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Shionoya Sayaka (塩ノ谷 早耶香), currently known by the stage name sayan, is a Japanese singer signed to the record label MIGAKU Entertainment.

Early Life[]

Shionoya Sayaka was born on March 12, 1994 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Shionoya started training jazz dance when she was in kindergarten, which made her want to become a musician. "I have never been good at getting attention or expressing my emotions in words, but I felt that I could express them in dance and that it was fun to have someone look at me and recognize me. I thought, 'If I combine dance with singing, I can expand my range of expression, and I can convey my feelings that are difficult to convey in words through the filter of singing,' when I was in high school."[2]

However, her grandparents as well as her teacher in high school opposed her goal to become a singer, which frustrated her. As a result, she decided to participate in a big scale audition by herself to be accepted.[2]

In 2011, Shionoya became one of the finalists in the vocal category of the EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3 ~For Girls~ out of about 30,000 people but was not selected as a winner. After that, she started attending EXPG Fukuoka.[2][3][4] She later revealed that making it to the final round of auditions made her dream seem more realistic in some ways, and that as she went through the lessons, she became more and more determined to compete as a solo singer.[2]

Career[]

2012[]

While training at EXPG, she found an audition flyer for King Records since there were flyers for various auditions on the EXPG campus.[2] Ultimately, she participated in the KING RECORDS Presents Dream Vocal Audition, an audition held by King Records and Kodansha to commemorate the 80th anniversary of King Records' founding, and was chosen as one of the 15 finalists out of about 10,000 entries. On May 26, she won the "Dream Vocalist Loved by ViVi" award, one of the three grand prizes, at the final screening of the audition held at Akasaka BLITZ, and her debut was confirmed.[5][2][6][3][4]

After winning the Grand Prix, she had the support of her family and moved to Tokyo by herself.[2][3]

On October 13, at the Tokyo Girls Collection held at Saitama Super Arena, she was selected as the most noteworthy next-generation artist from among the grand prize winners of auditions held all over Japan for the TGC 2012 A/W THE BEST VOCAL AUDITION, and even before her debut, she sang in front of 30,000 people.[3][4]

2013[]

On January 23, Shionoya made her major debut with the single "Dear Heaven".[4]

In late February, she started a project called Uta Shugyo (うた修行) in which she travelled throughout Japan singing in all 47 prefectures of the country for about three months in order to improve her skills as a singer and her ability to convey her emotions and thoughts to others through song.[7][4]

On May 15, she released her second single "Katakoi / Smile again".[7]

On August 21, she released her third single "Ocean Blue".

On November 6, she released her fourth single "Snow Flakes Love / Ichirinka".

2014[]

On June 4, she released her fifth single "Like a flower".

On December 10, Shionoya released her first studio album Luna.

2015[]

On October 28, she released her first mini-album S with.

2016[]

In February, Shionoya participated in "A-pop Castle", a joint composition camp for composers from various countries held in Finland, and produced music there.[8]

On June 22, she released her sixth single "SMILEY DAYS".[8]

On July 31 and August 5, she held her first solo concert and two-day live Shionoya Sayaka LIVE 2016 ~always with you~ in Tokyo and Fukuoka.

On December 7, she released her seventh single "Mahou".

2017[]

On January 25, she released her second studio album Mist-ic.[9]

On May 18, 2017, Shionoya announced that she would retire from the entertainment industry at the end of May and expressed her desire to start a new life.[10][11][12]

Announcement by Shionoya Sayaka[13]
From Shionoya Sayaka to her fans


I am very sorry to inform you of a personal matter, but I have an announcement to make.

Since I made my debut at the age of 18, I have had the support of many fans and people involved, and I have done my best as an artist in my own way.

Now that I feel that I have done everything I want to do in the entertainment industry, I have a strong desire to start a new life, not as an artist, but as a woman.

After much worry and thought, I have decided to retire from the entertainment industry.

I am very sorry for this sudden announcement to all of my fans who have warmly supported me, but every step I have taken with you all will always be a treasure that I will cherish.

Thank you very much for the sparkling and miraculous time we spent together.


Shionoya Sayaka

2018[]

In 2018, she resumed activities as an independent singer under the stage name sayan.

Personal Life[]

Relationships

Sometime in 2017, Shionoya gave birth to her first child, a girl.[14] In 2020, she gave birth to her second child, a boy.[15]

On December 31, 2022, she posted a picture of parkour athlete ZEN together with her children on Instagram captioned "Shimada family" (ZEN's family name) and tagged him, revealing that he is her husband.[16] ZEN posted a smiliar photo with the same caption.[17] Both had been under the management of LDH from 2013 until their individual departures from the company.

On December 2, 2023, Shionoya announced that she had given birth to the couple's third child on November 28.[18]

Discography[]

Studio Albums
  1. [2014.12.10] Luna
  2. [2017.01.25] Mist-ic
Mini-Albums
  1. [2015.10.28] S with

Singles
  1. [2013.01.23] Dear Heaven
  2. [2013.05.15] Katakoi / Smile again
  3. [2013.08.21] Ocean Blue
  4. [2013.11.06] Snow Flakes Love / Ichirinka
  5. [2014.06.04] Like a flower
  6. [2016.06.22] SMILEY DAYS
  7. [2016.12.07] Mahou
Digital Singles
  1. [2012.10.24] ONE
  2. [2020.02.19] Konoha
  3. [2020.03.18] Kimi Monogatari
  4. [2021.10.11] Chitose no Nagareboshi

Concert/Tours[]

  1. [2016.07.31-2016.08.05] Shionoya Sayaka LIVE 2016 ~always with you~

Works[]

Radio[]

  • [2013.01-2015.03] Shionoya Sayaka no "Kiite Kudasari Arigatou Gozaimasu RADIO"
  • [2013.07-2013.12] FM OSAKA E∞tracks Selection "Shionoya Sayaka no Salty cafe"
  • [2016.09-2017.05] YAMAMAN presents MUSIC SALAD FROM U-kari STUDIO

Trivia[]

  • She is known by the nickname "Shiochi" (しおちー).[11]
  • She used to call the Flower vocalists as her "rivals" and she wanted to "work harder with each other".
  • She got paired with Washio Reina on EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3 ~For Girls~ auditions.
  • Her inspiration as singer is Ito Yuna.

References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.walkerplus.com/trend/matome/article/90903/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://thetv.jp/news/detail/92735/
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://mdpr.jp/model/detail/1102
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2020920/full/
  5. ↑ https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20120527-a021/
  6. ↑ EXPG Dairy Vol. 7 Page 13
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/10088/2
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://natalie.mu/music/news/184712
  9. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/news/213800
  10. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/news/233086
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.cinra.net/news/20170518-shionoyasayaka
  12. ↑ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/05/18/kiji/20170518s00041000247000c.html
  13. ↑ Announcement by Shionoya Sayaka
  14. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIFSfgFlVpN/
  15. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBFxHzWFtVY/
  16. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1d5AXvUpx/
  17. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1d_L3PpLS/
  18. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C0VkvGPPXxR/

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