Puffy (Puffy Amiyumi)

Puffy are the pop duo Ami Ohnuki and Yumi Yoshimura hence the name Puffy amiyumi which they are known by outside Japan to avoid confusion with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs. They where put together in 1996 by talent scouts for Sony Music and they where given the name Puffy by producer Andy Sturmer. Their first single was the million selling anthemic "Asia no Junshin"

As their popularity grew they began hosting their own tv show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy and they performed in America in 2000 as Puffy, but changed the name to Puffy Amiyumi after being contacted by lawyers for Sean "Puffy" Combs.
In 2002 they recorded songs for cartoon series Teen Titans and SD Gundam Force and in 2004 they had their own animated series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi which was show in America on the Cartoon Network, it had american actresses do their voices but featured their music, and a dubbed in to Japanese version was show on tv in Japan.

Discography:
1996 amiyumi
1997 Solosolo
1998 Jet
1999 Fever*Fever
2000 Spike
2002 The Hit Parade
2003 Nice
2006 Splurge
2007 Honeycreeper
2009 Bring It!

Links:
official site
wikipedia
myspace
lastfm