Yu Sakai feat. TBN TRIO
Biography Yu Sakai feat. TBN TRIO
Yu Sakai
Born in Tosashimizu City, Kochi Prefecture.
A singer-songwriter with a one-of-a-kind singing voice and a wide range of musical backgrounds such as SOUL, R&B, JAZZ, gospel, and ROCK.
After graduating from high school, I suddenly woke up to music when I was 18, and moved to Tokyo at the age of 20.
At the age of 22, he moved to LA alone and started learning the piano by himself.
Major debut in 2009 with "Story".
In addition to his own songs, he has provided music to many artists such as Kyoko Koizumi, Maaya Sakamoto, SMAP, Sexy Zone, Da-iCE, DISH//, Asako Toki, Seiko Niitsuma, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akiko Wada, and more.
John Scofield(Gt), Ray Parker Jr.(Gt), Bluey from Incognito(Gt), Stuart Zender(Bs ex.Jamiroquai), Terrace Martin(Sax), Nicholas Payton(TP) while traveling around the world since 2018 Realized recording with world-famous players such as Renato Neto (Key).
In the second half of 2023, she sang the theme song "Happy ☆ Boogie" for the TV drama "Boogie Woogie" with EGO-WRAPPIN's Yoshie Nakano and the lead actress Shuri, which became a big hit. In December of the same year, she released her first best album "Sakai Yu's Playlist [White and Black]".
