Masashi Sada
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Masashi Sada
|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = {{nihongo|Masashi Sada|佐田 雅志|Sada Masashi}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|4|10}}
|birth_place = Nagasaki, Japan
|genre = Folk-pop, kayōkyoku |
|occupation = Singer, composer, lyricist
| years_active = 1973–present
| instrument =
|label = Free Flight, Warner-Pioneer, FOA Records, Teichiku
|website = [http://www.sada.co.jp/ www.sada.co.jp]
}}
{{nihongo|Masashi Sada|さだ まさし|Sada Masashi|born 10 April 1952}} 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" ({{lang|ja|精霊流し}}) 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" ({{lang|ja|縁切寺}}) and "Muen Zaka" ({{lang|ja|無縁坂}}).
Sada released his first solo album entitled Kikyorai shortly after Grape's dissolution. Following the commercial success of the number-one hit single "Amayadori" ({{lang|ja|雨やどり}}, 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 ({{lang|ja|わすれもの}}) / Lost Property (25 August 1974)
- Seseragi ({{lang|ja|せせらぎ}}) / Babble (25 May 1975)
- Communication ({{lang|ja|コミュニケーション}}) (25 November 1975)
- Ano Koro ni Tsuite -Season of Raisin- ({{lang|ja|あの頃について -シーズン・オブ・レーズン-}}) (10 November 1991) / name as 'Raisin'
== solo ==
- Kikyorai ({{lang|ja|帰去来}}) / I Come Back (25 November 1976)
- Kazamidori ({{lang|ja|風見鶏}}) / Weathercock (25 July 1977)
- Anthology ({{lang|ja|私花集}}) (25 March 1978)
- Yume Kuyo ({{lang|ja|夢供養}}) / Memorials of Dreams (10 April 1979)
- Inshoha ({{lang|ja|印象派}}) / Impressionists (10 October 1980)
- Utsuroi ({{lang|ja|うつろひ}}) / Transition (25 June 1981)
- Yume no Wadachi ({{lang|ja|夢の轍}}) / Rut of Dreams (11 December 1982)
- Kaze no Omokage ({{lang|ja|風のおもかげ}}) / Vestiges of Winds (30 November 1983)
- Glass Age ({{lang|ja|Glass Age -硝子の世代-}}) (12 December 1984)
- ADVANTAGE (12 June 1985)
- Jibun Shokogun ({{lang|ja|自分症候群}}) / Oneself Syndrome (21 December 1985)
- Yume Kaikisen ({{lang|ja|夢回帰線}}) / The Dream Tropic (25 July 1987)
- Kazemachi Dori no Hitobito ({{lang|ja|風待通りの人々}}) / People on the Street that is Waiting for Breeze (25 July 1988)
- Yume no Fuku Koro ({{lang|ja|夢の吹く頃}}) / Time Blowing Dream (25 January 1989)
- Yume Bakari Miteita ({{lang|ja|夢ばかりみていた}}) I Only Dreamed (25 February 1990)
- Yume Kaikisen II ({{lang|ja|夢回帰線II}}) / The Dream Tropic Second (25 August 1990)
- Kazoku no Shozo ({{lang|ja|家族の肖像}}) Portrait of a Family (25 July 1991)
- Honobono ({{lang|ja|ほのぼの}}) / Heartwarming (10 November 1992)
- Aimiteno ({{lang|ja|逢ひみての}}) / Rendezvous (25 October 1993)
- Omoide Dorobo ({{lang|ja|おもいで泥棒}}) / Burglar who Steal Dreams (25 October 1994)
- Sayonara Nippon ({{lang|ja|さよならにっぽん}}) / Good-bye Japan (25 October 1995)
- Furukusai Koi no Uta Bakari ({{lang|ja|古くさい恋の唄ばかり}}) / Just old-fashioned Love Songs (25 October 1996)
- Yumeuta ({{lang|ja|夢唄}}) / Dream Song (21 November 1997)
- Kokoro no Jidai ({{lang|ja|心の時代}} / Period of Heart (23 September 1998)
- Toki no Sumika ({{lang|ja|季節の栖}}) / Habitats of Seasons (23 June 1999)
- Nihon Kaku Setsu ({{lang|ja|日本架空説}}) / Japan Fancied Theory (21 September 2000)
- Alstroemeria ({{lang|ja|夢百合草 (あるすとろめりあ)}}) (27 February 2002)
- Yume no Tsuzuki ({{lang|ja|夢のつづき}}) / Continuation of a Dream (26 September 2002)
- Slow Life Story ({{lang|ja|すろうらいふすとーりー}}) (22 October 2003)
- Koibumi ({{lang|ja|恋文}}) / Love Letter (22 September 2004)
- Tokoshie ({{lang|ja|とこしへ}}) / Forever (7 September 2005)
- Utsukushiki Nihon no Omokage ({{lang|ja|美しき日本の面影}}) / Beautiful Japanese Vestiges (6 September 2006)
- Mist (12 September 2007)
- Utsukushii Asa / Beautiful Morning ({{lang|ja|美しい朝}}) (9 June 2009)
- Yokan ({{lang|ja|予感}}) / Premonition (9 June 2010)
- Sada City (11 July 2011)
- Mou Kurukoro... ({{lang|ja|もう来る頃...}}) / Time It Will Come (13 June 2012)
- Dai Ni Gakushou ({{lang|ja|第二楽章}}) / The Second Movement (10 September 2014)
- Kaze no Kiseki ({{lang|ja|風の軌跡}}) / Track of winds (8 July 2015)
- Reborn ~Umaretate no Sada Masashi~ ({{lang | ja | Reborn～生まれたてのさだまさし～ }}) (4 July 2018)
- Shin-Jibunfudoki I ~Boukyou~ ({{lang | ja | 新自分風土記I～望郷篇～}}) (15 May 2019)
- Shin-Jibunfudoki II ~Mahoroba~ ({{lang | ja | 新自分風土記II～まほろば篇～}}) (15 May 2019)
- 45th Anniversary Concert Tour 2018 Reborn-Masashi Sada ({{lang | ja | 45周年記念コンサートツアー2018 Reborn ～生まれたてのさだまさし～}}) (26 June 2019)
External links
- [http://www.sada.co.jp/index.html Sada Masashi Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
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