is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer. 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)

External links

Sada Masashi Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sada, Masashi 1952 births Living people Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters People from Nagasaki Musicians from Nagasaki Prefecture