Singer and actress Tomoyo Harada (born on November 28, 1967) reached the zenith of her career in the 80s through a series of classic J-Pop albums and leading roles on commercial blockbusters. A Nagasaki native, Harada studied ballet from a very early age and entered the entertainment business during her teenage years. Her debut on the silver screen arrived in 1983 with a leading role on the film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, which also featured her vocals on the theme song. That same year, she made her official studio debut with Birthday Album, hitting Number 2 on the Oricon charts. Hot on the heels of her initial success, Harada delivered four Top 10 albums for CBS Sony - Nadeshiko Junjou (1984), PAVANE (1985), NEXT DOOR (1986), and Soshite (1986) before signing with For Life Records. Her highest-charting album during the 90s was the Tore Johansson-produced I Could Be Free (1997), which landed at Number 10 in Japan and spawned the smash hit single “Romance.” A self-produced album entitled A Day of My Life followed in 1999, after which she collaborated with composer Goro Ito on the album Music & Me (2007), released on Harada’s 40th birthday. In the following years, she joined the electro-pop band Pupa, with whom she released the LPs Floating Pupa (2008) and Dreaming Pupa (2010), and delivered the Top 20 albums Noon Moon (2014) and L’Heure Bleue (2018). Candle Light, Harada’s 21st album, dropped in 2019 and a collection of covers under the name Love Song 3-You & Me arrived a year later.
