Yuki Kanesaka a.k.a. U-Key

As our parents know only too well, early educational measures are rarely crowned by success. And yet, when infant Yukihiro Kanesaka aka U-Key asked his mother how to become a ninja, she displayed some ingenious pedagogic skills: 'Well, if you learn how to play the piano first, it's a lot easier to become a ninja!' Yuki, who totally fell for this harmless trick, soon took to the keys, composed his first songs at five and dove right into the world of synthesizers, computer programming, jazz funk and fusion before he had reached the double figures.