Puffy

Puffy (パフィー) or Puffy AmiYumi (パフィー・アミユミ) as they are known in the United States (due to legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, A.K.A. "Sean 'Puffy' Combs" or "Puff Daddy&qu

Puffy (パフィー) or Puffy AmiYumi (パフィー・アミユミ) as they are known in the United States (due to legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, A.K.A. "Sean 'Puffy' Combs" or "Puff Daddy"), is a Japanese J-Pop duo.

Ami Onuki, whose nickname is "Jane", and Yumi Yoshimura, nicknamed "Sue", were scouted by two different talent agencies and put together in 1995, and soon Puffy-Mania would begin. Puffy-Mania is a term that was used by the Japanese media to refer to the craze for all things related to Puffy, from key-chains, to CDs. It began in 1996 and continues to this day. Puffy-Mania reached its peak in 1998 to 1999, following the release of the Jet-CD and the Jet-Tour. Their first release "Asia no junshin" ("True Asia") sold a million records and their success continued with several more full-length releases (totalling 14 million sales in Japan).