Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, 1987 in Fuku… Read Full Bio ↴Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan), is a japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She sings and plays acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs, and apart from playing acoustic guitar, she also likes watching movies, reading books, and playing badminton. Her third single "LIFE" was the fifth ending theme for BLEACH, a popular Japanese anime series, which has brought her some international fame.

YUI began writing poems in ninth grade. At the age of 16, by recommendation of a friend, she began studying song, songwriting, and guitar at a private music school in her native Fukuoka. Aspiring to become professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places such as the seashore of Shingu and in the middle of the rice fields of Kaminofu.

In March 2003, at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, all judges evaluated her with the highest score, which caused a fierce scramble among labels. At this audition, she sang three songs - her first song "Why me", which was later coupled with her debut single, as well as "It's happy line" and "I know", which were included on her indie single - as opposed to the audition rule that a participant could only sing two songs. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, she strummed her guitar and sang. The judges and the others present claimed that "the performance created a tremendous aura from her heavenly voice, and captured the hearts of the whole audience".

Upon leaving her home of Fukuoka for Tokyo, YUI wrote the song "feel my soul". She was planning release on an indie label as a tribute to her hometown, when the song caught the ears of Fuji TV producer, Mr. Yamaguchi, who happened to see the demo video clip. He claimed YUI's voice haunted him so much that he went out of his way to visit the recording studio himself. He even made his channel's prime-time drama an extraordinary tie-in with YUI's debut track.

Although she is not the most comfortable when it comes to talking to people, she enjoys communicating with her audience at street performances in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka.

Her fifth single is "Good-bye days", which was also the theme for the film "Taiyou no Uta" ("Midnight Sun"). YUI took a role of a leading actress herself. The artist usually listed as singing "Good-bye days" is YUI for 雨音薫 (YUI for Kaoru Amane).

YUI's seventh single, "Rolling star", is the fifth opening theme of BLEACH. Selling almost 150,000 copies, it is YUI's second highest selling single to date (first being "Good-bye days" with over 200,000 copies.)

After taking a five-month long hiatus beginning in late August 2008, YUI celebrated her return by releasing the single "Again" which was chosen as the first theme song for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Instantaneously successful, the song had the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009, selling over 110,000 copies.

More info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui_(singer)

Official site: www.YUI-net.com

No Reason
YUI Lyrics

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待ち合わせた白いドアの喫茶店
大きな窓からスカイブルーに広がる世界

都会を離れて思った
呆気ないほど
日常はシンプルに
廻っているんだ

晴れのち曇り
ときどき雨
答えようもない気持ち
No reason reason baby
哀しみと
No way no answer
うまく付き合いたい

息を切らして
あなたは来てくれた

「電話の声ちょっと元気がなかったよ」と

優しい人で良かった
心配かけたよね?

いつもごめん
嬉しかったわ

気まぐれだって
思うかな?
見えないこの気持ち

胸の奥で巡っている
No way no answer
やっかいな感情なの

湖の見えるこの場所
Gone with the wind
あなたが居てくれるなら
穏やかだわ

晴れのち曇り
ときどき雨
答えようもない気持ち
No reason reason baby
哀しみが
No way no answer

こみ上げてくるたび
こんな弱いあたしの事

受け止めてくれるひと
ありがとう
帰りはドライヴで

心ポッかり
風に流された

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of YUI's "No Reason" tell the story of a couple who meet at a café through a white door. They are in a calm and serene atmosphere with a beautiful sky-blue world outside the window. The singer contemplates how simple and uneventful everyday life can be, characterized by the occasional cloudy day or rain shower. She describes her emotions as "No reason reason baby," referring to how it is difficult to understand or explain why she feels certain things, such as sadness, without a clear reason.

The couple's feelings towards each other are also explored, with the singer expressing how glad she is that the person she's with is kind and concerned for her well-being, even when her voice is lacking in energy on the phone. She apologizes for any inconvenience she may have caused him, and says that he brings a sense of peace and calm to her life. The song ends with the two going for a drive, with the wind carrying their worries away and their hearts feeling light.

Line by Line Meaning

待ち合わせた白いドアの喫茶店
We agreed to meet at a white door café.

大きな窓からスカイブルーに広がる世界
The sky blue world stretches out from the big window.

都会を離れて思った
I left the city and thought

呆気ないほど
It was so uninspiring.

日常はシンプルに
Everyday is simple

廻っているんだ
And it keeps going.

晴れのち曇り
Sunny then cloudy.

ときどき雨
Sometimes rain.

答えようもない気持ち
A feeling with no answer.

No reason reason baby
No reason, baby.

哀しみと
With sadness