo. Here is the photo of Ami before the show from their MySpace and official site.

Puffy will be performing in Japan at various venues and with other groups this year. There is still no announcement on a date for the US release of Honeycreeper or a possible North American tour. Here is the Japanese schedule to date:

Bent Beat Special - Link.
May 22nd - @ZEPP TOKYO

Miyako Island Rock Festival 2008 - Link.
June 21 Miyako Island Coastal Resort, Okinawa.

Puffy All Because of You Live 2008
July 8 (Tuesday) Osaka's Namba Hatch
July 9 (Wednesday) Nagoya's Club Diamond Hall
July 11 (Friday) Tokyo's JCB Hall

Japan in Rock Festival 2008 - Link.
August 1st to 3rd

Yumi's Other Band. Here's a little something yom1970 at the Forum discovered. Yumi is in a side band called CQA, which stands for C Quick Attacker. Her other band members are Kataru, Ryo and TO-BU. They apparently performed 2 concerts together back in 2005. After taking a long hiatus they are going to perform their first new show on May 18th at the Chelsea Hotel in Tokyo (show is sold out).

Happy Anniversary! On May 13th Ami and Yumi celebrated the 12th year anniversary of the 1996 release of their very first single, Asia no Junshin (True Asia).

On behalf of everyone at Puffy AmiYumi World and the Forum we hope there will be many, many more songs and performances to come. Go Puffy Go!

A Bootleg Video consisting of a short 1:47 cell phone video capture of Puffy singing Tokyo I'm On My Way from their November Honeysweeper show in Vancouver is (or was) playing at YouTube. While I always encourage fans to support Puffy by buying their music I doubt this is going to bother their management much so here is the link. Anyone see themselves?

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Here is the video for "My Story." Join our forum and tell us what you think about it.



Our list of interviews with Japanese groups and related artists is growing each week. Checkout the lineup so far:
BO-PEEP - a punk rock group from Fukuoka.
The Crab Bubbles - Dale and Chiha Richard's group.
Gina Hiraizumi - Japanese-American actress turned singer.
Kaila Yu - the lead singer of Nylon Pink and MySpace superstar.
Kiyomi - a singer and songwriter from New York.
The Moist Towelettes - 2 Canadians and 2 Japanese singers.
Petty Booka - A Hawaiian style Japanese duo.
Rayna - an up and coming Japanese singer, dancer and model.
Seiji of Guitar Wolf - he did the solo in the Teen Titans video.
Sooners - Japanese rock group with two lead singers.
Hiko Suzuki - a Tokyo singer with a flair for Japanese fashion.
Yoshida Brothers - modern masters of the Shamisen.
Linus of Hollywood - He wrote Puffy's song Kimi ga Suki as well as Kaela Kimura's hit Magic Music.
Merrymakers - See what Anders Hellgren and David Myhr had to say about writing and producing music for Puffy.
Butch Walker - Read about Butch Walker's songwriting for Puffy and which of them he has had a crush on.

Puffy AmiYumi World Forum: Come join the forum dedicated to discussing all things Puffy AmiYumi. Talk with fellow Puffy fans and make some new (or discover some old) friends.

Kaela Kimura World: If you like Puffy you might also like this singer. You'll be seeing much of the new site's look here when Puffy AmiYumi World gets its 2008 makeover.

GO!GO!7188 World: GO!GO!7188 is a hard rocking Japanese group that have been playing together for seven years. See their featured artist site come of age alongside Kaela Kimura World.

New  Honeysweeper Reviews are in! Read all sixteen fan reviews of the shows posted on our forum or sent to my MySpace page.

Puffy AmiYumi World has been voted the Top-300 J-Pop Site many times now. Thanks so much to Yasuko, Yoshie, Masaaki, Yuko, Yasuhide, Sebastian, Satomi, Satomi (Blue Moon), Kuriko, Kiko, Mikachi, Naomi, "Uncle Carl" and everyone else who keeps voting for us. Team Puffy picture.

You can help spread the word by voting for us each day. Just click on this link and then "Enter and vote."

- Updates to Puffy AmiYumi World -

February - Site is getting a redesign for 2008.

Puffy AmiYumi World joins J-Pop World.
January - We made Yumi Yoshimura a Birthday Card.
December - Pages get cosmetic and navigation upgrade.

A new site GO!GO!7188 World is launched.

A new site Kaela Kimura World is launched.

Essay Contest: "Why I like Puffy AmiYumi" (5 CD prize).

Christmas Card Contest to spread some holiday cheer.

Started a blog at blogspot.com.

- Past Updates and Features Archive -

Puffy AmiYumi World 2006-2008 is an unofficial featured artist site of J-Pop World run by Andrew of Indianapolis. Send comments to comments or contact me at MySpace.com.