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Yasuko Onuki
Onuki performing in 2008
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Noise rock, experimental rock, avant-garde
Occupation(s)	Musician, vocalist, bassist
Years active	1991–present
Labels	A-Zap

Yasuko Onuki (often known simply as Yako, Yasuko or Yasuko O.) is the singer from Japanese band Melt-Banana, which she founded in 1991. She has a frantic chirping and yelping vocal style which is an important part of Melt-Banana's unique sound. She writes all of Melt-Banana's lyrics, which she sings in English, stating that:

When I first started singing in a band, I was singing in Japanese, but I changed to English. I thought that English would fit more to my style of singing.

References

1. Yasuko Onuki discography at Discogs
2. ^ Tausig, Ben. Biography of Melt Banana at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
3. "MELT-BANANA Band Page". Skingraft Records.
4. "Melt-Banana". Sonic.net.
5. "About MELT-BANANA". Official website for Melt-Banana.

External links

• Yasuko Onuki at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

• Living people
• Japanese women rock singers
• 21st-century Japanese singers
• 21st-century Japanese women singers