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Lisa Ono (jap. Ono Risa, 1962) is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer.

Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10. From that time on she spent half of every year in Japan, and half in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Although she lived in Brazil for only a short time, she was turned into a type of "MPB (Brazilian popular music) ambassador" in Japan, influenced by her father, who owned a club while living in Brazil.

Lisa began singing and playing the guitar at age 15, and her debut as a professional Bossa Nova singer was in 1989. Her natural voice, rhythmic guitar playing, and her charming smile led her to a huge success and popularized Bossa Nova in Japan. She has performed with many top musicians such as Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Donato, and has been performing enthusiastically in New York, Brazil and Asian countries. The 1999 album Dream sold more than two hundred thousand copies in Japan, and since then she has established a determined position in the Japanese Bossa Nova community.

After moving to Japan, Lisa's father opened a Brazilian restaurant called Saci-Pererê, where she started performing mainly bossa nova and samba. Besides singing, Lisa Ono plays the guitar and is a songwriter. Her first album, Catupiry, was released in 1989. She has not stopped recording since then, releasing one disc a year, mostly in Portuguese. 

Lisa has performed with Tom Jobim and with João Donato in Brazil, in addition to other performances around the world. Appearances in Japan include concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo with Paulo and Daniel Jobim, Toninho Horta, and Emílio Santiago.

As of November 2015, she has released well over 30 albums.


01 - Lisa Ono - Take The A Train.mp3
02 - Lisa Ono - Baubles Bangles And Beads.mp3
03 - Lisa Ono - Cheek To Cheek.mp3
04 - Lisa Ono - Satin Doll.mp3
05 - Lisa Ono - Fly Me To The Moon.mp3
06 - Lisa Ono - I Got Rhythm.mp3
07 - Lisa Ono - Caravan.mp3
08 - Lisa Ono - All Of Me.mp3
09 - Lisa Ono - Hello Dolly.mp3
10 - Lisa Ono - The More I See You.mp3
11 - Lisa Ono - It Don't Mean A Thing.mp3
12 - Lisa Ono - Caravan (Instrumental).mp3