Saya

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  Saya(ex Okinawa Electric Girl Saya) Born in August 2000 in Okinawa Prefecture. Currently active mainly in Tokyo. Based on Okinawan music, she creates a wide range of music including pop, dance music, folk music, ambient, noise, and techno. As of 2026, she has released 5 albums and 4 collaboration albums. She has been actively involved in various projects since her teens, including a 5-hour special broadcast of Okinawa Electronic Girl Saya on the music streaming program "DOMMUNE," her band "Aya Kaidan" with the world-renowned Japanese noise band Hijokaidan, the creation of the official theme song for the subculture mecca "Nakano Broadway" (released in February 2021), and tours across 17 cities nationwide. She is highly regarded internationally, with releases from Indonesian and European labels. In March 2020, she had planned an Asian tour (South Korea, China, Taipei) and a European tour, but these were canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus. (Only the South Korea, Taipei, and European tours were postponed.) In August 2020, she began hosting her own radio program, "From the Depths of Tokyo's Night," on FM Naha. In October 2020, the album "Kuro no Tenshi" (Black Angel) charted at number 1 on the Russian iTunes J-Pop ranking. In March 2021, "Sogenji ~Gusuku Nu Nkashi~" (Sogenji Temple ~Gusuku Nu Nkashi~) charted at number 1 on the UK iTunes J-Pop ranking. In June 2021, a solo live performance sponsored by the Swedish Arts Council was streamed. "Himitsu no Vanilla" (Secret Vanilla) charted at number 1 on the Canadian iTunes Instrumental ranking in September 2021, and in November 2021, at number 1 on the Swedish iTunes Instrumental ranking. In August 2021, she joined AUTO-MOD DTD, the new band of the legendary band AUTO-MOD, which also included Tomoyasu Hotei. On January 26, 2022, the album "doomsday ~Shuumatsu~" (doomsday ~End of the World~), primarily featuring songs created during the COVID-19 pandemic, was released (with guest appearances by Tabito Nanao and others). Following this, on January 27, "Okinawa Electronic Girl Saya New Generation of Okinawan Music" was streamed on DOMMUNE. In April 2022, formed the unit "Seiko" with Keiji Haino, a master of avant-garde music, and released an album in July. In July 2022, arranged the theme song for the professional wrestling organization DRAGONGATE, "SPACE GATE 2022," and wrote the lyrics and sang the theme song for D'Courage, "Yuki Diamond." In January 2023, successfully completed a tour of Taiwan. In January 2024, performed live in Europe, specifically in the Netherlands. In April 2024, she wrote, composed, and sang the theme song for the Nakano Sun Mall Shopping Arcade's "Aerial Aquarium." In 2024, her album "Saya" was ranked 9th in Music Magazine's J-Pop/Kayokyoku Year-End Best Albums list. In April 2025, she successfully performed at the BANDAI NAMCO festival in Shanghai, China, and held a solo concert in Shanghai. In June 2025, she starred in and provided music for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war musical "Memories of Childhood" in Yomitan Village, Okinawa. In July 2025, she successfully held solo concerts in Tokyo (Koenji HIGH) and Osaka (Yogibo HOLY MOUNTAIN). She also headlined the Nakano Chanpuru Festa for the second consecutive year. In January 2026, she digitally released the collaborative song "island feat. Saya" with Naoto, the leader of ORANGERANGE.

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