Yumi Arai
Musician (Piano and Jazz Vocal)

　Born in Tokyo, Japan, she began playing the piano at the age of three. She has been a piano instructor since she was in high school, and has also worked as a system instructor for the Yamaha Music School Foundation and a Yamaha grade certification examiner, as well as a jazz player. By the time she graduated from college, she already had more than 120 students and has trained more than 260 professional teachers and players. She has trained more than 260 professional teachers and players, and has sent more than 10,000 students to the world.
　He was already known as a jazz pianist at that time, but in order to expand his activities, she actively participated in TV singing shows and nationwide concert tours as a backing band for idol singers, and performed on many stages.
His first overseas performance was in San Francisco, U.S.A., and since then she has performed in Hawaii, Australia, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other places around the world.
　In October 2002, she was officially invited by the Chinese government to perform at the National Theatre in Beijing as a representative of Japanese jazz on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. The following day, newspapers carried articles praising her performance, calling her "a beautiful voice reminiscent of the Lisa Ono of the bossa nova world. Her performance was described as "gorgeous and warm," a phrase that fits her well.
　In August 2008, she was officially invited again by the Chinese government to give a commemorative performance at the Beijing Olympics as a representative of Japanese musicians and Asia, and in August 2011, she traveled to Beijing to participate in the China International Youth Arts Festival, where her performance drew a full house and ended in a round of applause.
　Currently, she is the leader of "Heavens Four," composes music, and teaches young people. She also performs at live houses in Tokyo and throughout Japan, and is motivated to create new fields of music CDs.