Yumi Arai, also known as Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実) was born on January 19, 1954 in
Tokyo, Japan. Initially a studio musician, she began composing her own songs at
the age of 14. Three years later, her track "Ai Wa Totsuzen", was recorded for
the first time, performed by Katsumi Kahashi. In 1972, under the name Yumi Arai,
she released her first single, "Henji Wa Iranai", on the Toshiba EMI label. She
went on to record her first album, Hikō-Ki Gumo, with the group Tin Pan Alley.
MISSLIM followed in 1974, arranged entirely by Masataka Matsutoya, then Cobalt
Hour the following year. Th...