Sada Masashi

is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer.

Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and they made their debut as recording artists a year afterward. The pair rose to fame owing to the hit song "Shourou Nagashi" () composed by Sada, which peaked at the number-two position on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1974. They broke up in 1976, after producing some hit singles including "En-kiri Dera" () and "Muen Zaka" ().

Sada released his first solo album entitled ''Kikyorai'' shortly after Grape's dissolution. Following the commercial success of the number-one hit single "Amayadori" (, Shelter from the rain) in 1977, he enjoyed a recording career as one of the most popular Japanese male artists during the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.

Throughout his career as a musician, Sada released over 35 solo albums and 70 singles, and multiple live albums or compilations. Since the release of ''Shourou Nagashi'', published in 2001, Sada has also worked as a novelist.

Discography

Albums

Grape (with Masami Yoshida)

* ''Wasuremono'' () / ''Lost Property'' (25 August 1974)
* ''Seseragi'' () / ''Babble'' (25 May 1975)
* ''Communication'' () (25 November 1975)
* ''Ano Koro ni Tsuite -Season of Raisin-'' () (10 November 1991) / name as 'Raisin'

solo

* ''Kikyorai'' () / ''I Come Back'' (25 November 1976)
* ''Kazamidori'' () / ''Weathercock'' (25 July 1977)
* ''Anthology'' () (25 March 1978)
* ''Yume Kuyo'' () / ''Memorials of Dreams'' (10 April 1979)
* ''Inshoha'' () / ''Impressionists'' (10 October 1980)
* ''Utsuroi'' () / ''Transition'' (25 June 1981)
* ''Yume no Wadachi'' () / ''Rut of Dreams'' (11 December 1982)
* ''Kaze no Omokage'' () / ''Vestiges of Winds'' (30 November 1983)
* ''Glass Age'' () (12 December 1984)
* ''ADVANTAGE'' (12 June 1985)
* ''Jibun Shokogun'' () / ''Oneself Syndrome'' (21 December 1985)
* ''Yume Kaikisen'' () / ''The Dream Tropic'' (25 July 1987)
* ''Kazemachi Dori no Hitobito'' () / ''People on the Street that is Waiting for Breeze'' (25 July 1988)
* ''Yume no Fuku Koro'' () / ''Time Blowing Dream'' (25 January 1989)
* ''Yume Bakari Miteita'' () ''I Only Dreamed'' (25 February 1990)
* ''Yume Kaikisen II'' () / ''The Dream Tropic Second'' (25 August 1990)
* ''Kazoku no Shozo'' () ''Portrait of a Family'' (25 July 1991)
* ''Honobono'' () / ''Heartwarming'' (10 November 1992)
* ''Aimiteno'' () / ''Rendezvous'' (25 October 1993)
* ''Omoide Dorobo'' () / ''Burglar who Steal Dreams'' (25 October 1994)
* ''Sayonara Nippon'' () / ''Good-bye Japan'' (25 October 1995)
* ''Furukusai Koi no Uta Bakari'' () / ''Just old-fashioned Love Songs'' (25 October 1996)
* ''Yumeuta'' () / ''Dream Song'' (21 November 1997)
* ''Kokoro no Jidai'' ( / ''Period of Heart'' (23 September 1998)
* ''Toki no Sumika'' () / ''Habitats of Seasons'' (23 June 1999)
* ''Nihon Kaku Setsu'' () / ''Japan Fancied Theory'' (21 September 2000)
* ''Alstroemeria'' () (27 February 2002)
* ''Yume no Tsuzuki'' () / ''Continuation of a Dream'' (26 September 2002)
* ''Slow Life Story'' () (22 October 2003)
* ''Koibumi'' () / ''Love Letter'' (22 September 2004)
* ''Tokoshie'' () / ''Forever'' (7 September 2005)
* ''Utsukushiki Nihon no Omokage'' () / ''Beautiful Japanese Vestiges'' (6 September 2006)
* ''Mist'' (12 September 2007)
* ''Utsukushii Asa'' / ''Beautiful Morning'' () (9 June 2009)
* ''Yokan'' () / ''Premonition'' (9 June 2010)
* ''Sada City'' (11 July 2011)
* ''Mou Kurukoro...'' () / ''Time It Will Come'' (13 June 2012)
* ''Dai Ni Gakushou'' () / ''The Second Movement'' (10 September 2014)
* ''Kaze no Kiseki'' () / ''Track of winds'' (8 July 2015)
* ''Reborn ~Umaretate no Sada Masashi~'' () (4 July 2018)
* ''Shin-Jibunfudoki I ~Boukyou~'' () (15 May 2019)
* ''Shin-Jibunfudoki II ~Mahoroba~ () (15 May 2019)
* ''45th Anniversary Concert Tour 2018 Reborn-Masashi Sada' () (26 June 2019)

External links

Sada Masashi Official Website

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1952 births
Living people
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
People from Nagasaki
Musicians from Nagasaki Prefecture