(born 23 December 1988), nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the

electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

group

Perfume Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. Th ...

Biography

Kashino was born and raised in

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

, Japan, where she attended Actor's School Hiroshima with friends and current Perfume members

Ayaka Nishiwaki , nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the Japanese electropop group Perfume. Biography Nishiwaki was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Actor's School Hiroshima with friends a ...

and

Ayano Ōmoto , nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the Japanese electropop group Perfume. Biography Ōmoto was born and raised in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and attended Actor's School Hiroshima wit ...

. She and Nishiwaki are the two original members of Perfume. Kashino and Nishiwaki formed Perfume in 2001 with former member Yūka Kawashima, who left shortly after to focus on her schoolwork. Before Ōmoto joined Perfume after being asked by Nishiwaki, the two had not met. Kashino graduated from

Horikoshi High School is a private high school in Nakano, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Nakano City.J. F. Oberlin University ''Ōbirin daigaku'' -- note that "Ōbirin" is written in the kanji for "beautiful cherry orchard". is a private university in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. The university was founded by Yasuzo Shimizu. Its name is derived from that of pastor and phi ...

, as the member's master and graduated in March 2011. Ōmoto attended the same university, but dropped out by 2008. Kashino is also friends with fellow singer

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kiriko Takemura (Japanese: 竹村桐子, born January 29, 1993), known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Hiragana: きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ), is a Japanese tarento, singer, and model. Her public image is associated with Japan's ''kawai ...

. On 18 April 2008 Perfume made a special guest appearance performing " Ceramic Girl" at the ending of drama "

Sumire 16 sai!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeru Nagayoshi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and later in ''Magazine Special'', both published by Kodansha. A live action adaptation was also aired as a drama serie ...

". On 23 March 2012 Perfume made a special guest appearance performing "

Baby Cruising Love "Baby Cruising Love" (stylized as "Baby cruising Love") is a double A-side single release by the Japanese group, Perfume. The other A-side is . This single is the group's sixth major label single, and eleventh single including indies The ...

" in the movie "

Moteki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in ''Evening'' magazine from 2008 to 2010, with its chapters collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a Japanese televi ...

". On 31 March and 1 April 2017 Kashino played the character "Okamido" on

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

Special drama 'Pensées'. In September 2017, Kashino dubbed "the clerk" on "FASTENING DAYS 3" mini-series. Kashino's regular page "Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts” on monthly magazine “Casa BRUTUS” started on the issue (No.217) hitting the stands on 9 March (Fri), 2018.

References

External links

Perfume official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kashino, Yuka Living people Horikoshi High School alumni Japanese women pop singers Japanese female dancers Perfume (Japanese band) members Musicians from Hiroshima Japanese women in electronic music 1988 births J. F. Oberlin University alumni