{{BLP sources|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mayu Wakisaka | origin = [[Osaka, Japan]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|7}} | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter | instruments = Piano | label = [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music Publishing Japan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smpj.jp/|title=Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc.｜Mayu Wakisaka|website=Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc.}}</ref> | website = {{URL|mayuwakisaka.com}} }}
{{nihongo|'''Mayu Wakisaka'''|{{linktext|脇阪}} {{linktext|真由}}|Wakisaka Mayu|born October 7, 1980}} is a singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist based in Tokyo, Japan. Wakisaka grew up in Osaka, Japan, and studied law at [[Kyoto University]]. In 2007, she quit law school to pursue her career as a singer-songwriter and moved to [[Los Angeles]].
While studying music at [[LA Music Academy]], Wakisaka self-produced her first EP ''Stars Won't Fall'', from which "24 Hours" got featured in [[Sony]] [[Walkman]] as a preload song, attracting an international fanbase.
In 2011, she recorded her second EP ''Into the Wild'' with an L.A. based producer, [[John Avila]]. An acoustic tune "Once" won the first prize in International Acoustic Music Award Open Category and made it to the final of Great American Songwriting Contest. Also, the piano ballad "What I See in Love" made it to the final of UK Songwriting Contest and Australian Songwriting Contest. Later, this song was featured as a sub theme song in ''[[In the Name of Love (TV series)|In the Name of Love]]'', a TV drama aired in Singapore and Malaysia.
In 2014, she released ''Halfway to You'', a compilation album of her first EP as her first full-length album. In promotion of the album, she performed at [[SXSW]] as part of the [[Japan Nite]] tour in the United States and at [[The Great Escape Festival]] in UK. She also released her CD and performed in Korea and Singapore too.
In 2015, she co-wrote "Love Song" for the Korean female group, [[Miss A]]'s EP, ''[[Colors (Miss A EP)|Colors]]'', and "Like a Fool" for the Korean female group, [[Twice]]'s debut EP, ''[[The Story Begins (EP)|The Story Begins]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maya Wakisaka (KOR) Songs |url=https://genius.com/artists/Mayu-wakisaka/songs |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Genius}}</ref>
In 2017, she co-wrote "Real World" for [[Oh My Girl (band)|Oh My Girl]]'s fourth EP, [[Coloring Book (Oh My Girl EP)|''Coloring Book'']], and in 2018, she co-wrote the song "[[Secret Garden (Oh My Girl EP)|Secret Garden]]" for their fifth EP of the same name.<ref>{{Cite news|author=|url= http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/12939|title= 世界で各賞獲得 Sony Walkmanの声"Mayu Wakisaka"とは？|work= Billboard JAPAN|publisher=|date= 2013-06-07|accessdate= 2013-09-17}}</ref> She is also credited as co-producer in [[TXT (band)|TXT]]'s debut song "Crown", for their EP ''[[The Dream Chapter: Star|The Dream Chapter]]'' in 2019.
In 2020, Wakisaka was credited as a co-writer for [[GFriend]]'s song "Crème Brûlée" from the EP [[Song of the Sirens|''Song of the Sirens'']], as well as the songs "Three of Cups" and "Wheel of the Year" from their album [[Walpurgis Night (album)|''Walpurgis Night'']].
