Saori Yuki

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Saori Yuki
Yuki in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Akiko Yasuda
Born	(1946-11-13) November 13, 1946 (age 77) Kiryū, Gunma, Japan
Genres	Pop, jazz, chanson
Occupation(s)	Singer actress talent manager
Years active	1965–present

Saori Yuki (由紀さおり, Yuki Saori, born November 13, 1946) is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born as Akiko Yasuda (Yasuda Akiko (安田 章子) in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko (b. 1941)^[1] as a child singer. In 1965 she debuted with the single "Hitchhike Musume (Hitchhiking girl)" on King Records (Japan) as Akiko Yasuda.