Japanese singer-songwriter

Yasuha

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Japanese singer-songwriter
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Yasuha Ebina (海老名 泰葉, born 17 January 1961), known professionally as Yasuha, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, tarento, record producer, and entrepreneur. Ebina's personal life has often sparked controversy and made widespread media coverage. As well as her singing career, she was also successful as a tarento, appearing in numerous Japanese television and radio programs.

Ebina was born in Taitō, Tokyo as a child of a rakugo performer Hayashiya Sanpei I and a novelist Kayoko Ebina. She established her singing career in 1981. As a singer, Ebina is best-known for "Flyday Chinatown" (1981), which peaked at number sixty-nine on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. She also embarked on the tarento career, appearing in the Japanese variety television program Gogo wa MaruMaru Omoikkiri TV (1987-1988) as a host. In 1988, Ebina retired from the entertainment business after the marriage with a rakugo performer Shūnpūtei Koasa.

After witnessing messy divorce with her ex-husband, Ebina officially returned to the entertainment industry in 2007, founding a production company Iron Candle. Ebina has received numerous media coverage about her controversial personal life.