, (born July 26, 1974) better known by her stagename Sister MAYO, is a Japanese singer. 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. 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 Peakposition "Legend of Blizzard"As Masayo Sawada with B-Club BandTheme song for Queens Road video game Released: January 21, 1997 Label: Angel Catalog No.: APDM-5042 As Sister MAYOOpening 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) As Sister MAYOEnding 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 As Sister MAYOTheme song for Patta Potta Monta (:ja:パッタポッタモン太) Released: September 20, 2006 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCC-15934 As Sister MAYO with D.D.S. Theme song for Shizuku-chan anime television series. Released: November 22, 2006 Label: Columbia Music Entertainment Catalog No.: COCC-15945
Albums
+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Album information Oricon Peakposition by Otokaze Sung on tracks 1, 2, 3, and 8 Released: Label: Catalog No.: R-04A0052TO 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.
References
External links
Masayo Sawada at Oricon Sister Mayo with Karate Bravo at Oricon Sister MAYO @ Anison Generation