Kaila Yu is a

Taiwanese American Taiwanese Americans () are Americans who carry full or partial ancestry from Taiwan. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in the state of Califo ...

singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist fo
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and more. She was formerly the lead singer and vocalist for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink. In addition to having Yu on the lead vocals, Nylon Pink also features Katt Lee on the bass, Kiki Wongo as the lead guitarist, Jamie Scoles on the drums and Yuki Ito on the keyboards. Yu is also one of the founders of the jewelry/fashion line "Hello Drama" which is affiliated with the Nylon Pink band and style. She has also been an import model and appeared in magazines including '' Stuff Magazine'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''House of Roses''.''Id.'' Yu had a brief role in '' Dark Blue'', appeared as a race girl in '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', and also hosted shows on channels such as

MTV Asia MTV was a pan-Asian music pay-television channel which launched on 3 May 1995 as a standalone pay television channel. It was owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. History MTV Asia was officially launched on 3 May 1995 as a 24-hour English-languag ...

MTV Chi MTV Chi was a spin-off network from MTV that was targeted at Chinese Americans. The network featured various styles of music such as Mando pop, Canto pop and Chinese American hip hop. It broadcast in English and featured a mix of original progr ...

, Music Plus TV, TorqueTV, Octane TV and Ripe TV. Yu is a graduate of

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(with a degree in economics), after transferring there from the

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, where she initially majored in

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Nylon Pink on Reverb NationHello Drama Jewelry and Fashion Line
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Kaila Yu's Official WebsiteKaila Yu's PR Company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Kaila Living people Taiwanese emigrants to the United States American musicians of Taiwanese descent American models of Taiwanese descent American women singer-songwriters 1979 births American women pop singers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters