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BLP sources|date=May 2007Infobox musical artist | name = Heartsdales| image =| caption = Heartsdales on the set of their PV for "Stay".| image_size = 200| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Tokyo / New York | genre = Urban contemporary | years_active = 2001–2006| label = Avex Group|Espionage Records / Rhythm Zone / Avex Trax | associated_acts =| website = Wayback |url= http://www.heartsdales.net/ |title=Heartsdales' official website |date=20090219204424 | current_members = Rum Jewels| past_members =| notable_instruments = Heartsdales was a Japan ese hip hop group composed of sisters nihongo|Yumi Sugiyama|????|Sugiyama Yumi and nihongo|Emi Sugiyama|????|Sugiyama Emi, known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively.
Yumi was born on December 17, 1981, and Emi on December 4, 1976 in Tokyo , Japan . Their family moved to the Yonkers area of New York right after Yumi was born, due to their father's job as an interior designer. In 1995, the family moved back to Japan, and Yumi attended Tama Art University and Emi attended Keio University.
In summer 2001, Yumi and Emi appeared on the TV audition program Asayan after sending in a demo.cite news|url= http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/625/music_beat.asp|title=J-pop goes def|author=Robert Michael Poole|publisher= Metropolis (free magazine) |accessdate=2011-05-03|date=2006-03-17 They won the competition, and landed a contract with Avex Group|Avex Entertainment. They adopted the name "Heartsdales" as a reference to the hamlet of Hartsdale, New York .
They released their first album, Radioactive , in 2002 under Avex Group|Avex Record's sublabel Cutting Edge. Their first single, "So Tell Me," was ranked 6th on the Oricon music rankings. Since then, they released 6 albums and 14 singles. Artimage is Heartsdales' management office, who also manages other Japanese hip-hop artists such as M-Flo and Double (singer)|Double .
On June 22, 2006, Heartsdales announced on their official website that they were going to split up to pursue new endeavors.cite web|title=??"??"????Heartsdales??????? ( Statement on finishing by Heartsdales )|url= http://www.heartsdales.net/060620/index.html|work=Heartsdales official site|publisher=Heartsdales|accessdate=2011-03-28|archiveurl= http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090317074303/ http://www.heartsdales.net/060620/index.html|archivedate=2009-03-17|language=Japanese Yumi now lives in New York City and has started a design studio, "Studio Yumi,"cite web |title=Studio Yumi |url= http://www.studioyumi.com |accessdate=2011-03-28 and attendsWhen|date=March 2011 the Parsons The New School for Design . Emi lives in Tokyo.
Yumi announced on her blog that she gave birth to her son weighing convert|7.7|lbs on June 25, 2010.cite web|last=Sugiyama |first=Emi (Jewels) |title=?????? ( Born ) |url= http://blog.livedoor.jp/studioyumi/archives/1315989.html |work=Jewels's official blog |accessdate=2011-03-28 |language=Japanese |date=2010-07-01
Trivia
Many of the songs on the album "Sugar Shine" were co-written, co-arranged, and co-produced by Verbal (rapper)|Verbal of M-Flo .
Jewels and Rum both practiced kendo , along with their brother and both parents.
