Takasugi Satomi

Former racing queen Takasugi Satomi started her musical solo career in 2007 under avex's sub label Rhythm Zone. She creates light-hearted pop songs and ballads that invite the listener to dream. Some of her songs have been used as theme songs for video games and movies.

Takasugi Satomi appeared for the first time with the avex idol girls band wi☆th. In December 2006, she made her solo debut at the first edition of avex's Rhythm Nation event. The following year in June, she released her debut single Tabibito. The song was used in the movie “Saiyuki (Journey to the West),” thus allowing her to make an impressive start, which was described as visually attractive due to the traditional Japanese look.

Within the same year Takasugi Satomi won several national awards: twice for best newcomer and another award for best new artist. From that point on, her career quickly moved forward. In the summer she appeared on stage during the a-nation’07 tour as a newcomer. Two singles were released at the end of 2007.

For the new year, her first album, garden, could be bought in music stores and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Disney resort in Tokyo, she recorded the duet single Mahou no kagi~The Dream Goes On with Ishii Tatsuya. Many more singles were released in 2008, some of which were used as theme songs in video games or movies. Takasugi Satomi also held some small concerts, and footage from these can be found on the bonus DVDs of some of her releases.

On March 25th, 2009, her second album Prism came out. The young artist had written some of the lyrics as well, which added a personal touch to it. She also starred in the movie “Koi shigure” that same year.

In 2010, Takasugi Satomi spent much time recording the PVs and the songs Sakura iro, NOW! and Futatsu no sora, which were released digitally. She also was a model for the website fashionwalker.com. On February 13th, Takasugi Satomi gave a mini live for her fans. Despite her packed schedule, she found time to record her third album MASCARA, which was released at the end of May and was accompanied by a few lives in Tokyo, Yokohama and its surroundings.

In the summer she participated in several multi-band events with artists including hitomi, My Little Lover,and TRF. She ended the year with her Takasugi Satomi Christmas Special on December 23rd.

On February 12th, Takasugi Satomi kicked off 2011 with her Premium Live~My Favorite Songs~ Vol. 1. This live was followed by the second edition of Favorite Songs at the beginning of April, and on August 17th she performed at Temi Fes 2011 alongside Dream5.

Takasugi Satomi has quickly grown in the Japanese music industry and we're curious to see how her career will continue in the future.