{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|さだまさし|date=September 2014}} {{BLP primary sources|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Masashi Sada |background = solo_singer |birth_name = {{nihongo|Masashi Sada|佐田 雅志|Sada Masashi}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|4|10}} |birth_place = Nagasaki, Japan |genre = Folk-pop, kayōkyoku | |occupation = Singer, composer, lyricist | years_active = 1973–present | instrument = |label = Free Flight, Warner-Pioneer, FOA Records, Teichiku |website = [http://www.sada.co.jp/ www.sada.co.jp] }}
{{nihongo|'''Masashi Sada'''|さだ まさし|Sada Masashi|born 10 April 1952}} is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.
Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and they made their debut as recording artists a year afterward. The pair rose to fame owing to the hit song "Shourou Nagashi" ({{lang|ja|精霊流し}}) composed by Sada, which peaked at the number-two position on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1974. They broke up in 1976, after producing some hit singles including "En-kiri Dera" ({{lang|ja|縁切寺}}) and "Muen Zaka" ({{lang|ja|無縁坂}}).
Sada released his first solo album entitled ''Kikyorai'' shortly after Grape's dissolution. Following the commercial success of the number-one hit single "Amayadori" ({{lang|ja|雨やどり}}, Shelter from the rain) in 1977, he enjoyed a recording career as one of the most popular Japanese male artists during the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.
Throughout his career as a musician, Sada released over 35 solo albums and 70 singles, and multiple live albums or compilations. Since the release of ''Shourou Nagashi'', published in 2001, Sada has also worked as a novelist.
== Discography == === Albums === ==== Grape (with Masami Yoshida) ==== * ''Wasuremono'' ({{lang|ja|わすれもの}}) / ''Lost Property'' (25 August 1974) * ''Seseragi'' ({{lang|ja|せせらぎ}}) / ''Babble'' (25 May 1975) * ''Communication'' ({{lang|ja|コミュニケーション}}) (25 November 1975) * ''Ano Koro ni Tsuite -Season of Raisin-'' ({{lang|ja|あの頃について -シーズン・オブ・レーズン-}}) (10 November 1991) / name as 'Raisin' ==== solo ==== * ''Kikyorai'' ({{lang|ja|帰去来}}) / ''I Come Back'' (25 November 1976) * ''Kazamidori'' ({{lang|ja|風見鶏}}) / ''Weathercock'' (25 July 1977) * ''Anthology'' ({{lang|ja|私花集}}) (25 March 1978) * ''Yume Kuyo'' ({{lang|ja|夢供養}}) / ''Memorials of Dreams'' (10 April 1979) * ''Inshoha'' ({{lang|ja|印象派}}) / ''Impressionists'' (10 October 1980) * ''Utsuroi'' ({{lang|ja|うつろひ}}) / ''Transition'' (25 June 1981) * ''Yume no Wadachi'' ({{lang|ja|夢の轍}}) / ''Rut of Dreams'' (11 December 1982) * ''Kaze no Omokage'' ({{lang|ja|風のおもかげ}}) / ''Vestiges of Winds'' (30 November 1983) * ''Glass Age'' ({{lang|ja|Glass Age -硝子の世代-}}) (12 December 1984) * ''ADVANTAGE'' (12 June 1985) * ''Jibun Shokogun'' ({{lang|ja|自分症候群}}) / ''Oneself