Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

A Japanese artist who has worked with many different types of media throughout his career. He was bo

A Japanese artist who has worked with many different types of media throughout his career. He was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1935, and he graduated from Chiba Japanese National University in 1957, majoring in Japanese literature. He became active in the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and moved to the United States in 1972. [1] He organized and participanted in many noise music performance groups such as Group Ongaku, Hi-Red Center, Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan).

A Japanese video game composer, sound programmer, and musician. He is best known for his work with c

A Japanese video game composer, sound programmer, and musician. He is best known for his work with composing video games such as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Xenogears, Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht, and Mario Party.

Was an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan. He migrated to America

Was an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan. He migrated to America in 1906, a year later began studying at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. In 1935 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He was known for his still-life paintings of common objects, female circus performers and nudes. He died in New York City.

A Japanese animator who worked with Toei Animation and Studio Ghibli.Prior to becoming an animator,

A Japanese animator who worked with Toei Animation and Studio Ghibli.Prior to becoming an animator, Otsuka worked in the Kanto Koshinnetsu district drug enforcement office at the Ministry of Health and Welfare. As a member of the support staff (a so-called "Drug G-man"), he was responsible for the seizure of drugs and was required to operate and maintain a handgun. During his tenure as a Drug G-man, Otsuka would see the release of two types of firearms that later would show up in his animations: the Beretta and the Colt Government - both appearing in (appearing in the Lupin III series (the former used by Fujiko Mine and the latter by Inspector Zenigata).

A Japanese composer and voice actor from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.[1] He specializes in

A Japanese composer and voice actor from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.[1] He specializes in experimental, acid, classical and hard rock.[2] He is famous for his work with anime scores. He composed music for and scored the Hellsing anime, with the music released as two separate soundtracks. He also was the voice for the Intelligencer in the video game Chaos Legion.[1]

Was a Japanese musician and sound engineer, best known as the bassist in Keiji Haino's rock group Fu

Was a Japanese musician and sound engineer, best known as the bassist in Keiji Haino's rock group Fushitsusha. He was also a member of the free improvisation group Marginal Consort, and in the past he played with East Bionic Symphonia and Machine-Gun Tango (with Tori Kudo).

Is a Japanese artist. Her paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental in

Is a Japanese artist. Her paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental installations all share an obsession with repetition, pattern, and accumulation. Her work shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut

A British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is U

A British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to "Yazz and the Plastic Population". Her father is Jamaican, her mother English.Yazz attended Holland Park School. After a spell as a catwalk model, she scored a number of club hits after recording with the group, Biz, in 1983. Her first commercial success came in early 1988, when she supplied the vocals on Coldcut's "Doctorin' the House". She soon launched a solo career on Big Life records, a label set up by her future husband Jazz Summers, releasing her debut single "The Only Way Is Up" in the summer of 1988. It went on to spend five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, eventually becoming the biggest selling UK single of the year. Suddenly one of Britain's biggest pop acts, her follow up was another big hit ("Stand Up For Your Love Rights", UK number 2), whilst her debut album went Top Ten.

Is an American figure skater. She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was a chi

Is an American figure skater. She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was a child. Mok had a successful career as a junior, winning medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and placing fifth at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Cham

Is an Israeli singer and actor. He was born in Jerusalem to a Sephardic Jewish family.Gaon's recogni

Is an Israeli singer and actor. He was born in Jerusalem to a Sephardic Jewish family.Gaon's recognition also caused many Israeli composers and song writers to personally ask him to perform their songs. He is the most known singer of Naomi Shemer's Od Lo Ahavti Dai (lit. I have not Loved Enough Yet). Additionally, Gaon performed at the Nobel Prize ceremony of Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat.

Is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter and a musician, born to Greek-Jewish immigrants in Israel.

Is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter and a musician, born to Greek-Jewish immigrants in Israel. His music combines rock with Greek and other Mediterranean musical styles. He plays several instruments such as guitar, bouzouki, and baglama and was a member of the popular 1980s Israeli rock band Benzeen (also spelled Benzin).