In 2025, she wrote and co-produced the song "Liar Liar" from [[@onefive]]'s first EP ''[[More Than Kawaii]]'', as well as "Alps Vibes" from their second EP ''[[Doh Yoh]]''.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-01 |title=新アーティスト写真公開 ＆ 3ヶ月連続リリース決定！ |url=https://avexnet.jp/contents/ONEFV-OFCL-0001/news/1121975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231200318/https://avexnet.jp/contents/ONEFV-OFCL-0001/news/1121975 |archive-date=2024-12-31 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Avex Portal}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Alps Vibes by @onefive on Apple Music |date=2025-08-01 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/alps-vibes/1823624590 |access-date=2025-09-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums === ==== As lead artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ List of studio albums, showing selected details ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Details |- ! scope="row" | ''Halfway to You'' | * Released: April 16, 2014 * Label: Leeway Music & Media, INC. * Formats: [[CD]], [[Music download|digital download]], [[streaming]] |}
=== As producer / songwriter ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+List of songs co-written for other artists |+ !Year !Artist !Song !Album |- | rowspan= "3"|2015 | [[Miss A]] |"Love Song" | ''[[Colors (Miss A EP)|Colors]]'' |- | [[Twice]] |"Like A Fool" | ''[[The Story Begins]]'' |- | [[Cyndi Wang]] | "Dare Not to Want?" | ''[[Cyndi Wants or Not?]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"|2016 | [[Apink]] |"Drummer Boy" | ''[[Pink Revolution (album)|Pink Revolution ]]'' |- | [[Eri Sasaki]] | "Where Are You Now?" | ''Recalling/Last Diary'' |- | rowspan= "5"| 2017 | Twice | "[[Knock Knock (Twice song)|Knock Knock]]" | ''[[Twicecoaster: Lane 2]]'' |- | [[Got7]] | "Face" | ''[[7 for 7]]'' |- | [[Oh My Girl]] |"Real World" |[[Coloring Book (Oh My Girl EP)|''Coloring Book'']] |- | [[JJ Project]] | "Tomorrow, Today" | ''[[Verse 2]]'' |- | [[Girls' Generation]] | "Love Is Bitter" | ''[[Holiday Night]]'' |- | rowspan= "11"| 2018 | rowspan= "3"|Twice | "[[Candy Pop (Twice song)|Candy Pop]]" | rowspan= "2"|''[[BDZ (album)|BDZ]]'' |- | "Say It Again" |- |"Shot Thru The Heart" |''[[Summer Nights (EP)|Summer Nights]]'' |- |[[Riri (Japanese singer)|Riri]] |"Be Alright" |''[[Riri (album)|Riri]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"|Oh My Girl |"[[Secret Garden (Oh My Girl song)|Secret Garden]]" | ''[[Secret Garden (Oh My Girl EP)|Secret Garden]]'' |- |"Illusion" | ''[[Remember Me (Oh My Girl EP)|Remember Me]]'' |- | [[Apink]] |"Promise Me" |''[[One & Six]]'' |- | [[Fromis 9]] |"Love Bomb" |''[[From.9]]'' |- | [[DreamNote]] |"Like You" | ''Dreamlike'' |- | Haruka Tojo | "Trust Me" | ''Infant'' |- | Got7 | "Take Me To You" | ''[[Present: You]]'' |- | rowspan= "9"| 2019 | [[Mamamoo]] |"4x4ever" |''[[Reality in Black]]'' |- | [[JBJ95]] | "Milky Way" | ''Awake'' |- | rowspan= "2"|Twice |"What You Waiting For" |''[[&Twice]]'' |- | [[Likey#Japanese version|"Likey (Japanese ver)"]] | ''[[Twice2|#Twice2]]'' |- | [[Tomorrow