Miu Sakamoto

Miu Sakamoto (坂本 美雨, Sakamoto Miu, born May 1, 1980) is a Japanese pop singer. She is the daughter of musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.

Miu Sakamoto
坂本 美雨
Born	May 1, 1980
Other names	Sister M
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1997–present
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Parents	Ryuichi Sakamoto (father) Akiko Yano (mother)
Musical career
Genres	Pop-Electropop-electronica-orchestral pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Warner Music Japan
Website	www.miuskmt.com

Biography

Sakamoto provided a cover of "Miu" for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~[2]

Discography

Albums

• DAWN PINK (September 29, 1999)
• Harmonious (May 24, 2006)
• Oboro no Kanata, Akari no Kehai (December 12, 2007) – (Produced by SUGIZO)
• Zoy (November 5, 2008)
• PHANTOM Girl (May 19, 2010) (Produced by The Shanghai Restoration Project)
• HATSUKOI (May 18, 2011) (SRP)
• I'm yours! (August 8, 2012)[3] (SRP)
• Waving Flags (March 5, 2014)
• Sing with me II (with Cantus) (December 7, 2016)

Mini-Albums

• aquascape (November 26, 1998)
• sorato (Masakatsu Takagi x Sakamoto Miu) (October 10, 2007)
• iTunes Live from Tokyo (January 23, 2008)
• Sing with me (with Cantus) (June 22, 2016)

Best albums

• miusic ~The best of 1997–2012~ (June 26, 2013)

Live albums

• LIVE Waving Flags (March 18, 2015)

Singles

• "Poppoya" (May 26, 1999) – composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto, with lyrics by Tamio Okuda
• "in aquascape" (September 8, 1999) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "I'll believe the look in your eyes" (February 9, 2000) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed by Yuka Kawamura, and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "beautiful" (July 26, 2000) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Yuka Honda
• "Blank" (April 11, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Toru Okada
• "15fun" (May 23, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Noriyuki Makihara
• "Kaze Hikaru" (October 24, 2001) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai
• "sleep away" (April 24, 2002) – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by SUGIZO
• "Kumanbachi ga tonde kita" (November 20, 2002) – written by Shigesato Itoi and composed by Akiko Yano
• "The NeverEnding Story" (November 16, 2005) – composed by Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Keith F===orsey

Digital Singles

• [2005.09.12] Never Ending Story (CM Version)
• [2010.04.14] Phantom Girl's First Love
• [2010.05.19] Phantom Girl's First Love -Classical Remix-
• [2010.11.24] Hajimari Hajimari (はじまりはじまり; Beginning Beginning)
• [2011.05.18] Precious
• [2012.07.04] Anata to Watashi no Aida ni Aru Mono Subete Ai to Yobu (あなたと私の間にあるもの全て愛と呼ぶ)
• [2012.09.12] I'm yours (Taan Newjam Remix)

Participation in Vocaloid

Miu Sakamoto is the voice provider for Yamaha's Vocaloid Mew. Mew was a starter Vocaloid released alongside the Vocaloid 3 software, with VY1V3.

Mew's first single, "Line", debuted in The Vocaloid, an album produced by Yamaha.[4]

References

1. 坂本 美雨｜日本タレント名鑑. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2019.
2. "BUCK-TICKトリビュート詳細解禁！椎名林檎、BRAHMAN、DIRらがカバーするのは". Natalie (in Japanese). November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
3. "Miu Sakamoto "I'm Yours!"". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
4. "Miu Sakamoto". jpopasia.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Miu Sakamoto at Warner Music Japan (in Japanese)