Saasa

Saasa
さぁさ
Saasa さぁさ
Born	November 12, 1984 (age 40)
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	J-pop, rock, Ukulele
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, singer, radio host
Years active	2005–
Labels	GIZA studio (2008–2013), Positive Monster (2014–)
Website	saasa.main.jp

Saasa (さぁさ, Saasa) is a Japanese singer. Between 2008 and 2013 she was under the recording label Giza Studio and since 2014 she's active as an independent artist.

Early life

Saasa started with music in high school as a guitarist in a rock band. She did not like working with a group, because she couldn't explain herself through the music and decided to go solo. Beginning with acoustic guitar, Saasa changed to electric. Saasa started as a singer-songwriter in 2005 with the debut of her self-made album Good Morning, which was only available at her live concerts.

She continued to perform and released more self-made singles and albums, until Giza Studio became interested. In March 2009, she released her major debut single, called Hello, Hello, Hello (ハローハローハロー). It failed to chart on Oricon. Saasa's first full album was released in July 2009, called Naturela (ナチュリラ).^[1] She released 2 more albums before going on hiatus until September 2013.^[2] In 2014, she started being active as an indie artist and released her self-made album LeLe Salad, only available in Japan.^[3] She's active as of 2023.

Discography

Studio albums

Naturela (ナチュリラ) (2009)
Saite Hiraite (サイテヒライテ) (2010)
Kokoro Polaroid (ココロポラロイド) (2012)

Singles

Hello Hello Hello (ハローハローハロー) (2009)
Dramatic (ドラマチック) (2009)

Mini-albums

Hajimemashite (ハジメマシテ。) (Indies) (2008)

Compilations

PICK-UP PROJECT '05 Lucky[全12曲収録]twinkle ([全12曲収録] All 12 Songs)(2005)
Christmas Non-Stop Carol (#14 Akabana no Tonakai) (2010)
fluff (#3 Epuron)

Self-made album and singles

Good Morning (2005)
Cafe Teria (2005)
Happy (2010)
1512 café (2011)
Happy Birthday (2011)
TOBITATE (2018)
Soel Music (ソエルミュージック) (2019)
Sparkle on a free day (なんでもない日に煌きを) (2019)

Radio

2005–2006 TenParu Sunday FM-HANAKO (てんぱる!サンデー　FM-HANAKO)
2005–2006 Mich DJ FM-HANAKO (DJマイセルフ FM-HANAKO)
2014 FM OSAKA
2014.04.25 OBC Radio Osaka (OBCラジオ大阪)
2014.04- KBS Kyoto Radio

TV

2008 Raw Rikutaimu! (生リクタイム!)
2014– KBS Kyoto TV (KBS京都テレビ) (Responsible for opening Ending BGM program)

References

^ "シンガーソングライターさぁさ、母校凱旋ライブで涙". Barks.jp (in Japanese). 17 November 2009.
^ "【皆様へ大切なお知らせ】". Saasa blog (in Japanese).
^ "さぁさ、漫画家のコンタロウ氏とのコラボレーションMV「ケセランパサラン」を公開". Barks.jp (in Japanese). 17 February 2017.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "シンガーソングライターさぁさ、母校凱旋ライブで涙". Barks.jp (in Japanese). 17 November 2009.

[2] "【皆様へ大切なお知らせ】". Saasa blog (in Japanese).

[3] "さぁさ、漫画家のコンタロウ氏とのコラボレーションMV「ケセランパサラン」を公開". Barks.jp (in Japanese). 17 February 2017.

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