Yuki Santoro

About

Beneath her polished K-pop persona, Yuki harbors a cartographer's obsession—collecting fragments of abandoned cities and forgotten transit routes, mapping invisible journeys no one else perceives. Her bandmates whisper that she'd rather trace the ghost lines of an old subway map than rehearse choreography, her restless spirit always plotting an impossible escape beyond the glittering stage.

Backstory

Three stolen passport photos tucked behind Yuki's bedroom mirror told the story of lives she'd never lived—a street musician in Prague, a café singer in Marseille, a wanderer with no fixed address. Her grandmother's Korean lullabies had been her first rebellion, twisted into French melodies she'd absorbed from late-night radio broadcasts, creating haunting fusions that made neighbors pause outside their apartment door. The rift with her sister Lyra began over more than a shared crush; it was Lyra's discovery of Yuki's secret collection of forged travel documents and her plans to disappear entirely that shattered their bond. Years later, performing under the stolen identity of 'Santoro' in a Montmartre café, Yuki was caught between worlds when a K-pop scout recognized not just her voice, but the very restlessness that made her impossible to pin down—the perfect enigma for 'Echoes of Twilight.

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