Yasuha

Yasuha Ebina (海老名 泰葉, born 17 January 1961), known professionally as Yasuha, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, tarento, record producer, and entrepreneur. Ebina's personal life has often sparked controversy and made widespread media coverage. As well as her singing career, she was also successful as a tarento, appearing in numerous Japanese television and radio programs.

Ebina was born in Taitō, Tokyo as a child of a rakugo performer Hayashiya Sanpei I and a novelist Kayoko Ebina. She established her singing career in 1981. As a singer, Ebina is best-known for "Flyday Chinatown" (1981), which peaked at number sixty-nine on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. She also embarked on the tarento career, appearing in the Japanese variety television program Gogo wa MaruMaru Omoikkiri TV (1987-1988) as a host. In 1988, Ebina retired from the entertainment business after the marriage with a rakugo performer Shūnpūtei Koasa.

After witnessing messy divorce with her ex-husband, Ebina officially returned to the entertainment industry in 2007, founding a production company Iron Candle. Ebina has received numerous media coverage about her controversy personal life.

Yasuha Ebina was born on January 17, 1961 in Taitō, Tokyo, as the second child of a rakugo performer Hayashiya Sanpei I and a novelist Kayoko Ebina. Her grandfather, Hayashiya Shōzō VII was also a rakugo performer, as well as her two brothers, Hayashiya Shōzō IX and Hayashiya Sanpei II. Her sister, Midori Ebina is a former actress. As a child, Ebina learned classical music, however, after failing to entering college of music, she began pursuing a career as a J-pop singer instead.

In 1979, Ebina began her tarento career, appearing in the numerous television and radio programs such as the Japanese television variety shows Variety Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do (1979-1982) and Gogo wa MaruMaru Omoikkiri TV (1987-1988).

Ebina established her singing career in 1981, releasing her debut single "Flyday Chinatown" via Polydor Records. The song was a moderate success, peaking at number sixty-nine on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and selling approximately 56,000 copies. Her third single, "Mizuiro no One Piece" was also a hit, chosen as a part of Minna no Uta series. As a singer, she has released seven studio albums and two compilation albums as of June, 2020. She has also written few songs for other artists, including Shohjo-Tai's hit "Motto Charleston" (1986), which reached number sixteen in Japan.

In June, 1988, Ebina married a rakugo performer Shūnpūtei Koasa, and subsequently retired from the entertainment industry to support Koasa as a president of his production company, Haru Haru Dō. However, in November 2007, the couple announced the divorce in the press conference at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, and the relaunch of Ebina's entertainment career. Ebina drew a mass public attention for publishing a book about the divorce, "Kaiun Rikon", and appearing in the professional wrestling match with Yoji Anjo as a player. In November 2008, she released her first single in the last twenty-two years, "Ohisama yo Hohoende" via her own record label, Iron Cancles.

Relationships

Ebina married a rakugo performer Shūnpūtei Koasa in June, 1988 and once retired from the entertainment business in order to support Koasa as a wife. Ebina and Koasa announced their separation on 12 November 2007, in the press conference. The divorce drew a big public attention and widespread media coverage after Ebina slurred Koasa, calling him a "blonde pig a**hole", and published a book "Kaiun Rikon", in which she wrote about her divorce with Koasa.

On 20 September 2017, Ebina announced that she engaged with an Iranian businessman, Mehdi Kazempour, whom she met on Facebook. The couple parted their way in April, 2018.

Finances

In February 2018, Ebina filed a bankruptcy petition.

In September 2018, Ebina reportedly stayed at the hotel, Hyatt Regency Hakone in Hakone, and welshed on the hotel charge.

Legal troubles

On September 18, 2018, Ebina was filed on suspicion of intimidating her former manager, leaving knives, a threatening letter and dog excrement in front of his house.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As a lead artist

Songwriting credits