Yuki Chikudate

Japanese-American musician

Yuki Chikudate
Yuki Chikudate with Asobi Seksu onstage, 2006
Background information
Born	Okinawa, Japan
Genres	Shoegazing, dream pop
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	2001–present

Musical artist

Yuki Chikudate (筑館祐樹, Chikudate Yūki) is a Japanese-American musician. She was the main vocalist and keyboardist of the dream pop band Asobi Seksu.

Musical career

In 2001, she founded the dream pop band Asobi Seksu with guitarist James Hanna, bassist Glenn Waldman and drummer Keith Hopkin. The band released their debut album in 2004. The following album, Citrus was released in 2006, after a lineup change. The band released Hush and Fluorescence in 2009 and 2011, respectively, after a second lineup change.^[1] In 2013, the band announced an indefinite hiatus.^[2]

Personal life

Chikudate was born in Japan^[3] to an Okinawan mother, and has stated that apart from her mother, most of her maternal relatives reside in Okinawa.^[4]^[5] In her early childhood, she moved to Southern California with her parents and spent her childhood there. At age 16, she moved to New York by herself, leaving behind her family.^[6]

References

^ Mason, Stewart. "Asobi Seksu - Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
^ "Asobi Seksu announce hiatus". 30 September 2013.
^ Tedaldi, Justin. "Justin’s Japan: Q&A with Yuki Chikudate of Asobi Seksu", jetwit, New York, February 15, 2011.
^ Lauren Harris. 2009. "Hush Little Lady:Playing Favorites with Asobi Seksu" RAGGEDvolume 1, issue 6, page 3.
^ Michaelson, Alex. "Interview with Yuki Chikudate of Asobi Seksu" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, KPRadio, Kerfuffle!, Boston, February 24, 2011.
^ Pickowicz, Natasha Li. "Asobi Seksu’s Yuki Chikudate (Interview)", Popcorn Youth, Ithaca