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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.
 
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Lisa Ono - Amigos - 1997
Lisa Ono - As Time Goes By - 2000
Lisa Ono - Bossa Carioca - 1998
Lisa Ono - Bossa Hula Nova - 2001
Lisa Ono - Catupiry - 1989
Lisa Ono - Dans Mon Ile - 2003
Lisa Ono - Dream - 1999
Lisa Ono - Ipanema-The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim - 2007
Lisa Ono - Jambalaya - Bossa Americana - 2006
Lisa Ono - JapÆo 2 - 2013
Lisa Ono - Menina - 1991
Lisa Ono - Naima ~Meu Anjo~ - 2004
Lisa Ono - Namorada - 1993
Lisa Ono - Nana - 1990
Lisa Ono - Ono Lisa Best 1989-1996 - 2008
Lisa Ono - Ono Lisa Best 1997-2001 - 2008
Lisa Ono - Ono Lisa Best 2002-2006 - 2008
Lisa Ono - Pretty World - 2000
Lisa Ono - Questa Bossa Mia - 2002
Lisa Ono - Rio Bossa - 1996
Lisa Ono - Selection (Selecao) - 1998
Lisa Ono - Starbucks presents Lisa Ono
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