X Together]] | "[[Crown (Tomorrow X Together song)|Crown]]" |''[[The Dream Chapter: Star]]'' |- | rowspan= "3"|Oh My Girl | "Gravity" | rowspan= "2"|''[[The Fifth Season (Oh My Girl album)|The Fifth Season]]'' |- | "Crime Scene" |- | "Tropical Love" | ''[[The Fifth Season (Oh My Girl album)|Fall in Love]]'' |- | [[Loona]] | "[[Hi High]]" |''[[+ + (EP)|[+ +]]]'' |- | rowspan= "11"| 2020 | rowspan= "3"|[[GFriend]] |"Crème Brûlée" |[[Song of the Sirens|''Song of the Sirens'']] |- | "Three of Cups" | rowspan= "2"|[[Walpurgis Night (album)|''Walpurgis Night'']]. |- | "Wheel of the Year" |- | [[Little Glee Monster]] | "Symphony" | ''Bright New World'' |- | Oh My Girl | "Flower Tea" | ''[[Nonstop (EP)|Nonstop]]'' |- | [[Nature (group)|Nature]] | "I'm So Pretty (Japanese Version)" | ''I'm So Pretty (Japanese Version)'' |- | [[April (girl group)|April]] | "Now Or Never" | ''Hello Summer'' |- | [[King & Prince]] | "Break Away" | ''L&'' |- | [[Ryu Su-jeong]] | "Tiger Eyes" | ''[[Tiger Eyes (EP)|Tiger Eyes]]'' |- | [[YooA]] | "End Of Story" |''[[Bon Voyage (EP)|Bon Voyage]]'' |- | JBJ95 |"Seoulite" |''Jasmin'' |- | rowspan= "11" |2021 | [[The Gospellers]] | "Loving Out Loud" | ''A Cappella 2'' |- | [[Sakurako Ohara]] | "Long Distance" | ''L'' |- | rowspan= "2"|Twice |"Good At Love" | rowspan= "2"|''[[Perfect World (Twice album)|Perfect World]]'' |- |"Four-Leaf Clover" |- | rowspan= "2"|[[NiziU]] | [[Take a Picture / Poppin' Shakin'| "Take a Picture"]] | rowspan= "2"|''[[U (NiziU album)|U]]'' |- | "Twinkle Twinkle" |- | [[Fantastics from Exile Tribe]] | "Winding Road" | ''Fantastic Voyage'' |- | [[2PM]] | "With Me Again" | ''[[With Me Again]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"|[[Mai Kuraki]] | "Unbreakable" | rowspan= "2"| ''[[Unconditional Love (Mai Kuraki album)|Unconditional Love]]'' |- | "One Love" |- | [[Aaron Yan]] | "I’ll be on Mars" | ''Vacation'' |- | rowspan= "23"| 2022 | rowspan= "6"|[[SixTones]] | "Fast Lane" | rowspan= "4"| ''City'' |- | "Odds" |- | "Louder" |- | "Cassette Tape" |- | "Sepia" | ''Watashi'' |- | "Sing Along" | ''(Good Luck!)'' |- | [[Rocket Punch]] | "Red Balloon" | ''Yellow Punch'' |- | Twice | "Tick Tock" |''[[Celebrate (Twice album)|Celebrate]]'' |- | rowspan= "3"|NiziU | "Blue Moon" | rowspan= "2"| ''Blue Moon'' |- | "Already Special" |- | "Asobo" | ''[[Coconut (NiziU album)|Coconut]]'' |- | [[Itzy]] | "[[Voltage (song)|Voltage]]" | ''[[Ringo (Itzy album)|Ringo]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"|[[Billlie]] | "A Sign ~ Anonymous" |''[[The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One]]'' |- | "My B = The Birth of Emotion" |''[[The Billage of Perception: Chapter Two]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"|[[Craxy]] | "Requiem" | rowspan= "2"|''Who Am I'' |- | "Real" |- | [[Ive (group)|Ive]] | "Queen Of Hearts" | ''Eleven – Japanese ver.'' |- | rowspan= "4"| [[Choi Ye-na|Yena]] | "Before Anyone Else" | rowspan= "3"| ''[[Smiley (EP)|Smiley]]'' |- | "Lxxk 2 U" |- | "Vacay" |- | "WithOrWithOut" | ''Smartphone'' |- | [[&Team]] | "Scent Of You" | ''First Howling: Me'' |- | [[Elaiza