Miwa Sasagawa (笹川美和, Sasagawa Miwa, born on February 23, 1983) is a Japanes… Read Full Bio ↴Miwa Sasagawa (笹川美和, Sasagawa Miwa, born on February 23, 1983) is a Japanese singer from Shibata in Niigata. She represents many genres although her music is generally described as a mix of Japanese folk music, rock and electronic sounds.

She started her music career in 2000 when she won the Christmas Song Grand Prix held by the ecoburger chain Mosburger with her song "Thanks To Be Here". After that, she released a couple of singles as an indie artist.

Official Site: http://avexnet.or.jp/sasagawamiwa/index.html

On September 18, 2003 her single 笑 (Warai, Laughter) was released by the Japanese major label avex trax. In the following years, she had some more singles and four albums released: 事実 (Jijitsu, Fact), 数多 (Amata, Fullness), 夜明け (Yoake, Dawn) and 迷いなく (Mayoi Naku, Without Hesitation).

In July 2007 she terminated her contract with avex trax for artistic reasons and is now again pursuing a career as an independent artist.

Since then she has released the mini album "miwaBLUE" (June 2008, 7 tracks):

1. 花火の音 (hanabi no oto, 4:27)
2. 星の船 (hoshi no fune, 4:32)
3. 春風 (shunpuu, 4:20)
4. さよなら (sayonara, 4:01)
5. 小春日和 (koharubiyori, 3:54)
6. 街生まれ、田舎生まれ (machi umare, inaka umare, 5:30)
7. 嘘 (uso, 1:51)

She also released "miwaNOËL" (November 2008, 3 newly recorded or live performed tracks) at the indie label April Records.

1. Thanks to be here (4:35)
2. ニセアカシア (nise akashia, 5:21)
3. 光とは (hikari toha, 2:53)

After a couple of live performances in 2008, Miwa Sasagawa is going on a live tour through Japan with about 1-2 shows per month in 2009.

In May 2009 she released the album "miwaMIRAGE" (10 tracks + 2 bonus tracks), again at April Records.

1. 知っているのに (shitteiru noni, 5:40)
2. チカテツ東京 (chikatetsu toukyou, 5:03)
3. おやすみ (oyasumi, 5:21)
4. 春霖 (shunrin, 5:25)
5. 戸惑い (tomadoi, 5:35)
6. 砂漠 (sabaku, 4:19)
7. 名もなき貝 (na mo naki kai, 4:25)
8. 舞う花びら (mau hanabira, 4:59)
9. おやすみ　ピアノ弾き語り (oyasumi - piano hikigatari, 4:42)
10. 手のひら (te no hira, 3:30)

11. 耳をすませば (mimi wo sumaseba, 5:21)
12. 氷砂糖 (koorisatou, 6:07)

In June 2010 her CD “miwaTALE” came out.

1. 旅物語 (tabi monogatari, 4:46)
2. 陽炎 (kagerou, 6:01)
3. しゃぼん玉 (shabondama, 5:46)
4. 蜃気楼 (shinkirou, 4:09)

This was followed in August by “miwaEssence”, a DVD/CD set of one of her live performances, namely in Shinagawa in March 2010.

Miwa SASAGAWA's latest album “miwaGLITTER” was released in November 2010.

1. 横顔 (yokogao)
2. 不確かなもの (futashika na mono)
3. 平行線 (heikousen)
4. 鬼灯 (houzuki)
5. 渡り鳥 (wataridori)
6. ありのままで (ari no mama de)
7. 緑の絨毯 (midori no juutan)
8. 追い風 (oikaze)
9. 彼の目 (kare no me)
10. 水族館の人魚 (suizokukan no ningyo)