Yuki Maeda

Yuki Maeda (前田有紀) was a Japanese Enka singer and an actress. She started her career under the management of Enka singer Hiroshi Itsuki in 1994, before joining Hello! Project as a soloist in 2000. She graduated from Hello! Project in March 2009, continuing her singing career as part of the agency UFA. In June of 2012, she announced on her twitter account that she was five months pregnant, and that she would retire from the music industry to focus on being a mother.