Biography
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Born
9 October 1958 (age 65)
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Born In
Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Mai Yamane (currently using name -山根麻以, written 山根麻衣 before 2001) is a Japanese singer, well known for her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack with 菅野よう子 (Yôko Kanno). Her career started at the very beginning of the 1980's when she participated in a young singer's contest in Japan. Six months later, she finished her first album. Until 1995 she had albums like The Day Before Yesterday (1984), Flying Elephants (1985), Embassy (1986), Woman Tone (1988) and 1958 (1989). She has also collaborated with many artists, e.g. in 1993 she worked on project Yamane Mai Kubota Haruo Unit with Haruo Kubota. In 1995 she started playing with New Archaic Smile formation. Up till now she's had 11 albums. The last time she performed abroad was on 20 Jun 2007 in Seoul, as a member of Yoko Kanno team.
This name tag, 山根麻衣, goes for her singing works ''Before'' 2001. , for her works ''After'' 2001. change name to 山根麻以.
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