Lisa Ono

Lisa Ono (小野リサ, Ono Risa, born July 29, 1962) is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer.

Lisa Ono
Lisa Ono in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Lisa Ono
Born	July 29, 1962 (1962-07-29) (age 47)
Origin	São Paulo, Brazil; Japan
Genres	Bossa nova
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Voice, guitar
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Avex Trax

Biography

Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10. From that time on she spent half of every year in Japan, and half in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Although she lived in Brazil for a short time, she was turned into a type of "MPB (Brazil Popular Music) ambassador" in Japan, influenced by her father, who owned a club while living in Brazil, and was also Baden Powell de Aquino's agent.

Career

After moving to Japan, Lisa's father opened a new venue called Saci-Pererê, a Brazilian restaurant where she started performing mainly bossa nova and samba. Besides singing, Lisa Ono plays the guitar and is a songwriter. Her first album, Catupiry, was released in 1989. She has not stopped recording since then, releasing one disc a year, mostly in Portuguese. She soon became famous in Japan after appearing in several TV commercials.

In 1991 her album Nanã won the "Grand Prix Gold Disk Award for Jazz" in Japan. Her third album Menina was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, and won the same Grand Prix award. In 2003 she released the album Dans Mon Île (French for "In my island"), themed around a voyage to France and based on famous French songs.

Lisa announced the birth of her second child, a boy, on October 7, 2008.

Lisa has performed with Tom Jobim and with João Donato in Brazil, in addition to other performances around the world. Appearances in Japan include concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo with Paulo and Daniel Jobim, Toninho Horta, and Emílio Santiago.

In addition to making guest appearances on other recordings, Lisa has also created music for television commercials in Japan.

As of November 2007, she has released 22 albums.^[1]

References

External links

• Lisa Ono Official Website
• HMV.co.jp Top 100 pops Artists
• avex Official Website (Japanese)
• Discover Lisa Ono

See also

• Bossa nova

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