is a singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist based in Tokyo, Japan. Wakisaka grew up in Osaka, Japan, and studied law at Kyoto University. In 2007, she quit law school to pursue her career as a singer-songwriter and moved to Los Angeles.
While studying music at LA Music Academy, Wakisaka self-produced her first EP Stars Won't Fall, from which "24 Hours" got featured in Sony Walkman as a preload song, attracting an international fanbase.
In 2011, she recorded her second EP Into the Wild with an L.A. based producer, John Avila. An acoustic tune "Once" won the first prize in International Acoustic Music Award Open Category and made it to the final of Great American Songwriting Contest. Also, the piano ballad "What I See in Love" made it to the final of UK Songwriting Contest and Australian Songwriting Contest. Later, this song was featured as a sub theme song in In the Name of Love, a TV drama aired in Singapore and Malaysia.
In 2014, she released Halfway to You, a compilation album of her first EP as her first full-length album. In promotion of the album, she performed at SXSW as part of the Japan Nite tour in the United States and at The Great Escape Festival in UK. She also released her CD and performed in Korea and Singapore too.
In 2015, she co-wrote "Love Song" for the Korean female group, Miss A's EP, Colors, and "Like a Fool" for the Korean female group, Twice's debut EP, The Story Begins.
In 2017, she co-wrote "Real World" for Oh My Girl's fourth EP, Coloring Book, and in 2018, she co-wrote the song "Secret Garden" for their fifth EP of the same name. She is also credited as co-producer in TXT's debut song "Crown", for their EP The Dream Chapter in 2019.
In 2020, Wakisaka was credited as a co-writer for GFriend's song "Crème Brûlée" from the EP Song of the Sirens, as well as the songs "Three of Cups" and "Wheel of the Year" from their album Walpurgis Night.
In 2025, she wrote and co-produced the song "Liar Liar" from @onefive's first EP More Than Kawaii, as well as "Alps Vibes" from their second EP Doh Yoh.
In 2026, she wrote and co-produced "M1X5R" for @onefive's Sakuraization.
Discography
Albums As lead artist + List of studio albums, showing selected details Title Details Halfway to You Released: April 16, 2014 Label: Leeway Music & Media, INC. Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
As producer / songwriter
+List of songs co-written for other artists+YearArtistSongAlbum2015 Miss A"Love Song" Colors Twice"Like A Fool" The Story Begins Cyndi Wang "Dare Not to Want?" Cyndi Wants or Not?2016 Apink"Drummer Boy" Pink Revolution Eri Sasaki "Where Are You Now?" Recalling/Last Diary 2017 Twice "Knock Knock" Twicecoaster: Lane 2 Got7 "Face" 7 for 7 Oh My Girl"Real World"Coloring Book JJ Project "Tomorrow, Today" Verse 2 Girls' Generation "Love Is Bitter" Holiday Night 2018Twice "Candy Pop"BDZ "Say It Again""Shot Thru The Heart"Summer NightsRiri"Be Alright"RiriOh My Girl"Secret Garden" Secret Garden"Illusion" Remember Me Apink"Promise Me"One & Six Fromis 9"Love Bomb"From.9 DreamNote"Like You" Dreamlike Haruka Tojo "Trust Me" Infant Got7 "Take Me To You" Present: You 2019 Mamamoo"4x4ever"Reality in Black JBJ95 "Milky Way" AwakeTwice"What You Waiting For"&Twice "Likey (Japanese ver)" #Twice2 Tomorrow X Together "Crown"The Dream Chapter: StarOh My Girl "Gravity"The Fifth Season "Crime Scene" "Tropical Love" Fall in Love Loona "Hi High"[+ +] 2020GFriend"Crème