Miu Sakamoto

Japanese pop singer (born 1980)

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  • electronica
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Websitewww.miuskmt.com

Miu Sakamoto (坂本 美雨, Sakamoto Miu, born May 1, 1980) is a Japanese pop singer. She is the daughter of musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.

Biography

Sakamoto provided a cover of "Miu" for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~[2]

Discography

Albums

  • DAWN PINK (September 29, 1999)
  • Harmonious (May 24, 2006)
  • Oboro no Kanata, Akari no Kehai (December 12, 2007) – (Produced by SUGIZO)
  • Zoy (November 5, 2008)
  • PHANTOM Girl (May 19, 2010) (Produced by The Shanghai Restoration Project)
  • HATSUKOI (May 18, 2011) (SRP)
  • I'm yours! (August 8, 2012)[3] (SRP)
  • Waving Flags (March 5, 2014)
  • Sing with me II (with Cantus) (December 7, 2016)

Mini-Albums

  • aquascape (November 26, 1998)
  • sorato (Masakatsu Takagi x Sakamoto Miu) (October 10, 2007)
  • iTunes Live from Tokyo (January 23, 2008)
  • Sing with me (with Cantus) (June 22, 2016)

Compilations

  • miusic ~The best of 1997–2012~ (June 26, 2013)

Live albums

  • LIVE Waving Flags (March 18, 2015)

Singles

  • "Poppoya" (May 26, 1999) – composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto, with lyrics by Tamio Okuda
  • "in aquascape" (September 8, 1999) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • "I'll believe the look in your eyes" (February 9, 2000) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed by Yuka Kawamura, and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • "beautiful" (July 26, 2000) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Yuka Honda
  • "Blank" (April 11, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Toru Okada
  • "15fun" (May 23, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Noriyuki Makihara
  • "Kaze Hikaru" (October 24, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai
  • "sleep away" (April 24, 2002) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by SUGIZO
  • "Kumanbachi ga tonde kita" (November 20, 2002) – written by Shigesato Itoi and composed by Akiko Yano
  • "The NeverEnding Story" (November 16, 2005) – composed by Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Keith Forsey

Digital Singles

  • [2005.09.12] Never Ending Story (CM Version)
  • [2010.04.14] Phantom Girl's First Love
  • [2010.05.19] Phantom Girl's First Love -Classical Remix-
  • [2010.11.24] Hajimari Hajimari (はじまりはじまり; Beginning Beginning)
  • [2011.05.18] Precious
  • [2012.07.04] Anata to Watashi no Aida ni Aru Mono Subete Ai to Yobu (あなたと私の間にあるもの全て愛と呼ぶ)
  • [2012.09.12] I'm yours (Taan Newjam Remix)

Participation in Vocaloid

Miu Sakamoto is the voice provider for Yamaha's Vocaloid Mew. Mew was a starter Vocaloid released alongside the Vocaloid 3 software, with VY1V3.

Mew's first single, "Line", debuted in The Vocaloid, an album produced by Yamaha.[4]

References

  1. ^ 坂本 美雨|日本タレント名鑑. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "BUCK-TICKトリビュート詳細解禁!椎名林檎、BRAHMAN、DIRらがカバーするのは". Natalie (in Japanese). November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Miu Sakamoto "I'm Yours!"". japantimes.co.jp. August 16, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Miu Sakamoto". jpopasia.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

External links

  • Official blog (in Japanese)
  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Miu Sakamoto at Warner Music Japan (in Japanese)
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