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. She discovered the electric violin, which is now her preferred instrument. Soon afterwards, she signed a recording contract with

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, under

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. She released two CDs ''Violin Diva Volume 1'' and ''Violin Diva volume 2'' in Japan, as well as a half dozen other EPs and singles. She also recorded several Jazz albums including ''Introducing Sarina Suno'', featuring

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and

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. A recording of house music, ''Dancing Violin'', was released on the French label Lift’in Records in August, 2011, and another was released on New York label

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in October 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suno, Sarina Living people Japanese women violinists 21st-century Japanese violinists Year of birth missing (living people)