Mai Yamane (currently using name -山根麻以, written 山根麻衣 before 2001) is a Japanese singer, well known for her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack with 菅野よう子 (Yôko Kanno). Her career started at the very beginning of the 1980's when she participated in a young singer's contest in Japan. Six months later, she finished her first album. Until 1995 she had albums like The Day Before Yesterday (1984), Flying Elephants (1985), Embassy (1986), Woman Tone (1988) and 1958 (1989).