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Send "Puffy Amiyumi" Ringtones to your Cell 
Puffy (<#12497;<#12501;<#12451;<#12540;, Puffy) or Puffy AmiYumi (<#12497;<#12501;<#12451;<#12540;<#12539;<#12450;<#12511;<#12518;<#12511;, Puffy AmiYumi?) as they are known in the United States (due to legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, also known as "Sean 'Puffy' Combs" or "Puff Daddy"), is a Japanese J-Pop duo.Ami Onuki, whose nickname is "Jane", and Yumi Yoshimura, nicknamed "Sue", were scouted by two different talent agencies and put together in 1995, and soon Puffy-Mania would begin. Puffy-Mania is a term that was used by the Japanese media to refer to the craze for all things related to Puffy, from key-chains, to CDs. It began in 1996 and continues to this day. Puffy-Mania reached its peak in 1998 to 1999, following the release of the Jet-CD and the Jet-Tour. Their first release "Asia no junshin" ("True Asia") sold a million records and their success continued with several more full-length releases (totalling 14 million sales in Japan).
East Coast Tour 2006 (Splurge! Splurge! Splurge!)
On May 11, Puffy AmiYumi announced these tour dates:
7/08 Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7/09 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
7/11 River to River Festival, New York City
7/12 Avalon Nightclub, Boston, Massachusetts
7/15 Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
7/18 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, Michigan
7/19 House of Blues, Cleveland, Ohio
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