Sister Mayo Explained

Sister MAYO
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Date:	26 July 1974
Birth Place:	Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Instrument:	Vocals
Genre:	Japanese pop, electropop, anison
Occupation:	Singer
Years Active:	1997–present
Label:	Nippon Columbia / Columbia Music Entertainment
Associated Acts:	Cyber Nation Network, Project.R, Otokaze, Karate Bravo

, (born July 26, 1974) better known by her stagename Sister MAYO, is a Japanese singer.^[1] She is a member of the Columbia Music Entertainment duo Cyber Nation Network, and a vocalist in Project.R which performs many theme songs for the Super Sentai series, some have reached the top ten in Oricon's charts.^[2] Her best-known songs as a soloist have been the opening theme of Haré+Guu and the ending theme of Mahou Sentai Magiranger. She is the younger sister of heavy metal musician Taiji, with whom she was in the rock band Otokaze.

After attending vocational school, she got a job at a travel agency. After suffering from a herniated disc, she decided to pursue her dream of being a musician. She released her first single in 1997 under her own name. A producer gave her her stage name when she joined Cyber Nation Network.

In appearances, she generally wears a baseball cap. Prior to the release of, she also wore glasses, out of shyness. Nippon Columbia asked her to take off one or the other, and she decided to keep the cap.

In 2020, she started the unit Rainbow☆MAG!C with Hideyuki Takahashi and Natsuo.

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Single information	Oricon^[3] ^[4]
style=	Peak position
align=left	"Legend of Blizzard" As Masayo Sawada with B-Club Band Theme song for Queens Road video game	Released: January 21, 1997 Label: Angel Catalog No.: APDM-5042^[5]
align=left	As Sister MAYO Opening theme song for Hare+Guu	Released: May 19, 2001 Label: Nippon Columbia Catalog No.: CODC-1970 Also released August 21, 2002 Also released January 21, 2004	108 (Final)
align=left	As Sister MAYO Ending theme song for Mahou Sentai Magiranger	B-side track of "Mahou Sentai Magiranger" single by Takafumi Iwasaki & Sister Mayo Released: March 2, 2005 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCC-15741
align=left	As Sister MAYO Theme song for Patta Potta Monta ^[6]	Released: September 20, 2006 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCC-15934
align=left	As Sister MAYO with D.D.S. Theme song for Shizuku-chan anime television series.^[7]	Released: November 22, 2006 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCC-15945

Albums

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Album information	Oricon
style=	Peak position
align=left	by Otokaze	Sung on tracks 1, 2, 3, and 8 Released: Label: Catalog No.: R-04A0052TO
align=left		Released: July 2, 2010 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCX-36248

Personal life

Sister MAYO is the younger sister of Taiji Sawada, who was a bassist for X Japan and various other groups. Taiji died on July 17, 2011.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 歌姫Sister MAYOのアルバムが発売！：zakzakアニメ★声優. zakzak. 2011-06-20. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323092115/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/anime/news/1007/100721-005.html. 2012-03-23.
Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' . Japanese . . subscription . February 23, 2014.
Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/233721/rank/single/ . ja:沢田雅世のシングル作品 . Masayo Sawada Single Sales Rankings . . August 6, 2016 . Japanese.
Web site: Sister MAYO : Disco. Diva Rant (Sister Mayo official website). 24 February 2016.
Web site: LEGEND OF BLIZZARD - 沢田雅世 . Legend of Blizzard - Masayo Sawada . Oricon . Japanese . February 24, 2016.
Web site: Patta Potta Monta! Theme Songs: Sister Mayo: Amazon.ca: Music. amazon.ca. 24 February 2016.
Web site: 1st Kingrun Anime Songs Kōhaku TV Event Announced. Anime News Network. 24 February 2016.