Masashi Sada

is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.

Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and they made their debut as recording artists a year afterward. The pair rose to fame owing to the hit song "Shourou Nagashi" () composed by Sada, which peaked at the number-two position on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1974. They broke up in 1976, after producing some hit singles including "En-kiri Dera" () and "Muen Zaka" ().

Sada released his first solo album entitled Kikyorai shortly after Grape's dissolution. Following the commercial success of the number-one hit single "Amayadori" (, Shelter from the rain) in 1977, he enjoyed a recording career as one of the most popular Japanese male artists during the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.

Throughout his career as a musician, Sada released over 35 solo albums and 70 singles, and multiple live albums or compilations. Since the release of Shourou Nagashi, published in 2001, Sada has also worked as a novelist.

Discography

Albums

Grape (with Masami Yoshida)

• Wasuremono () / Lost Property (25 August 1974)
• Seseragi () / Babble (25 May 1975)
• Communication () (25 November 1975)
• Ano Koro ni Tsuite -Season of Raisin- () (10 November 1991) / name as 'Raisin'

solo

• Kikyorai () / I Come Back (25 November 1976)
• Kazamidori () / Weathercock (25 July 1977)
• Anthology () (25 March 1978)
• Yume Kuyo () / Memorials of Dreams (10 April 1979)
• Inshoha () / Impressionists (10 October 1980)
• Utsuroi () / Transition (25 June 1981)
• Yume no Wadachi () / Rut of Dreams (11 December 1982)
• Kaze no Omokage () / Vestiges of Winds (30 November 1983)
• Glass Age () (12 December 1984)
• ADVANTAGE (12 June 1985)
• Jibun Shokogun () / Oneself Syndrome (21 December 1985)
• Yume Kaikisen () / The Dream Tropic (25 July 1987)
• Kazemachi Dori no Hitobito () / People on the Street that is Waiting for Breeze (25 July 1988)
• Yume no Fuku Koro () / Time Blowing Dream (25 January 1989)
• Yume Bakari Miteita () I Only Dreamed (25 February 1990)
• Yume Kaikisen II () / The Dream Tropic Second (25 August 1990)
• Kazoku no Shozo () Portrait of a Family (25 July 1991)
• Honobono () / Heartwarming (10 November 1992)
• Aimiteno () / Rendezvous (25 October 1993)
• Omoide Dorobo () / Burglar who Steal Dreams (25 October 1994)
• Sayonara Nippon () / Good-bye Japan (25 October 1995)
• Furukusai Koi no Uta Bakari () / Just old-fashioned Love Songs (25 October 1996)
• Yumeuta () / Dream Song (21 November 1997)
• Kokoro no Jidai ( / Period of Heart (23 September 1998)
• Toki no Sumika () / Habitats of Seasons (23 June 1999)
• Nihon Kaku Setsu () / Japan Fancied Theory (21 September 2000)
• Alstroemeria () (27 February 2002)
• Yume no Tsuzuki () / Continuation of a Dream (26 September 2002)
• Slow Life Story () (22 October 2003)
• Koibumi () / Love Letter (22 September 2004)
• Tokoshie () / Forever (7 September 2005)
• Utsukushiki Nihon no Omokage () / Beautiful Japanese Vestiges (6 September 2006)
• Mist (12 September 2007)
• Utsukushii Asa / Beautiful Morning () (9 June 2009)
• Yokan () / Premonition (9 June 2010)
• Sada City (11 July 2011)
• Mou Kurukoro... () / Time It Will Come (13 June 2012)
• Dai Ni Gakushou () / The Second Movement (10 September 2014)
• Kaze no Kiseki () / Track of winds (8 July 2015)
• Reborn ~Umaretate no Sada Masashi~ () (4 July 2018)
• Shin-Jibunfudoki I ~Boukyou~ () (15 May 2019)
• Shin-Jibunfudoki II ~Mahoroba~ () (15 May 2019)
• 45th Anniversary Concert Tour 2018 Reborn-Masashi Sada () (26 June 2019)

See also

• Nippon Cultural Broadcasting

External links

• Sada Masashi Official Website Template:In lang