Yasuko Onuki

{{Short description|Japanese singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Yasuko Onuki

| image = Yasuko Onuki-10.jpg

| caption = Onuki performing in 2008

| background = solo_singer

| origin = Japan

| genre = Noise rock, experimental rock, avant-garde

| occupation = Musician, vocalist, bassist

| years_active = 1991–present

| label = A-Zap

| associated_acts = Melt-Banana

| birth_date =

| website =

}}

Yasuko Onuki (often known simply as Yako, Yasuko or Yasuko O.{{discogs artist}}) is the singer from Japanese band Melt-Banana,{{AllMusic | class = artist | id = p200036 | tab = biography | label = Biography of Melt Banana | first = Ben | last = Tausig | access-date = 2012-05-11 }} which she founded in 1991.{{cite web | url = http://www.skingraftrecords.com/bandhtmlpages/meltban.html | title = MELT-BANANA Band Page | publisher = Skingraft Records }} She has a frantic chirping and yelping vocal style{{cite web | url = http://www.sonic.net/~goblin/chih.html |title = Melt-Banana | publisher = Sonic.net }} which is an important part of Melt-Banana's unique sound. She writes all of Melt-Banana's lyrics, which she sings in English, stating that:

{{cquote|When I first started singing in a band, I was singing in Japanese, but I changed to English. I thought that English would fit more to my style of singing.{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_faq.html#YakoSingJpn | title = About MELT-BANANA | work = Official website for Melt-Banana }}}}