Yui grew up in a fatherless home and so she doesn't have any memory of her father. She does remember always being close to music, be it from her mother's car stereo or the radio, she would remember the tunes and sing along. By the time she was in elementary school she thought she'd like to become a singer.[1]
During her third year in middle school, following the influence of her mother, Yui began keeping a journal of everyday feelings and poetry. Because of this, by the time she was in high school, she began writing songs.[2] While in high school she worked a part-time job to help pay for tuition. Always busy, with her time steadily disappearing, she thought there was no longer a road to music. Eventually her body would breakdown and she found her self under hospitalization.[1] While in the hospital, with the time to consider her life, she was overwhelmed with the desire to make music. She decided that school and music couldn't coexist. Upon leaving the hospital she encountered a live street performance and expressed her desire to pursue a musical career to the band at the end of the concert. The band recommended that she join a private music school and soon, she dropped out of high school and began studying songwriting and guitar at a juku in her hometown of Fukuoka.[1]
Aspiring to become a professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places at the entrance of Tenjin station in Fukuoka. Even though she was shy, she still enjoyed doing street performances.
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