Heartsdales was a

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duo composed of sisters and , known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively. Yumi was born on December 17, 1981 and Emi on December 4, 1976 in

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. Their family moved to the

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area of

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right after Yumi was born, due to their father's job as an interior designer. In 1995, the family moved back to Japan, and Yumi attended

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and Emi attended

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. In summer 2001, Yumi and Emi appeared on the TV audition program

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after sending in a demo. They won the competition, and landed a contract with

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Entertainment. They adopted the name "Heartsdales" as a reference to the hamlet of

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. They released their first album, ''Radioactive'', in 2002 under Avex Record's sublabel Cutting Edge. Their first single, "So Tell Me," was ranked 6th on the Oricon music rankings. Since then, they released 6 albums and 14 singles. Artimage is Heartsdales' management office, who also manages other Japanese hip-hop artists such as

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and

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. On June 22, 2006, Heartsdales announced on their official website that they were going to split up to pursue new endeavors.

Later career

Yumi lives in New York City and has started a design studio, "Studio Yumi," and attended the

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completing the program in 2009."PROFILE: YUMI"
''studioyumi.com''. Accessed May 20, 2022 Emi lives in Tokyo. Yumi announced on her blog that she gave birth to her son weighing on June 25, 2010.

Discography

Albums

Remix albums

Singles

Collaborations / Compilations

* ''Woman'' - Keizo Nakanishi featuring Heartsdales (CD Album ''Idenshi'' - 07.30.2003) * ''Helpless Game'' - Heartsdales Featuring Verbal and Mika Nakashima (CD Album ''Radioactive'') * ''Helpless Rain (But I'm Falling Too Deep Version)'' - Mika Nakashima Feat. Verbal and Heartsdales (CD Single ''Helpless Rain'') * ''Switch'' -

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featuring

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& Heartsdales (CD Single '' Switch/I Only Want to Be with You'') * ''Switch'' - Lisa featuring Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (CD Album ''Gratitude'') * ''Wet N' Wild'' - Heartsdales featuring SUITE CHIC (CD Album ''Sugar Shine'') * ''Starstruck: "The Return of the LuvBytes"'' -

loves AI & Hinouchi Emi & Rum (Heartsdales) (CD Album ''Astromantic'' - 05.26.2004) * ''It's a Small World'' - Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (Soundtrack '' 80 Days'' - 11.03.2004) * ''It's a Small World'' - Kumi Koda & Heartsdales (CD Album ''secret'' (first press) - 02.09.2005) * ''Oh Boy'' - Jhett featuring Heartsdales (CD Album ''Jhett a.k.a. Yakko for Aquarius'' - 03.24.2005) * ''Push It'' (Compilation ''We Love Dance Classics Vol. 1'' - 03.24.2005) * ''Speedster'' - Three Nation feat. Heartsdales (CD Album ''Dance Floor Lovers'' - 3.15.2006) * ''Player'' - Origa featuring Heartsdales (Soundtrack '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society'' OP Song 11.22.2006)

References

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