Brûlée" Song of the Sirens "Three of Cups" Walpurgis Night. "Wheel of the Year" Little Glee Monster "Symphony" Bright New World Oh My Girl "Flower Tea" Nonstop Nature "I'm So Pretty (Japanese Version)" I'm So Pretty (Japanese Version) April "Now Or Never" Hello Summer King & Prince "Break Away" L& Ryu Su-jeong "Tiger Eyes" Tiger Eyes YooA "End Of Story"Bon Voyage JBJ95"Seoulite"Jasmin2021 The Gospellers "Loving Out Loud" A Cappella 2 Sakurako Ohara "Long Distance" LTwice"Good At Love" Perfect World"Four-Leaf Clover" NiziU "Take a Picture"U "Twinkle Twinkle" Fantastics from Exile Tribe "Winding Road" Fantastic Voyage 2PM "With Me Again" With Me AgainMai Kuraki "Unbreakable" Unconditional Love "One Love" Aaron Yan "I’ll be on Mars" Vacation 2022SixTones "Fast Lane" City "Odds" "Louder" "Cassette Tape" "Sepia" Watashi "Sing Along" (Good Luck!) Rocket Punch "Red Balloon" Yellow Punch Twice "Tick Tock" CelebrateNiziU "Blue Moon" Blue Moon "Already Special" "Asobo" Coconut Itzy "Voltage" RingoBilllie "A Sign ~ Anonymous"The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One "My B = The Birth of Emotion"The Billage of Perception: Chapter TwoCraxy "Requiem"Who Am I "Real" Ive "Queen Of Hearts" Eleven – Japanese ver. Yena "Before Anyone Else" Smiley "Lxxk 2 U" "Vacay" "WithOrWithOut" Smartphone &Team "Scent Of You" First Howling: Me Elaiza "Catch Up Santa" 2023 SixTones "Boom-Pow-Wow!" Koe Twice "Catch A Wave" Hare Hare Misamo "Do Not Touch" Masterpiece Now United "Rodeo in Tokyo" NiziU "Coconut"Coconut "Prism" "All Right" "Raindrops" "Love & Like"El7z Up"Cloud 9"7+Up Itzy "Cheshire (Japanese version)"Ringo "Trust Me (Midzy) (Japanese version)"Viviz "Spoiler" My Lovely Liar OST Part 1 Girls² "Countdown" We Are Girls² – II - Doochi!?Accelerate "Rise & Shine" "Rocky Steady" We Are Girls² – II -Nexz"Miracle"Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.) / Keep on Moving 2024Yena "Good Morning"Good Morning "DNA" DNA "Smartphone – Japanese Ver" ONF "Aphrodite" Beautiful Shadow Tempest "Bang!" Bang! "Lighthouse - Japanese Ver" Bubble Gum Girls² "Magic" We Are Girls² – II - Twice "Echoes of Heart"Dive Oh My Girl "Heavenly" Dreamy Resonance Loossemble "Cotton Candy" TTYL Misamo "Daydream" Haute Couture Itzy "Algorhythm" Algorhythm BabyMonster "Batter Up" – JP ver. Gen1es "Lucky Bell" Hourglass Billlie "Dream Diary ~ (Etching Mémoires of Midnight Rêverie)"Appendix: Of All We Have Lost Me:I "Hi-Five" Hi-Five NCT Wish "Wishful Winter" Wishful 2025 iScream "Metamorphosis" Zerobaseone "Now or Never" Prezent Say My Name "For My Dream" My Name Is… @onefive "Liar Liar" More Than Kawaii"Alps Vibes"Doh Yoh Unis "Spring Rain" Swicy Me:I"Million Stars" Muse NiziU "Yoake" Awake "Buddy Buddy" "Love Emotion" New Emotion"Villain" "Love Line – Japanese Ver" "Happy Day" INI "3D" The Origin Twice "Fine" Enemy BoA "It Takes Two"Crazier Oh My Girl "Weather Diary" Weather Diary TripleS "Heddofon (Headphones)" SecretHimitsuBimil "Oshare" Itzy "Trigger" Collector Kiss of Life "Lucky" Tokyo Mission Start Yena"Star!" (featuring Hatsune Miku) rowspan= "2" 2026 "Nemonemo" (Japanese version) Cirra "Close" One Way Runway / Always "All for Me" Me:I "Best Match" Fromis_9 "Sky Runner" Like You Better (Japanese Version)@onefive"M1X5R"Sakuraization TripleS "Baby Flower" (Japanese version) rowspan= "3" Kana Nishino "Power of Love" Idntt "Kids Return" (Japanese version)
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