Yo Hitoto

Hitoto Yo

  • Name: Hitoto Yo
  • Native name: 一青窈
  • Given name:
  • Also Known as: Yan Yao, Hitoto You, 顏窈
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 20, 1976
  • Age: 47
Hitoto Yo, born September 20, 1976 in Taiwan, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Hitoto is best known for her extremely popular debut single "Morai Naki". She is Taiwanese through her father and Japanese through her mother.
Hitoto Yo lived in Taipei until her kindergarten years, then moved to Japan after her father's death, caused by lung cancer. Hitoto (一青) is not actually her last name, but is her mother's maiden name which she took when she moved back to Japan. However, when Hitoto was 16 her mother died, leaving her sister Tae to take care of her.
After her high-school years, Hitoto enrolled in the prestigious Keiou University, where she majored in Environmental Studies and joined an a cappella group called K.O.E.. She was a backup singer for a while until she met Kitayama Yoichi of The Gospellers, who convinced her to compose music.
Before her Japanese debut, Hitoto sang the video game Dynasty Warriors' Chinese theme song, "Sheng Lu ~Circuit~". This song later appears on her "Edo Polka / Yume Nakaba" single as "Seiro~MAZE" (the kanji is the same for both titles).
Hitoto debuted with the single "Morai Naki", reaching #4 on the Oricon weekly charts and charting for an amazing 68 weeks in the top 200 singles. The single became the #13 single of 2003, and was awarded the Best Hit Artist, with the Debut Artist of the Year award at the Nihon Record Taishou. Since then, Hitoto has recieved sustained popularity, such as with her recent single "Kazaguruma", which was used as the theme song to the movie Semishigure.
In late 2006 Hitoto released her first 'best of' collection, entitled BESTYO. The album, featuring a new song of hers, "Tentou Mushi", was a smash hit. It reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold over 700,000 copies: making it Hitoto's best selling album.
In November it was announced that Hitoto would be releasing a new single called "Fuyumeku" in January, which was composed by Kobayashi Takeshi. However, later the single was cancelled. The song was even performed at Hitoto's BESTYO Free CONCERTYO open air concert, however when the concert was aired on Yahoo! Douga (Yahoo! Japan's free streaming site) and when a special edition of BESTYO called BESTYO+CONCERTYO featuring the concert on DVD was released Fuyumeku was not present on eiter.
In the January edition of FRIDAY gossip magazine, followed by several other publications, that Hitoto Yo was committing adultery with Kobayashi Takeshi. Kobayashi had been married with his bandmate akko from My Little Lover since 1996, and in May announced their divorce. At the same time Kobayashi announced his intentions to marry Hitoto.

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Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2024 Neko to Watashi to, mo 1-ri no Neko
Japanese Movie, 2024,
Kiyose Tamaki (Support Role)
Kiyose Tamaki
Support Role
0.0
2019 Yan
Japanese Movie, 2019,
Hayashi Yoshie (Support Role)
Hayashi Yoshie
Support Role
7.2
2015 Hana's Miso Soup
Japanese Movie, 2015,
Matsunaga Shiho (Support Role)
Matsunaga Shiho
Support Role
7.4
2012 For Love's Sake
Japanese Movie, 2012,
Saotome Miyako (Support Role)
Saotome Miyako
Support Role
6.6
2004 Cafe Lumiere
Japanese Movie, 2004,
Inoue Yoko (Main Role)
Main Role
6.8
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
2017 Kannai Devil
Japanese TV Show, 2017, 1500 eps
(Guest)
1500
Guest
0.0
2016 Utacon
Japanese TV Show, 2016, 302 eps
(Ep. 4, 44) (Guest)
302
(Ep. 4, 44)
Guest
6.0
2015 Kanjam Kanzennen Show
Japanese TV Show, 2015, 400 eps
(Ep. 15) (Guest)
400
(Ep. 15)
Guest
0.0
2015 Buzz Rhythm
Japanese TV Show, 2015, 380 eps
(Guest)
380
Guest
8.5
2013 Premium MelodiX!
Japanese TV Show, 2013, 500 eps
(Guest)
500
Guest
0.0
2008 Another Sky
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 541 eps
(Guest)
541
Guest
9.0
2007 Kanjani8 no Janiben
Japanese TV Show, 2007, 706 eps
(Ep. 378) (Guest)
706
(Ep. 378)
Guest
7.8
1998 Jounetsu Tairiku
Japanese TV Show, 1998, 1236 eps
(Ep. 245) {Mar 16, 2003} (Guest)
1236
(Ep. 245) {Mar 16, 2003}
Guest
8.0
1986 MUSIC STATION
Japanese TV Show, 1986, 1328 eps
[Performer] (Guest)
1328
[Performer]
Guest
8.1
1964 Music Fair
Japanese TV Show, 1964, 3000 eps
(Guest)
3000
Guest
7.0
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Hitoto Yo

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  • First Name: Yo
  • Family Name: Hitoto
  • Native name: 一青窈
  • Also Known as: Yan Yao, Hitoto You, 顏窈
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 20, 1976
  • Age: 47

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