Syndrome'' (21 December 1985) * ''Yume Kaikisen'' ({{lang|ja|夢回帰線}}) / ''The Dream Tropic'' (25 July 1987) * ''Kazemachi Dori no Hitobito'' ({{lang|ja|風待通りの人々}}) / ''People on the Street that is Waiting for Breeze'' (25 July 1988) * ''Yume no Fuku Koro'' ({{lang|ja|夢の吹く頃}}) / ''Time Blowing Dream'' (25 January 1989) * ''Yume Bakari Miteita'' ({{lang|ja|夢ばかりみていた}}) ''I Only Dreamed'' (25 February 1990) * ''Yume Kaikisen II'' ({{lang|ja|夢回帰線II}}) / ''The Dream Tropic Second'' (25 August 1990) * ''Kazoku no Shozo'' ({{lang|ja|家族の肖像}}) ''Portrait of a Family'' (25 July 1991) * ''Honobono'' ({{lang|ja|ほのぼの}}) / ''Heartwarming'' (10 November 1992) * ''Aimiteno'' ({{lang|ja|逢ひみての}}) / ''Rendezvous'' (25 October 1993) * ''Omoide Dorobo'' ({{lang|ja|おもいで泥棒}}) / ''Burglar who Steal Dreams'' (25 October 1994) * ''Sayonara Nippon'' ({{lang|ja|さよならにっぽん}}) / ''Good-bye Japan'' (25 October 1995) * ''Furukusai Koi no Uta Bakari'' ({{lang|ja|古くさい恋の唄ばかり}}) / ''Just old-fashioned Love Songs'' (25 October 1996) * ''Yumeuta'' ({{lang|ja|夢唄}}) / ''Dream Song'' (21 November 1997) * ''Kokoro no Jidai'' ({{lang|ja|心の時代}} / ''Period of Heart'' (23 September 1998) * ''Toki no Sumika'' ({{lang|ja|季節の栖}}) / ''Habitats of Seasons'' (23 June 1999) * ''Nihon Kaku Setsu'' ({{lang|ja|日本架空説}}) / ''Japan Fancied Theory'' (21 September 2000) * ''Alstroemeria'' ({{lang|ja|夢百合草 (あるすとろめりあ)}}) (27 February 2002) * ''Yume no Tsuzuki'' ({{lang|ja|夢のつづき}}) / ''Continuation of a Dream'' (26 September 2002) * ''Slow Life Story'' ({{lang|ja|すろうらいふすとーりー}}) (22 October 2003) * ''Koibumi'' ({{lang|ja|恋文}}) / ''Love Letter'' (22 September 2004) * ''Tokoshie'' ({{lang|ja|とこしへ}}) / ''Forever'' (7 September 2005) * ''Utsukushiki Nihon no Omokage'' ({{lang|ja|美しき日本の面影}}) / ''Beautiful Japanese Vestiges'' (6 September 2006) * ''Mist'' (12 September 2007) * ''Utsukushii Asa'' / ''Beautiful Morning'' ({{lang|ja|美しい朝}}) (9 June 2009) * ''Yokan'' ({{lang|ja|予感}}) / ''Premonition'' (9 June 2010) * ''Sada City'' (11 July 2011) * ''Mou Kurukoro...'' ({{lang|ja|もう来る頃...}}) / ''Time It Will Come'' (13 June 2012) * ''Dai Ni Gakushou'' ({{lang|ja|第二楽章}}) / ''The Second Movement'' (10 September 2014) * ''Kaze no Kiseki'' ({{lang|ja|風の軌跡}}) / ''Track of winds'' (8 July 2015) * ''Reborn ~Umaretate no Sada Masashi~'' ({{lang | ja | Reborn～生まれたてのさだまさし～ }}) (4 July 2018) * ''Shin-Jibunfudoki I ~Boukyou~'' ({{lang | ja | 新自分風土記I～望郷篇～}}) (15 May 2019) * ''Shin-Jibunfudoki II ~Mahoroba~'' ({{lang | ja | 新自分風土記II～まほろば篇～}}) (15 May 2019) * ''45th Anniversary Concert Tour 2018 Reborn-Masashi Sada'' ({{lang | ja | 45周年記念コンサートツアー2018 Reborn ～生まれたてのさだまさし～}}) (26 June 2019)
==See also== *Nippon Cultural Broadcasting
== External links == * [http://www.sada.co.jp/index.html Sada Masashi Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
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