ABOUT YUURI
Japanese singer-songwriter Yuuri (優里, full name: Kimura Yuuri 木村優里) originated from Chiba Prefecture, born on March 23, 1994. Yuuri started his musical career by forming a band "The Bugzy" which then disbanded in 2018 and Yuuri started anew by performing live on the street of Shibuya, which then he gained the title "King of Shibuya".
Owing to his unique voice and touching street performance, also his diligence in posting song covers on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, Yuuri gained more and more audience even got noticed by My First Story vocalist, Hiro.
Yuuri started his songwriting career by releasing "Kakurenbo" on December 2019, followed by "Kagome" two months later as an indie artist. After signing with Sony Music, Yuuri made his major debut through "Peter Pan" on August 2020. Yuuri's hit song "Dry Flower" was released on October 2020, succeeded making him more well known in Japan and even overseas.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

1. Does Yuuri make his own songs?
Yes! He does make his own melodies, write lyrics, and of course, perform the songs himself (except for some songs he made for other artists).
For arrangements of the final released songs, they are usually done by CHIMERAZ
Songs Yuuri writes for other artists
Some Yuuri song making journey2. What does Yuuri do besides music?
Yuuri is a YouTuber. Along with the other two channel members, Jun and Genta, he uploads videos daily. His content ranges from music related (song making, his own songs know-how, song covers, acoustic and piano version) to silly trivial videos (hidden cam, playing games, daily life rants).
One of his most popular content is the karaoke battle (YURIN) with other famous singers such as SPYAIR, My First Story, Saucy Dog, and Tani Yuuki.
Yuuri's YouTube Channel
YURIN Karaoke Battle Series3. What are Yuuri's fans called?
Yuuri's Official Fanclub was formed on June 6, 2021 with the name「ゆーりんち」(read as "Yuurinchi") which comes from "Yuuri" + "nchi" (which means someone's house). Fanclub subscribers receive special contents such as daily blogs Yuuri writes himself, concert photos, Yuuri Channel behinds, to early bird access for concert ticket sales.
Yuuri's Official Fanclub "Yuurinchi"4. Is there any anime OST among Yuuri songs?
Yuuri wrote the song "Infinity" for the ending soundtrack for the TV anime "SK8 The Infinity" and "Merry-Go-Round" for the anime movie "Kagami no Kojou".
Other than that, Yuuri wrote "Betelgeuse" as an original soundtrack for the drama "Super Rich" and "Natsune" was also written for a short drama "Dry Flower ~The Room in July~" based on his songs ("Kakurenbo" and "Dry Flower").
Other songs besides what was mentioned have no relation to any works.5. How is the song "Kakurenbo", "Dry Flower", "Tag" and "The day we become eternal love, not lovers" related?
Starting from "Kakurenbo" which is the male perspective of the story, the story continued into two branches, "Dry Flower" being the female perspective while "Tag" is the male perspective.
As stated by Yuuri's official account, "The day we become eternal love, not lovers" is the beginning of the last chapter of "Dry Flower" story. The song is the story epilog from the male perspective.
"Kakurenbo" and "Dry Flower" are made into a short drama "Dry Flower ~The Room in July~" (not the official english title) on the streaming platform Hulu.
Yuuri also mentioned briefly that "Christmas Eve" is related to the story but never specified which timeline the song takes.
"Natsune" is most likely related too since it is the OST for the short drama mentioned above, with lyrics telling the time when the couple was still together.
"Kakurenbo" The Home Take Performance
"Dry Flower" MV
"Tag" The First Take Performance
"Christmas Eve" MV
"The day we become eternal love, not lovers" MV
"Natsune" acoustic ver.6. Who is the friend Yuuri mentioned in "Shutter" The First Take Performance?
The friend Yuuri meant is Jun, his very first partner in creating youtube channel until now. Yuuri wrote the song based on Jun's love story, and Yuuri used the word "shutter" as in camera shutter since Jun is a cameraman. "Shutter" was initially made for Jun to sing as a challenge, then Yuuri release his own version later on.
"Shutter" Jun's ver. Song Making
"Shutter" Jun's ver. MV
"Shutter" Jun's ver. MV Reaction
"Shutter" Yuuri's ver. MV

YOUTUBE CHANNELOfficial Channel (for MVs and promotion)
Yuuri Channel (daily contents)

