Sugawara Sayuri
Sugawara Sayuri (菅原紗由理) is a Japanese pop singer signed to For Life Music Entertainment.
Contents
Profile
- Name: Sugawara Sayuri (菅原紗由理)
- Nickname: Sayu
- Birthday: June 29, 1990
- Birthplace: Yokote, Akita, Japan
- Blood Type: A
- Height: 165 cm (5'4)
- Pet: rabbit named Mimi (The model for Sayuri goods)
- Favorite Artists: Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, P!nk, ROX, MISIA, DREAMS COME TRUE, BENNIE K
- Likes: Getting nails done, favorite nail cover, red. Eating out, drinking sake, blogging. Also likes to collect cellphone chains of characters from Teinenbi Shoujo Heidi.
- Dislikes: Raw food
- Favorite TV Show: Teinenbi Shoujo Heidi (低燃費少女ハイジ)
- Fun Fact: Good at playing basket ball, before her debut she used to practice singing at a bar her friend used to run.
Information
In January 2008, Sugawara participated to 7DAYS Audition and 30DAYS Audition. With her transparent voice, she won both auditions and got a contract with For Life Music Entertainment. On December 17, 2008, Sugawara released her first song digitally through Chaku-Uta, "Destiny" is sampled from Franz Liszt's classical masterpiece "Liebesträume" ([Ger]; Dream of Love) and featured rapper FEROS. In April 2009, she made her major debut with the mini-album, Kimi ni Okuru Uta.
Following the digital success of her song, "Kimi ni Okuru Uta", Sugawara released her debut single "Ano Hi no Yakusoku" on September 30, 2009. On September 3, 2009, at FINAL FANTASY XIII premier, it was announced that she will perform its theme song, "Kimi ga Iru Kara". The song is composed by Hamauzu Masashi and Sugawara also performed its orchestra version on the premier. The single "Kimi ga Iru Kara" was released on December 2, two weeks before the release date of FINAL FANTASY XIII.
Her first album, First Story, was released on January 27th 2010. And peaked at number #14 on the Oricon charts, selling 10,217 copies. Sayuri's 3rd single, "Sunao ni Narenakute," released on May 19, 2010 was used as the insert song for the drama of the same title: Sunao ni Narenakute, starring Eita and Ueno Juri. Also on September 1, 2010, Sayuri's 4th single, ""Suki" to Iu Kotoba" was used as the theme song to the 2010 version of the drama Kasouken no Onna. On October 16th and 24th, Sayuri held her first LIVE tour at Shinsaibashi and Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO titled; Sugawara Sayuri Live Tour -The One-. And also held school festival LIVE tours in November at Touhou, Kitasato and Momoyama Universities.
On December 22, 2010, Sayuri released her second mini-album, Close To You, starting the second chapter of her career.
After releasing her latest mini-album, Close To You, last December, Sugawara embarked on her mini live tour entitled, -Close To You- in late February, with performances at CLUB QUATTRO in Shinsaibashi on February 25th and Nagoya's E.L.L. on March 2nd, finally, the final tour took place in Akasaka on March 4th. Over 1000 fans packed into Akasaka BLITZ for the final concert. Notable performances included Sugawara's two new songs: "Kaze," which was composed by YUKI of BENNIE K, while, "Fly," is an electro-rock tune unlike anything the singer has done before.
On April 18, Sayuri confirmed on her blog that she will be releasing a third mini-album that will be the sequel to her second mini-album, Close To You, she describes the album as, "This new release will show you all a new face of Sugawara Sayuri, producing all kinds of colorful music. I wanted to convey a message in these times, with new challenges like composing music, so I hope all of you will react excitedly to the things I give you..."
Discography
.jpg)
Albums
- [2010.01.27] First Story
Mini-Albums
- [2009.04.08] Kimi ni Okuru Uta (キミに贈る歌; Sending a Song to You)
- [2010.12.22] Close To You
- [2011.07.20] Forever...
Singles
- [2009.09.30] Ano Hi no Yakusoku (あの日の約束; The Promise on That Day)
- [2009.12.02] Kimi ga Iru Kara (君がいるから; Because You're Here)
- [2010.05.19] Sunao ni Narenakute (素直になれなくて; I Can't Be Honest)
- [2010.09.01] "Suki" to Iu Kotoba (『好き』という言葉; The Word Called "Love")
Digital Download
Collaborations / Soundtracks
- [2010.01.27] FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Soundtrack (Disc 1 #16 Eternal Love (Short Version), Disc 4 #21 Kimi ga Iru Kara (Long Version))
- [2010.03.24] Miss Monday - "Sayonara" feat. Sugawara Sayuri
- [2010.06.30] KG - "Dare Yori mo" duet with Sugawara Sayuri
External Links
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
