Yuko Hara
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Yuko Hara plays the keyboards
for Southern All Stars
. She is an accomplished vocalist, and writes many of her own songs.
She is married to Keisuke Kuwata
, the multi-instrumentalist
frontman for the Southern All-Stars, and bandleader of the Kuwata band. They share a love of the blues. Together, they have two sons. Her parents' home is a tempura
restaurant in Yokohama.
) (1997) (2007) (as Harafūmi, with Fūmidō) (2009)
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
for Southern All Stars
Southern All Stars
, also known by the abbreviations or SAS, is a Japanese pop/rock band that formed in the mid 1970s.The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata , Yuko Hara , Kazuyuki Sekiguchi , Hiroshi Matsuda and Hideyuki "Kegani" Nozawa...
. She is an accomplished vocalist, and writes many of her own songs.
She is married to Keisuke Kuwata
Keisuke Kuwata
has gained fame as a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All-Stars, as well as his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University....
, the multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
frontman for the Southern All-Stars, and bandleader of the Kuwata band. They share a love of the blues. Together, they have two sons. Her parents' home is a tempura
Tempura
], is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered and deep fried.-Batter:A light batter is made of cold water and soft wheat flour . Eggs, baking soda or baking powder, starch, oil, and/or spices may also be added...
restaurant in Yokohama.
Singles
(1981) (1981) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1987) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1990) (with Inamura Orchestra) (1991) (1991) (1991) (1997) (with Shingo KatoriShingo Katori
is the youngest member of SMAP, a popular Japanese idol group from the agency Johnny & Associates, and he is from Yokohama, Japan. Shingo Katori has acted in several dramas such as Three Peace, and has appeared as a voice actor in such anime series as Akazukin Chacha, in which he voiced the part of...
) (1997) (2007) (as Harafūmi, with Fūmidō) (2009)