(born October 26, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-Colombian singer and producer better known as just
Lisa. In 1999 she formed the Japanese urban contemporary group
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with Verbal and Taku Takahashi. Daughter of a Japanese father and Afro-Colombian mother, Lisa met her fellow band members while attending international school in Tokyo. The group signed a record deal with avex group's imprint
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and released their debut EP, "The Tripod e.p.", on July 7, 1999. The group released 5 albums, 1 EP, and 11 singles before Lisa left M-Flo in the spring of 2002, citing artistic differences. She has since resumed a solo career on Rhythm Zone, with limited success. She rejoined the band for a collaboration, "Tripod Baby", on their album Beat Space Nine in 2005. "Tripod Baby" was also remixed by M-Flo the same year to be used as a promotional song for the video game
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.
Lisa released her 5th album,
Elizabeth, on October 25, 2006. The album contains the singles "I, Rhythm" and "Show Time" – the former appeared only on
God Sista in a remixed version, a new version of "Tripod Baby", a remix of "Precious Message" from the movie
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, and "It's On" from
God Sista. There are two bonus tracks as well: a collaboration with Los Kalibres called "Matador", which has been previously released on their album
De Japon P'Al Mundo, and an acoustic version of the song "Stay, forever".
Lisa frequently writes, produces and records with other Japanese artists such as
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,
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and
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. She lists
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,
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and
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as some of her favourite artists, and
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and
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as some of her influences. Her hobbies are music and drawing, and she claims to be a good
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player.
After a long series of disappointing sales with her singles, Lisa found moderate success with her latest Best Of CD after it reached #27 on the Oricon album sales chart, meaning Lisa will probably stay active despite previous failures.
Lisa's long-awaited fourth album, titled "Disco Volante" will release November 11th with tracks from her two ep's
Ready to Disco and
Got that Fever, newer tracks and collaborations.
Singles and EPs
- "Out Of Cry"
- "Move On" — #7
- — #31
- "I'm all you" — #26
- "Superstar" — #127
- Flower For The Lion e.p.: "Peace in Love" — #135
- "My Dearest" — #90
- "Switch/I Only Want to Be with You
"Switch" is a single by Lisa featuring Heartsdales and Kumi Koda released on 21 April 2006. It can be found on Lisa's album Gratitude."Switch" was the opening theme for the CapCom game 'Crimson Tears'.-Track listing:# "Switch"...
" — #43
- "So Beautiful" — #156
- "Only if": Diamonds in the Snow e.p. — #133
- "I, Rhythm" — #94
- "Showtime" — #199
- "Tomorrow" — Released
Albums
- Juicy Music — #5
- Gratitude — #18
- Melody Circus — #71
- God Sista — #90
- Elizabeth — #60
- Lisabest: mission on earth 9307 — #27
- Ready to Disco - # 173
- Got that Fever
Compilations
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