AY YOLA Members Profile and Facts (Updated!)

AY YOLA Members Profile and Facts

AY YOLA is a Bashkortostani ethnic fusion band. The band consists of Adel, Ruslan, and Rinat. They debuted on February 21, 2025 with the single “Batyr”. The band seems to be a temporary project planning to release a full length album at the end of covering all the Bashkir epic Ural Batyr.

Group Name Meaning: in Bashkir language it means ‘laws of the universe’.

Official SNS:
Instagram: @ayyola.music
TikTok: @ayyola.music
YouTube: AY YOLA

AY YOLA Members:
Ruslan

Stage Name: Ruslan (Руслан)
Birth Name: Ruslan Ramiliyevich Shaikhitdinov (Руслан Рамильевич Шайхитдинов)
Position: Producer, Keyboardist, Dombra Player, Bass Guitarist, Kyl-Qobys Player
Birthday: July 17, 1974
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Tiger
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: N/A
MBTI Type: N/A
Instagram: @ruslansever.music

Ruslan Facts:
– He was born in Ufa city.
– He is Adel’s father.
– His ethnicity is Bashkir.
– He comes from an artistic family: his father used to be a bass guitarist and singer, his mother is a retired piano teacher.
– His father worked as a agriculture specialist and with Ruslan he planted blue spruce trees in Ufa downtown.
– He has a brother and a sister, who are also pianists.
– He is married to a Russian woman named Lyudmila, who also helps with music production.
– He is also a DJ with the alias Ruslan Sever.
– He was in a duo named Musume with Adel in 2019.
– The first instrument he mastered in his childhood is violin.
– Education: Ufa State Aviation Technical University (graduated from in 1996).
– He began DJing in mid-1990s.
– At first he wanted Adel to become a dentist.
– He owned a night club named “Dinamik” since 1997 until 2007, where he elevated young music talents.
– He was invited for performances to many night clubs across the globe.
– He managed to get to Top100 of DJs in Russia.
– He had been leading his own radioprogramme on a Bashkortostani radiowave for 8 years.
– He can move his ears with his head muscles.
– His hobbies are skiing and swimming.
– He trains qurai flute playing with Rinat, but still does not master it.
– His favorite musical instruments are guitar and Ableton Push.
– He learned to play piano by himself.
– He likes all junk food.
– He drinks only sugar-free beverages.
– His favorite cartoons are The Bremen Musicians (1969), Hedgehog in the Fog and Kung Fu Panda.
– His favorite Japanese movie is The Ballad of Narayama.
– He is confident in speaking English.
– He is good at range shooting.
– He can ride a horse.
– He began being interested in music after listening to Zodiac band vinyl record. His most favorite musicians in electro genre are Jean-Michél Jarre, Kraftwerk, and Enigma.
– His favorite Western musicians are Bruno Mars, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Luciano Pavarotti, ABBA, Front 242, Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, Eric Prydz, Deadmau5 and The Weeknd.
– He was interested in sci-fi when he was a child, his favorite author was Kir Bulychyov.
– He used to be an amateur radio operator (radio stalker) before he had entered radio stations as a DJ. His codename was UA9WVE.
– As he says, it is easy to make lyrics in English than in Russian.
– He thinks the numbers 3, 7, 8 and 33 follow the band from the beginning.
– If he were given a chance to become a musical instrument, he would become a violin.
– His favorite place in Ufa is the bridge across Belaya River.

Rinat

Stage Name: Rinat (Ринат)
Birth Name: Rinat Zagirovich Ramazanov (Ринат Загирович Рамазанов)
Position: Throat Vocalist, Qurai Flutist
Birthday: September 19, 1986
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Tiger
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: N/A
MBTI Type: N/A
Instagram: @rinat_ayyola_argymak

