
Photo: Kenji Mori · CC BY 2.0 · credits
Yūko Hara
Person · female · Japan · Yokohama · born 1956
Japanese vocalist, musician and singer-songwriter
Also known as 原由子
Timeline
1950s
Biography
Biography
Yuko Hara (原 由子 Hara Yūko, born December 11, 1956, in Yokohama, Japan, nicknamed "Harabo") is the keyboardist for Southern All Stars. She is also a vocalist and writes many of her own songs.
She is married to Keisuke Kuwata, the multi-instrumentalist frontman for the Southern All-Stars, and bandleader of the Kuwata band. Together, they have two sons. Her parents' home is a tempura restaurant in Yokohama.
Her song ''Daisuki!Happy end'' is the theme song for the Japanese dub of Hoodwinked!.
Original albums
Yuko Hara ga Kataru Hitotoki (はらゆうこが語るひととき, When Yuko Hara Talks to You) (1981)
Miss Yokohamadult Yuko Hara 2nd (1983)
Mother (1991)
Compilation albums
Loving You (1998)
Hallad (ハラッド, Haraddo) (2010)
Singles
"I Love You wa Hitorigoto" (I Love Youはひとりごと, I Love You Is a Soliloquy) (1981)
"Usagi no Uta" (うさぎの唄, Rabbit Song) (1981)
"Tanjōbi no Yoru" (誕生日の夜, Birthday Night) (1982)
"Koi wa, Gotabō Mōshiagemasu" (恋は、ご多忙申し上げます, Love Means Busyness) (1983)
"Yokohama Lady Blues" (横浜 Lady Blues) (1983)
"Ajisai no Uta" (あじさいのうた, Hydrangea Song) (1987)
"Girl" (ガール, Gāru) (1988)
"Kaiju no Uta" (かいじゅうのうた, Monster Song) (1988)
"Tameiki no Bell ga Naru Toki" (ためいきのベルが鳴るとき, When the Sighing Bell Rings) (1988)
"Aishite Aishite Aishichatta no yo" (愛して愛して愛しちゃったのよ, I've Loved You Loved You Loved You So Much) (1990) (with Inamura Orchestra)
"Heart Setsunaku" (ハートせつなく, The Heart Is Painful) (1991)
"Jin Jin" (じんじん) (1991)
"Makeru na Onna no Ko!" (負けるな女の子!, Girls, Don't Give Up!) (1991)
"Minna Ii Ko" (みんないい子, Everyone's a Good Kid) (1997) (with Shingo Katori)
"Namida no Tenshi ni Hohoemi o" (涙の天使に微笑みを, Smiling at the Angel of Tears) (1997)
"Daisuki!Happy end" for the Japanese release of Hoodwinked!.
"Yume o Chikatta Ki no Shita de" (夢を誓った木の下で, Under the Tree Where We Swore to Our Dreams) (2007) (as Harafūmi, with Fūmidō)
"Yume o Arigatō" (夢をアリガトウ, Thank You for the Dreams) (2009)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Yūko Hara head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern All Stars(band) | — | present | background vocals,keyboard,lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuko_Hara_%28cropped%29.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276178genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276178seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuko_Harabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuko_Hara
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Kenji Mori · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3276178 · MusicBrainz: 47d8262f-6611-4158-8469-7c305adcc055
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