TEAMS
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Music

CHIMERAZ
A group of music creator, providing music and arrangements. Yuuri's songs are all arranged by CHIMERAZ, including The First Take performances and songs he wrote for other artists.
CHIMERAZ's "BOSS" is very close with Yuuri and other channel members.CHIMERAZ YouTube Channel

BAK
A male singer-songwriter with a soft voice whose music production is also taken care of by CHIMERAZ.
BAK barely shows his face and is mostly shown as mosaic on Yuuri's YouTube channel, only recently on "Bremen" MV and acoustic ver. he showed his face but with his eyes covered. He is considered as Yuuri's channel member even though he doesn't appear as much as the other three.
BAK sometimes does game streaming on his YouTube channel.CHIMERAZ's BOSS confirmed that BAK is actually a group of two. One is the singer which everyone knows and the other is the composer.
"Because You're Not My Heart (feat. Takaya Kawasaki)" by BAK
"="(Equal) MV by BAK feat. YO_CO

YO_CO
BAK's younger sister who also hides her face. She sings her own version of BAK's songs, which can be found on CHIMERAZ YouTube Channel. YO_CO is close with Yuuri and appeared several times on his YouTube channel. She does cover songs on her Instagram and TikTok.
Seemed like YO_CO has halted her musical activities since her name is no longer written in CHIMERAZ BOSS' Twitter Bio.
"Love Sing" by YO_CO
"="(Equal) MV by BAK feat. YO_CO

GEN INOUE
A genius 14 year old kid whose voice gets both BOSS and Yuuri's attention.
BOSS and Yuuri liked Gen's voice so much that they visited Gen's house to hear his singing in person and together wrote a song for him later on.
"My Thoughts on Happiness" by GEN INOUE
GEN INOUE YouTube Channel
More about Yuuri and Gen's encounter

ZARAME
A 20 years old singer-songwriter who is also a winner of Yuuri's Red Bull Jukebox Concert 2023 Campaign. CHIMERAZ's BOSS took a liking to her voice that she now is one of the artists under CHIMERAZ.
Zarame has released three singles and is currently active doing street live.
"Swimmy" by ZARAME
ZARAME Official YouTube Channel
Read this video description for a more detailed story about Zarame

YouTube Channel

JUN
Jun (real name: Jun Miyasaka, born in 1996) originated from Nagano Prefecture and is half-phillipines. He is the earliest Yuuri Channel member. Yuuri and Jun started the YouTube channel from zero, with "Kakurenbo" acoustic version as their first video and now they have gained more than 1 million subscribers.
Jun appears in the video, does the editing, and being the cameraman (hence Yuuri's song for him is called "Shutter"). Besides debuting as a soloist with the song "Shutter", Jun also formed a duo with Genta called "Junta", performing a hiphop song "Waraeyo" which also made by Yuuri along with CHIMERAZ.
"Shutter" Jun's ver. MV
"Waraeyo" by Junta MV

GENTA
Genta (real name: Genta Tsukamoto, born in 1993) is another channel member who joined after Jun. He came from Tokyo and also does the editing, appearing on the video, and being the cameraman.
Genta debuting as a singer through the duo "Junta" with Jun with a hiphop song "Waraeyo" made by Yuuri and CHIMERAZ.
"Waraeyo" by Junta MV

RYOTA
Ryota is the last one who joined Yuuri Channel. He mainly only does editing and calls himself as an editing (編集 or Hensyu in Japanese, hence his Twitter handle) staff even though Yuuri insists that Ryota is a channel member too.
Ryota has amazing singing skills that he often beats Yuuri in karaoke battles. Ryota persists he only wants to do singing as a hobby and once turned down Yuuri's song made for him but in the end he gave in and released his first single, "Duplicate Key" (アイカギ or Aikagi)
"Duplicate Key" by Yuuri Channel Editorial Staff MV
"Duplicate Key" Acoustic MV

NARI
Nari was a Yuuri Channel member, born in 1999 in Ibaraki Prefecture. Nari is Ryota's friend in college and the one who brought Ryota to join the channel.
Nari was a band vocalist during his high school days and Yuuri always supported his musical career through giving recording ticket on Nari's birthday, encouraging to perform on the street live, even made a song for him (though Nari picked CHIMERAZ's one instead).
"Long Hair" by Nari MV
"Diver" by Nari MV
"Othello Syndrome" by Nari MVNari now has "graduated" from Yuuri's channel and currently starting his own career as a musician. He often does street live around Shibuya City.

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SONGS MADE BY YUURI SUNG BY OTHER ARTISTS

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