1. Yuna Ito is an American-born former pop singer and actress who was active in Japan.
20 Facts About Yuna Ito
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In 2006, Yuna Ito reprised her role as Reira for the sequel of the film singing the theme song, "Truth".
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In 2007, Yuna Ito released her debut album, Heart, which debuted atop the Oricon chart.
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Yuna Ito was born to a South Korean mother and a Japanese father.
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From a young age, Yuna Ito dreamed about becoming a singer.
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Yuna Ito was inspired by the powerful vocals of Celine Dion.
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Yuna Ito's parents wanted Ito to attend school and meet a "nice guy".
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Yuna Ito disagreed with her parents, saying they wanted to "compact her life into a storybook".
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Yuna Ito has a daughter, Ellie, who was born in February 2023.
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In 2005, Yuna Ito was chosen to portray Reira Serizawa, the vocalist for rock band Trapnest in the film adaptation of Ai Yazawa's popular manga series Nana.
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Yuna Ito released her debut single, "Endless Story", under the name "Reira Starring Yuna Ito"; the song was used as one of the theme songs for the film.
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The single contained two b-sides, "I'm Free" and "Secret"; the latter was co-written by Yuna Ito and was the first time she contributed to one of her singles.
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Yuna Ito started off 2007 with the release of her debut album Heart.
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Yuna Ito was featured in the commercial along with her song, "Tokyo Days", as the theme.
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In June 2008, Yuna Ito collaborated with popular Japanese music producer Takeshi Kobayashi and Russian conductor Mikhail Pletnev, to sing "Gate", the theme song for the documentary movie with the same name, Gate.
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Yuna Ito released an English version of "Koi wa Groovy x2", entitled "groovy x2" under the pseudonym Christine Yuna Ito.
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Yuna Ito was in charge of the ending theme for the TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam 00".
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From October 4,2005 until March 28,2006, Yuna Ito was moderator of her own radio show, Journey, which aired on Tokyo's InterFM radio station.
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Yuna Ito later returned with a new radio show, Heart to Heart.
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On February 27,2008, Yuna Ito did a public live talk show with Hilary Duff on Tokyo FM's radio show entitled Wonderful World.