Yoshiko Sai
Yoshiko Sai (佐井 好子, Sai Yoshiko, born 22 June 1953) is a Japanese singer, composer and poet from Nara Prefecture, Japan.
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| Born | June 22, 1953 Nara Prefecture, Japan |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
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| Website | saiyoshiko |
Musical career
Yoshiko Sai started painting in high school and was initially more interested in a career in graphic arts. She later painted herself the covers for most of her records. Sai turned to music after failing to enter the Kyoto arts university and spending the following year bed-ridden by a kidney disease. She spent her illness reading books which inspired her to write poetry and songs. She became a professional musician after meeting Rabi Nakayama after a concert, who was convinced to let her record her first album.
Yoshiko's first album was produced by Yuji Ohno who would later become famous for writing the soundtrack of Lupin the III. Soon after recording her second album, she wrote movie soundtracks.
Soon after her fourth album was out, Yoshiko Sai retired from the music industry. She kept low-profile until the 2000s when several re-publishing of her music and poems, as well as new material, emerged in Japan.[1]
Discography
Studio albums
- Mangekyo (萬花鏡) (1975)
- Mikkō (密航) (1976)
- Taiji no Yume (胎児の夢) (1977)
- A Room with a Butterfly (蝶のすむ部屋) (1978)
- Taklamakan (タクラマカン) (2008)
- Yoshiko Sai Live 1976/79 (佐井好子 -ライブ) (2008)
Singles
- When Turning 20 Years Old (二十才になれば) (1975)
- Uninhabited Island (人のいない島) (1976)
- Spring Dream (春の夢) (1977)
- Blue Glass Ball (青いガラス玉) (2015)
Collaboration albums
- Crimson Voyage (2001) (with Jojo Hiroshige)
Poems
- Blue Glass Ball (1977) yes
