1. Yuka Honda is a Japanese-American musician who resides in New York City.
16 Facts About Yuka Honda
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Yuka Honda is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto.
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Yuka Honda went to school in Aix-en-Provence, France then moved to New York City in November 1986.
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Yuka Honda had some classical training in her childhood but never thought that she would become a musician.
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Yuka Honda joined a live hip-hop band "Rhythm Method", then a funk band Brooklyn Funk Essentials, but her main focus was the band she started with husband Dougie Bowne and Marc Anthony Thompson, Hope Is a Muscle.
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In 1993 Yuka Honda met Miho Hatori while working with the band Leitoh Lychee.
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The unique formation of the band in which Hatori was the singer who sang all the songs in relation to food and love, and Yuka Honda was the only instrumentalist where she played live electronics and made the sound of a full band, generated a quick sensation in the city, and they signed the record deal with Warner Brothers before the year was over.
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Yuka Honda was in a romantic relationship with Sean Lennon from 1996 to 2000 and produced his 1998 album Into the Sun.
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From 1996 to 2000, Yuka Honda toured extensively with all three of these projects.
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In 2003, Honda collaborated with Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We, under the name Yoshimi and Yuka.
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In 2005, Yuka Honda worked for Hal Willner at Expo 2005 for the 3D animation which was directed by Robert Wilson.
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Yuka Honda sang on the Dopo Yume album The Secret Show.
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In 2006 Yuka Honda played keyboards on Sean Lennon's album Friendly Fire and acted as musical director for the supporting tour.
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Yuka Honda wrote songs and recorded with Edie Brickell on her new album The Heavy Circles.
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Yuka Honda performed improvisational shows with Mike Watt and Nels Cline in the groups Floored by Four and Brother's Sister's Daughter.
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Since 2011 Yuka Honda has re-collaborated with Hatori for new Cibo Matto material, to culminate in 2014 with the release of the group's first album in 15 years, Hotel Valentine.