Ikeda|Elaiza]] | "Catch Up Santa" | {{Non-album single}} |- | rowspan= "18"| 2023 | SixTones | "Boom-Pow-Wow!" | ''Koe'' |- | Twice | "Catch A Wave" | ''[[Hare Hare]]'' |- | [[Misamo]] | "[[Do Not Touch]]" | ''[[Masterpiece (EP)|Masterpiece]]'' |- | [[Now United]] | "Rodeo in Tokyo" | {{Non-album single}} |- | rowspan= "5"| NiziU | "Coconut" | rowspan= "5"|Coconut |- | "Prism" |- | "All Right" |- | "Raindrops" |- | "Love & Like" |- |[[El7z Up]] |"Cloud 9" |''[[7+Up]]'' |- | rowspan= "2"| Itzy | "[[Cheshire (song)|Cheshire (Japanese version)]]" | rowspan= "2"|''Ringo'' |- | "Trust Me (Midzy) (Japanese version)" |- |[[Viviz]] | "Spoiler" | ''[[My Lovely Liar]]'' OST Part 1 |- | rowspan= "4"| [[Girls²]] | "Countdown" | ''We Are Girls² – II -'' |- | Doochi!? | rowspan= "2"|''Accelerate'' |- | "Rise & Shine" |- | "Rocky Steady" | ''We Are Girls² – II -'' |- |[[Nexz]] |"Miracle" |''Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.) / Keep on Moving'' |- | rowspan= "17"| 2024 | rowspan= "3"|Yena | "Good Morning" |''Good Morning'' |- | "DNA" |rowspan= "2"| ''DNA'' |- | "Smartphone – Japanese Ver" |- | [[ONF (band)|ONF]] | "Aphrodite" | ''Beautiful Shadow'' |- | rowspan= "2"| [[Tempest (South Korean band)|Tempest]] | "Bang!" | ''Bang!'' |- | "Lighthouse - Japanese Ver" | ''Bubble Gum'' |- | Girls² | "Magic" | ''We Are Girls² – II -'' |- | Twice | "Echoes of Heart" |''[[Dive (Twice album)|Dive]]'' |- | Oh My Girl | "Heavenly" | ''Dreamy Resonance'' |- | [[Loossemble]] | "Cotton Candy" | ''TTYL'' |- | Misamo | "Daydream" | ''[[Haute Couture (EP)|Haute Couture]]'' |- | Itzy | "Algorhythm" | ''Algorhythm'' |- | [[BabyMonster]] | "Batter Up" – JP ver. | {{Non-album single}} |- | [[Gen1es]] | "Lucky Bell" | ''Hourglass'' |- | Billlie | "Dream Diary ~ (Etching Mémoires of Midnight Rêverie)" |''Appendix: Of All We Have Lost'' |- | [[Me:I]] | "Hi-Five" | ''Hi-Five'' |- | [[NCT Wish]] | "Wishful Winter" | ''[[Wishful]]'' |- | rowspan="21" | 2025 | [[Zerobaseone]] | "Now or Never" | ''[[Prezent]]'' |- | [[Say My Name (group)| Say My Name]] | "For My Dream" | ''My Name Is…'' |- | rowspan="2" | [[@onefive]] | "Liar Liar" | ''[[More Than Kawaii]]'' |- |"Alps Vibes" |''[[Doh Yoh]]'' |- | [[Unis (group)| Unis]] | "Spring Rain" | ''Swicy'' |- | Me:I |"Million Stars" | ''Muse'' |- | rowspan= "6"| NiziU | "Yoake" | rowspan= "2"| ''Awake'' |- | "Buddy Buddy" |- | "[[Love Emotion (NiziU song)|Love Emotion]]" | rowspan= "4"| ''New Emotion'' |- |"Villain" |- | "Love Line – Japanese Ver" |- | "Happy Day" |- | [[INI (Japanese boy group)| INI]] | "3D" | ''The Origin'' |- | Twice | "Fine" | ''[[Enemy (Twice album)|Enemy]]'' |- | [[BoA]] | "It Takes Two" |''Crazier'' |- | Oh My Girl | "Weather Diary" | ''Weather Diary'' |- | rowspan= "2"| [[TripleS]] | "Heddofon (Headphones)" | rowspan= "2"| ''SecretHimitsuBimil'' |- | "Oshare" |- | Itzy | "Trigger" | ''[[Collector (Itzy album)|Collector]]'' |- | [[Kiss of Life (group)|Kiss of Life]] | "Lucky" | ''Tokyo Mission Start'' |- | Yena |"Star!" (featuring [[Hatsune Miku]]) | {{Non-album single}} |}
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