Misato Watanabe

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Misato Watanabe (渡辺 美里 Watanabe Misato?, born 12 July 1966)) is a female Japanese popular music artist.

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[edit] Biography

Born in Kyoto Prefecture and graduated from Matsubara High School (Tokyo) where she was an assistant in the rugby team, which had an emotional influence on her music life.

Live performance at 56th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Live performance at 56th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

[edit] Career

Her debut single 'I'm free' was released by Epic Sony (now Epic Record Japan) on 2 May 1985. It was a cover of a track with the same title from the Footloose original soundtrack. The b-side of the single was another cover song 'Don't Cry', a song from the band Asia. Her first number-one national chart place was 'My Revolution', composed by Tetsuya Komuro, in 1986. Apart from 'My Revolution', Misato also has a number of hit singles reaching the Top 3 including "Believe" (1986), "It's Tough" (1987), Kanashiine (1987), Koishitatteiijanai (1988), Moonlight Dance (1989), Niji wo mitakai (1989), Summertime Blues (1990), Sotsugyou (1991), My Revolution -Chapter 2- (1992). Her other Top 10 hits include Teenage Walk (1986), Sentimental Kangaroo (1988), Kimi no yowasa (1988), suki (1989), Koisuru Punks (1990), Power (1990), Naichaisoudayo (1992), Itsuka Kitto (1993), Big Wave yattekita (1993)and Cherry ga mittsu narabanai (1994).

Misato's first album 'eyes' was released in October 1985. With a powerful vocal and energetic tunes, the album reached the highest position of No. 4 in the album chart several weeks after its release. From 1985 - 2000, she had all her first twenty-one albums entering the Top 10 of the Oricon album chart, in which nine albums reached number one including Lovin' you (1986), Breath (1987), Ribbon (1988), Flower bed (1989), Tokyo (1990), Lucky (1991), Hello Lovers (1992), Big Wave (1993) and She Loves You (1995). Other Top 5 albums include eyes (1985), Baby Faith (1994), Live Love Life (1995), Spirits (1996), Sweet 15th Diamond (2000) and M Renaissance (2005).

Throughout the years, Misato has had concerts in a lot of big stadiums around the country including Tokyo Dome, Yokohama Arena, Osakajou Hall, etc. She is the first female singer ever in Japan to have concerts in huge stadiums. Every summer from 1986 to 2005, she performed live concerts in Seibu Lions Stadium (now Goodwill Dome) in Tokorozawa City in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. Around 700,000 people have attended her twenty-one Seibu Dome concerts in the last twenty years. It has become a record. After the 20-year Seibu Dome project, Misato has started something new, Misato Matsuri (Festival) 2006 in Yamanoko near Mt Fuji and about 9,000 attended this open-air concert.

She made her first appearance on the yearly New Year's Eve special Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2005. She performed one of the most popular songs, 'My Revolution'.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • 'I'm Free' (2 May 1985)
  • 'Growin' Up' (25 August 1985)
  • 'Shinderu mitai ni Ikitaku nai (=Don't want to live like the dead)' (5 December 1985)
  • 'My Revolution' (12 January 1986)
  • 'Teenage Walk' (2 May 1986)
  • 'Long Night' (21 July 1986)
  • 'Believe' (22 October 1986)
  • 'It's Tough / Boys Cried (Ano toki kara kamo shirenai (=Perhaps from that time))' (2 May 1987)
  • 'Kanashii ne (=Sad, isn't it?)' (2 December 1987)
  • 'Koi sitatte Ii janai (=Love as I want to)' (21 April 1988)
  • 'Senchimentaru Kangaru (=Sentimental Kangaroo)' (21 July 1988)
  • 'Kimi no Yowasa (=Your weakness) / 10 years' (21 October 1988)
  • 'Munraito Dansu (=Moonlight Dance)' (1 June 1989)
  • 'Suki (=I love you)(Apricot Mix)' (1 September 1989)
  • 'Niji wo Mitakai (=Have you ever seen the Rainbow?)' (21 October 1989)
  • 'Samataimu Burusu (=Summertime Blues) / Boys kiss Girls' (12 May 1990)
  • 'Koi suru Pankusu (=Punks in Love)' (1 July 1990)
  • 'Home Planet - Chikyu koso Watashi no Ie (=The Earth is my home) -' (22 August 1990)
  • 'Power - Ashita no Kodomo (=Children of the future) -' (21 September 1990)
  • 'Sotsugyo(=Graduation)' (18 April 1991)
  • 'Natsu ga Kita! (=Summer has come!)' (21 June 1991)
  • 'Kurisumasu made Matenai (Yukidaruma Version) (=I can't wait until Christmas)' / Jump (Daimajin Version) (21 November 1991)
  • 'My Revolution -Dai 2 sho-(Chapter Two)' (22 April 1992)
  • 'Naichaisou dayo (=About to cry)' (10 June 1992)
  • 'Merigorando (=Merry-Go-Round)　/ Aozora (=Blue Sky) (21 November 1992)
  • 'Itsuka Kitto (=Someday, surely)' (1 February 1993)
  • 'Big Wave Yatte kita (=All the way came the Big Wave)/ Sunao ni Nakeru Hi Waraeru Hi (=The days I could cry and laugh honestly)' (1 July 1993)
  • 'Manatsu no Santakurosu (=Midsummer's Santa Claus)' (21 May 1994)
  • 'Cheri ga 3tsu Narabanai (=Three cherries going different ways)' (1 August 1994)
  • 'Sincerely' (1 February 1995)
  • 'Sekai de Ichiban Toi Basho (=The furtherest place in the world)' (1 June 1995)
  • 'My Love Your Love - Tatta Hitori sika inai Anata he (=To the one and only you)-' (17 June 1996)
  • 'Issho dane (=We will be together, won't we?)' (28 May 1997)
  • 'Natsu no Uta (=The Summer Song)' (30 July 1997)
  • 'Sugao (=Natural face)' (21 February 1998)
  • 'Taiyō ha Sitte iru (=Summer knows)' (20 June 1998)
  • 'Atashii Hibi (=The new days) / Kurisumasu ha Dosuru no (=What should I do at Christmas?)' (21 November 1998)
  • 'Motto Toku he (=Further away) / Shinkokyu (=Deep breath)' (24 May 2000)
  • 'Araburu Mune no Shinbaru Narase (=Hit the cymbal of my careless heart)' (2 August 2000)
  • 'Natsuyaki Tamago (=The summer burning egg)' (18 July 2001)
  • 'Yasashiku Utatte (=Sing softly) - Killing me softly with his song -' (20 February 2002)
  • 'You - Atarashii Basho (=The new venue) - / Hana (=Flower) - Kono Boku de Ikite Yuku (=I'll live with this me) -' (24 April 2002)
  • '12 gatsu no Kamisama (=God of December)' (4 December 2002)
  • 'Doraemon no Uta (=The song of Doraemon)' (18 June 2003) - An opening song for Doraemon
  • 'Koyubi (=Little finger)' (16 July 2003)
  • 'Ju no Himitsu (=10 Secrets)' (17 December 2003)
  • 'Tomato / No Side' (19 October 2005)
  • 'Onegai Taiyou - natsu no kiseki (=Please sun - The miracle (or footstep) of summer)' (21 June 2006)
  • 'Aoi Tori (=Blue bird)' (27 September 2006)
  • 'Sonote wo tsunaide (=Take that hand)' (14 March 2007)

[edit] Albums

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