Marvin Andrew Sturmer is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and composer who co-founded the rock band Jellyfish in 1989. He was the group's lead vocalist, drummer, and primary songwriter. Following their break-up in 1994, Sturmer became involved with Tamio Okuda, as writer and producer for the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. Although Sturmer maintains a low public profile, he continues working as a songwriter for cartoons produced by Disney and Cartoon Network.
An Illustrated History is the second North American album released by Japanese pop group Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on May 21, 2002..
Nice is an album by Japanese pop group PUFFY, released in 2003 it is their third North American album. The US release featured a few track changes: "Atarashii hibi" and "Tomodachi" were replaced with "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme" and "Planet Tokyo", an English song with the melody of "Akai buranko". The album peaked at No. 20 on the Japanese Albums Chart.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is an American animated series created by Sam Register and produced by Renegade Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, which aired on Cartoon Network from 2004 to 2006. The series stars fictionalized and animated versions of the Japanese pop rock group Puffy AmiYumi. The series premiered on November 19, 2004, and ended on June 27, 2006, with a total of three seasons and 39 episodes.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name. There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks. The album peaked at #49 on the Japanese Albums Chart.
Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese singer, best known as a member of the pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki.
Ami Onuki is a Japanese singer and a member of J-pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura.
Pa Pa Pa Pa Puffy was a variety TV show which aired in Japan from 1 October 1997 to 27 March 2002, and re-aired as a PUFFY 10th anniversary broadcast for a short time in 2006. It was hosted by Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. Rodney Alan Greenblat was responsible for most of the visual design of the show.
Puffy is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name Puffy. They sing in Japanese and English.
Splurge is a Japanese-language pop album by Puffy Amiyumi that was released on June 28, 2006 in Japan. It was released in the US on July 25, 2006, after their East Coast Tour.
Akai Buranko is the 16th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. "Red Swing" was the opening track for Nice. There is an English version titled "Planet Tokyo".
"Boogie Woogie No.5" is the 12th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra on September 27, 2000.
"Puffy de Rumba" is the 8th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on December 12, 1998. In the music video, Ami and Yumi sing and dance in a magical garden and meet Jimi Hendrix. Some of this song also played in the Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi episode titled "Janice Jealous." Rumba de Puffy did a slow jam version from the album Rumba! UN! as of it was added in Do It Now! Singles chart but lost I've Been Working This Saturday.
"Tararan/Puffy no Tourmen" is the seventh single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on August 29, 1998. The music video has Ami and Yumi singing, interspersed with scenes of a traveling polar bear.
Takahiro Konagawa is a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer from Kashiwa, Chiba. He came out as a guitarist of Charcoal Filter in November 1999. He has also performed as a solo artist since December 2003. His first solo album The first tears was released in July 2006.
The discography for Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi consists of 14 studio albums, 8 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 12 video albums and 41 singles. Their first single Asia no Junshin became an instant hit in Japan where it sold more than a million records and help to catapult the group. Jet-CD is their most successful album, Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi is their most successful single. They have sold more than 15 million records worldwide.
"Hazumu Rizumu" is a collaborative single between Puffy AmiYumi and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra released on September 20, 2006. The single was marketed as part of Lipton's 100th Anniversary in Japan.
"All Because Of You" is the 25th single from Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi released on May 21, 2008. The title song is written and composed by Avril Lavigne and Butch Walker, and is performed entirely in English. The second song Frontier no Pioneer is a cover originally produced by Tamio Okuda and was used as a CM song for Kagome vegetable juice "Yasai Seikatsu 100!".
Bring It! is the eleventh studio album by the Japanese pop duo PUFFY, released in June 2009 by Kioon Music.
