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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 - I'm Beginning To See The Light.mp3
02 - Lisa Ono - Honeysuckle Rose.mp3
03 - Lisa Ono - Moonglow.mp3
04 - Lisa Ono - My Funny Valentine.mp3
05 - Lisa Ono - Goody Goody.mp3
06 - Lisa Ono - Don't Know Why.mp3
07 - Lisa Ono - Stormy Weather  Here's That Rainy Day.mp3
08 - Lisa Ono - It's Only A Paper Moon.mp3
09 - Lisa Ono - Moonlight Serenade.mp3
10 - Lisa Ono - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To.mp3
11 - Lisa Ono - The Shadow Of Your Smile.mp3
12 - Lisa Ono - On A Clear Day.mp3
13 - Lisa Ono - Look To The Rainbow.mp3