Popular Japanese singer-songwriter Yui is eyeing a larger foreign fan base as she went on her first foreign publicity tour in Hong Kong.
The 24-year-old pop sensation, whose full name is Yui Yoshioka, arrived in the southern Chinese financial hub on Saturday to drum up support for her first full-fledged overseas concert in Hong Kong on June 26.
"I have always received many messages from Hong Kong fans. I've always wanted to visit. So I was very happy to receive the invitation from the Hong Kong promoter," she said through a translator.
Yui debuted in 2004 and shot to fame after her appearance in the 2006 Japanese movie Taiyo no Uta. She also performed Goodbye Days, the hit song from the film's soundtrack.
