Miu Sakamoto


Miu Sakamoto is a Japanese pop singer, writer, and actress. She is the daughter of musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.

Biography

Miu Sakamoto was born to musician parents, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano, in 1980. She grew up listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra and Kraftwerk. She has three half-siblings, her brother Fuuta, along with an older sister and a younger brother from her father's previous marriages. Her grandfather Kazuki Sakamoto is an editor. In 1990, when Sakamoto was 9 years old, her family emigrated to New York, where she lived until she graduated from high school. Because of her time in the U.S., she is bilingual in Japanese and English. Her name, "Miu", comes from the English word "mutant", given to her by her father.
While Sakamoto currently lives in Tokyo, she travels frequently between Japan and New York City, to visit her mother in Manhattan.
Sakamoto provided a cover of "Miu" for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album ''Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick.''

Discography

Albums

  • DAWN PINK
  • Harmonious
  • Oboro no Kanata, Akari no Kehai –
  • Zoy
  • PHANTOM Girl
  • HATSUKOI
  • I'm yours!
  • Waving Flags
  • ''Sing with me II''

    Mini-Albums

  • aquascape
  • sorato
  • iTunes Live from Tokyo
  • ''Sing with me''

    Compilations

  • miusic ~The best of 1997–2012~

    Live albums

  • LIVE Waving Flags

    Singles

  • "Poppoya" – composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto, with lyrics by Tamio Okuda
  • "in aquascape" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • "I'll believe the look in your eyes" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed by Yuka Kawamura, and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • "beautiful" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Yuka Honda
  • "Blank" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Toru Okada
  • "15fun" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Noriyuki Makihara
  • "Kaze Hikaru" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai
  • "sleep away" – written by Miu Sakamoto, composed and arranged by SUGIZO
  • "Kumanbachi ga tonde kita" – written by Shigesato Itoi and composed by Akiko Yano
  • "The NeverEnding Story" – composed by Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Keith Forsey

    Digital Singles

  • Never Ending Story
  • Phantom Girl's First Love
  • Phantom Girl's First Love -Classical Remix-
  • Hajimari Hajimari
  • Precious
  • Anata to Watashi no Aida ni Aru Mono Subete Ai to Yobu
  • I'm yours

    Participation in Vocaloid

Miu Sakamoto is the voice provider for Yamaha's Vocaloid Mew. Mew was a starter Vocaloid released alongside the Vocaloid 3 software, with VY1V3.
Mew's first single, "Line", debuted in The Vocaloid, an album produced by Yamaha.