About YOHIO

YOHIO (born in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a solo artist and the guitarist of Seremedy. He started out in 2009 as the lead guitarist of the band Seremedy, in 2012 he debuted as solo artist in Japan on Universal Music Japan. On February 9, 2012, YOHIO did a showcase performance in Tokyo, performing all 6 songs from his debut mini-album "REACH the SKY". His debut mini album "REACH the SKY" was released in Japan on April 25, 2012. On October 19 he released his first single "Our Story", this was the first song with English lyrics. On November 19, it was revealed that YOHIO will participate in Melodifestivalen 2013, the Swedish national selection for TV-show Eurovision Song Contest 2013. On February 2, 2013 he performed the song "Heartbreak Hotel" in the first semi-final in Karlskrona. He finished on 1st place in that semi final and was qualified to the final in Stockholm on March 9, 2013. In the final he finished on second place with 133 points. However, he received the most votes of the televotes with over 100,000 more votes than the winner Robin Stjernberg. He will release a full studio album entitled "BREAK the BORDER" on March 27, 2013 in Sweden and April 24, 2013 in Japan. The album will be released in a English lyrics version (released in Sweden) and a Japanese lyrics version (released in Japan). Official site (Japan): http://universal-music.co.jp/yohio