Was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United K

Was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. Though born in New York City, New York, he later became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and in 1985, of the United Kingdom.

An Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. She was born in Be'er Sheva, in southern Israel. As of 2005,

An Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. She was born in Be'er Sheva, in southern Israel. As of 2005, she had released 12 albums and has been performing for nearly 20 years, also musically producing several albums for other musicians.Her music is influenced by a variety of styles, including Spanish-Latin music. Her interest in Latin music may have originated because one side of her family is Sephardi in origin, and Ladino speakers.

Is a Jamaican reggae (rub-a-dub) and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman. He was popula

Is a Jamaican reggae (rub-a-dub) and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.

Was a Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubism, Constructivism, Neo-Primitivism), and d

Was a Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubism, Constructivism, Neo-Primitivism), and designer. Vasiliy Yermilov was born in Kharkov.

Is a Russian concert pianist. Born in St. Petersburg, he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory

Is a Russian concert pianist. Born in St. Petersburg, he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin. His education has also included lessons with Murray Perahia, Claude Frank, Leon Fleisher, Stephen Kovacevich, Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Stephen Hough, Alexander Satz, and Maria Curcio. He has been hailed as "one of the most important pianistic talents of our time", (Harriett Smith, International Record Review) and as "a pianist of uncommon sensitivity and refinement" by The Independent (UK).

Was a prominent sculptor and artist of the Soviet Union. He is known for his heroic monuments, often

Was a prominent sculptor and artist of the Soviet Union. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style.Vuchetich was of Montenegrin Serb descent, born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine).

Was a Russian graphic artist (painter, sculptor, mosaicist, illustrator) associated stylistically wi

Was a Russian graphic artist (painter, sculptor, mosaicist, illustrator) associated stylistically with the World of Art, a Russian magazine (initiated 1899 in St. Petersburg) and the artistic movement it inspired.

Was a violinist.He taught at the Guildhall School of Music and was artistic director of the Carl Fle

Was a violinist.He taught at the Guildhall School of Music and was artistic director of the Carl Flesch Competition. Among his students were Krzysztof Smietana, David Takeno, Wolfgang David, and Radoslaw Szulc.

A 1980s pop singer (with Greek parents)[1] and who had her singing career in France. Her works were

A 1980s pop singer (with Greek parents)[1] and who had her singing career in France. Her works were recorded in French-language. She remains famous for her 1986 single "Les autres sont jaloux", which was a top thirty hit in France ;[2] however, her next f

He would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note. Af

He would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note. After playing keyboards in local rock bands such as Chameleon, he moved to California in pursuit of movie soundtrack work. In 1987, he put together a small band which included long-time bandmate Charlie Adams, and John Tesh, and began touring to promote his earliest instrumental albums, Keys to Imagination, Out of Silence, and Chameleon Days.

Is an important Greek visual artist and part of the so-called "Generation of the 30s".

Is an important Greek visual artist and part of the so-called "Generation of the 30s".

A Greek singer.

A Greek singer.

Was a Greek painter and probably the first Greek theatrical scene decorator. He was born into a farm

Was a Greek painter and probably the first Greek theatrical scene decorator. He was born into a farming family and at a young age, he visited Constantinople, the modern-day Istanbul, where he became a painter. Later, he went to Athens, where he was taught oil painting of sea scenes by Konstantinos Volanakis. Around 1900, he returned to Volos, where he began teachning calligraphy and art. In 1927, he returned to Athens, where he died during the winter of 1942. Among other things, Poulakas was the first Greek who painted scene decorations for the theatre

Was a famous Greek painter of the second half of the 20th century. In 1930 he was accepted at the At

Was a famous Greek painter of the second half of the 20th century. In 1930 he was accepted at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Eight years later the Academy of Athens rewards Spyropoulos with the first prize and the opportunity to study in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. During his studies he was taught by Charles-François-Prosper Guérin.