lead=yes is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and gravure idol. Due to her two careers she has dubbed herself a shingāsonguradoru,
Early life and influences
Ena Fujita was born in
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on July 7, 1990.
As a child she was inspired to become a singer after performing a
Sailor Moon song in front of her family.
In October 2005, she won a singing contest in junior high school.
As a child she was a fan of pop idols such as
Aya Matsuura and Speed.
But when she entered the music business she felt it was disingenuous to sing songs that other people wrote and that did not resonate with her, so she vowed to write her own lyrics.
When she started playing guitar around 2014, she became more interested in rock music like
Number Girl and The Blue Hearts. This was a result of recommendations by her frequent collaborator, Ga-ko Tabuchi.
Career
Early work (2006–2015)
In June 2006, Fujita started attending the Vanz Entertainment entertainment school in Fukuoka. Her song カレン was included on the January 2008 omnibus album
Vanz Variety Vol. 1.
Under the name エナ, she was drummer of the all-female band イツカミナツ for their 2009 single "Wild Berry".
She moved to Tokyo in January 2010,
Fujita started activities as a gravure idol in October 2012. She admitted that she had a lot of resistance to the move, as she grew up in a family where she was not allowed to look at gravure.
Major label (2016–2022)
In August 2016 Fujita starred in the horror film
Evil Idol Song and transferred to major record label King Records. That same month she released a mini-album of the same name that includes the film's titular theme song.
The album
Tsuyome no Shinzō followed a year later in August 2017. Its track "Bikini Riot" is performed under her
rapping alter ego MCビキニ.
The album was released in Europe by
JPU Records under the title
Bikini Riot. Fujita was a winner of the 2017
Miss iD idol audition held by
Kodansha, and won its Cheerz Award.
She and other Miss iD winners appear in the 2018 horror film
Vampire Clay, while Fujita also performs its theme song "Watashi Dake ga Inai Sekai".
The single "Ienai Koto wa Uta no Naka" was released in June 2018. Its music video, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, was released in two versions as the uncensored one was banned from TV due to its gore.
Fujita's June 2020 single "Dead Stroke" is the ending theme song to the second season of the anime adaptation of Baki.
In October 2021, Fujita cancelled two concerts due to both physical and mental exhaustion.
Yes And (2023–present)
Ena Fujita returned to musical activities with a concert on March 21, 2023. She released the mini-album
Gurume on December 13 via Waiwai Records. On January 13, 2024, Fujita announced the formation of the all-girl pop rock band Yes And (stylized as yesAND). A trio consisting of Yu-yan on drums, Ena on vocals and guitar, and Sena on guitar, the first half of their name was created using the first letter of each member's name when written in English, while the second half represents everyone who supports them.
They had their first concert at Shinjuku Blaze on March 22,
with their first extended play,
Dynamic Tune, following on November 7.
Discography
Studio albums
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| 2010 | First Heart
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Released: September 18, 2010
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| 2012 | いい塩梅
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Released: January 7, 2012
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| おすそ分け
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| 2013 | パステルパレード
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Released: July 7, 2013
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Label: Go! Go! Records
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| 2014 | リバーシブル!!
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Released: July 7, 2014
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Label: Go! Go! Records
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| 2016 | Evil Idol Song
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Released: August 24, 2016
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Label: King Records, JPU Records
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| 2017 | Tsuyome no Shinzō
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Released: August 9, 2017
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Label: King Records, JPU Records
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| 2019 | 色者
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Released: June 26, 2019
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Label: King Records
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| 2023 | 色者
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Released: December 13, 2023
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Label: Waiwai Records
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Singles
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| 2010 | 太陽の輪
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| 2011 | 是ぜ非ひ
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| 逆様の笹の葉様
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| 2012 | 夜行列車
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Released: November 15, 2012
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| 2014 | ユメヒコウセン
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Released: October 29, 2014
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Label: Spacey Music Entertainment
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| 2018 | 言えない事は歌の中
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Released: June 20, 2018
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Label: King Records
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| 2019 | 月が食べてしまった
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Released: January 16, 2019
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Label: King Records
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| 2020 | "Dead Stroke
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Released: June 10, 2020
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Label: King Records
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Home videos
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| 2012 | 藤田恵名と一人遊園地バースデイ
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Released: October 26, 2012
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| 2013 | クレイジータナバター
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Released: September 7, 2013
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| 2014 | バースデイ☆ライブドライブ2014DVD
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Released: August 16, 2014
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| 2015 | 異種格闘音技Vol.1 藤田恵名vsドルチェ DVD
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ジグザクギャラクシー
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Released: November 25, 2015
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| 2016 | モーレツのススメ！
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Released: December 3, 2016
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| 2018 | あとはねるだけ？
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Released: January 27, 2018
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| 2019 | もうきている
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Filmography
- Image videos
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| 2014 | エナメル
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Released: February 20, 2014
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| 2015 | Mind Rock
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| 2016 | 本当はダメなんですよ…
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| 2017 | 告白ラテアート
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| 2018 | ちゅら濡れ
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Released: October 20, 2018
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- Films
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| 2017 | Evil Idol Song
| Kana Fujisaki |
| 2018 | 血を吸う粘土
| Reina Tani |
| 2019 | Welcome to Japan: Hinomaru Lunch Box
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Released: October 11, 2019
| Kika |
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