Sayuri Kume, also known as Saki Kubota, is a singer-songwriter whose song Ihojin sold more than 1.4 million copies and reached number 1 in the Japanese singles chart. The song was used in the "Silk Road" television commercial for Sanyo.
Her album Yumegatari stayed at number 1 in the Oricon chart for seven consecutive weeks from 31 December 1979 to 11 February 1980. Her album Tenkei reached number 11 in the Japanese chart in 1980. Her album Saudade reached number 54 in the Japanese chart.
She appeared on The Best Ten and Yoru no Hit Studio.
She sang songs in the new music genre. She plays the piano.
Her farewell concert was on 26 November 1984. A video recording of the concert was released under the title Saki Kubota Farewell Concert on VHS and Betamax in 1985, and on DVD in 2011. A live album was released on CD. Her 40th anniversary concert was held in 2021, having been postponed.
In January 2020, a box set was released under the title Saki Kubota Premium to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her debut in 1979.