Rinat Facts:
– He was born in Meleuz town.
– His ethnicity is Bashkir.
– He has a family: wife Alisa, son Amirkhan, and daughter Amina.
– He has a younger brother and an older sister.
– He has his own 7-member ethnic rock band named Argymak, which he founded in 2009.
– He is a multi-instrumentalist.
– Education: Ismagilov Ufa Academy of Arts; Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Department of IT and Technology ⇒ Salavat Music College.
– He has been playing qurai flute since his 7 years old.
– He thinks that only a Bashkir by blood can master qurai flute.
– He can make qurai flute out of reed grass in a short amount of time.
– He is a Muslim.
– He doesn’t get anxious before the stage and doesn’t rehearse much.
– He can ride a horse.
– He is also a trader.
– It is said that he as a baby became calm when Bashkir folk music was on, and when it is off he began crying.
– His favorite cartoons are The Bremen Musicians (1969), Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Moana.
– His favorite places are Salavat Yulayev Park in Ufa and Mount Narystau.
– He is a sweet-tooth.
– When asked which Bashkir tradition he wants to be held and passed, he answered listening to wise counseling of aksakals.

Adel

Stage Name: Adel (Адель)
Birth Name: Adel Ruslanovna Shaikhitdinova (Адель Руслановна Шайхитдинова)
Position: Vocalist, Dombra Player, Guitarist
Birthday: January 15, 2000
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rabbit
Height: ~150 cm (~4’9″)
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: N/A
MBTI Type: N/A
Instagram: @musume_adel

Adel Facts:
– She was born in Ufa city.
– She is Ruslan’s daughter.
– Her ethnicity is Bashkir (through her father) and Russian (through her mother).
– She was in a duo named Musume with Ruslan.
– She is called Adelyushechka by her father.
– Her native language is Russian, she began learning Bashkort in her adult years.
– Her favorite word in Bashkort is “Ҡояш” (Qoyash) meaning the sun.
– Education: Kazan Federal University, Institute of Social Sciences and Media, Department of Television.
– She began singing in 9 years old.
– She mastered guitar in three months in her school days.
– Her first song was released when she was 10.
– She dropped guitar classes in her musical school in 11 years old.
– Her first grand performance was in 13 years old.
– She began teaching vocals in 14 years old.
– She attended musical theater classes in her youth.
– In Musume duo her stage name was Adel Zimnyaya (from Russian it translates as Adel of Winter).
– She is a lyricist in Musume.
– She tried DJing with the alias Knopy Knop. As she said in 2020, it is how her friends are calling her.
– As her pets she has two long fur toy terriers and sphinx cats.
– She can speak English.
– She can reach her nose with her tongue.
– She can ride a horse a bit, which she showed in the debut MV.
– She says that there are a tomboy and a lady inside of her mind, and they tell to dress like as they say.
– She says that she inherited her father’s calmness, confidence, ability to listen to other people and love for music.
– She would like to be calmer and less anxious.
– She thinks that she thinks too much instead of just doing it.
– She is proud of that fact she stays as herself.
– Her most positive memory is when the audience sang with her.
– The most beautiful part of her in her opinion is ability to feel and a dimple.
– She cannot live without headphones.
– Her favorite dishes are tom yam soup, khinkali and khachapuri.
– Out of all junk food, she likes burgers.
– She likes elephants and the Disney cartoon Dumbo.
– Another Disney cartoons she likes are Tangled, Moana and Coco. She can sing all songs from them.
– Her favorite anime is Spirited Away.
– Her favorite clothes are gray track pants.
– She thinks that socks are very important.
– The song that once saved her is Honne’s “No Song Without You”.
– Her favorite Western singers are Adele and Miley Cyrus.
– Her favorite Adele songs are “Rolling in the Deep” and “Don’t You Remember”.
– She doesn’t have favorite genres or type of music.
– Her favorite musical instrument is voice, as it changed with her and it knows how to say something precisely.
– After graduating from university, she went to Moscow to work as a lyricist. She worked there for a year.
– She loves her native city Ufa for its calmness and uniqueness.
– Her favorite places in Ufa are Olimpik Park and Salavat Yulayev Park.
– She says she accomplishes her plans without knowing she is going by the list.
– She attended Rinat’s band Argymak concerts before AY YOLA had been formed.
– She had a notebook for poems which she filled from early school days until freshman year in the university.
– She is also a stylist of the band.

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