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Biography
Lisa Ono / 小野リサ [[url=/tag/lang:Kanji]Ja] (b. 1962, in São Paulo, Brazil), is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer. At the age of ten she moved to Tokyo, with her family - then on, her time equally split between Japan & Rio de Janeiro. Despite her short time living in Brazil, she became an 'mbp ambassador', to Japan - influenced by her father, who owned a club whilst in Brazil & was Baden Powell de Aquino (better known as Baden Powell)'s agent.
After moving to Japan, Lisa's dad opened a new venue called Saci-Pererê, a Brazilian restaurant 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. She soon became famous in Japan after appearing in several TV commercials.
