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Chara

Name in Native Language: "CHARA" (Japanese/JA)
Actress / Singer-songwriter / Television Presenter / Composer / Lyricist / Musician / Film Actress | * 01/13/1968 (56) | Kawaguchi (Japan)
Miwa Watabiki (綿引 美和, Watabiki Miwa, born January 13, 1968), better known by her stage name Chara (ちゃら), is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly in which she starred, her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine. ()
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Chara is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is most well known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly (in which she starred), her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Animation | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot ...

Picnic

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1996 | 3.3/5 | 1h 12min
Drama, Fantasy
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Bio-technologist Govind K Somaiyya sets about on a precarious journey to India to retrieve a vial containing a deadly virus and prevent it from reaching the wrong hands of an ex-CIA agent and deadly a ...

Dasavatharam

Certification unknown

2008 | 3.3/5 | 3h 8min
Action, Adventure
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An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a gi ...

Swallowtail Butterfly

Certification unknown

1996 | 3.7/5 | 2h 26min
Drama, Crime
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M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, ...

Because We Forget Everything

NR

2022 | 3.6/5 | 30min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Chara

Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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Movies with Chara as Actress(5)

2021 ZOKKI
as Glico2015 Ainone
as Omichi (voice)2012 Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
as Glico1996 Swallowtail Butterfly
as Coco1996 Picnic

TV Shows/Series with Chara as Actress(1)

2022 Because We Forget Everything

Movies with Chara as Crew(4)

Sound/Music2021 ZOKKI
Sound/Theme Song Performance2021 ZOKKI
Sound/Theme Song Performance2012 Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Sound/Theme Song Performance2008 Snakes and Earrings

TV Shows/Series with Chara as Crew(3)

Writing/Lyricist2017 Tsukigakirei
Sound/Theme Song Performance2009 kimi ni todoke -From Me to You-
Sound/Theme Song Performance2008 Telepathy Shoujo Ran

Additional Information

Official websites:
charaweb.net
Twitter
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 01/13 1968 (January) in Kawaguchi (Japan) (current age: 56 years + 104 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Shukutoku Sugamo Junior and Senior High School
Record Label: Epic Records, A&M Records, Epic Records Japan
Spouses (current/former): Tadanobu Asano
Children: Sumire, Himi Satō
Other names for Chara (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Miwa Watabiki"
"綿引美和"
"Chara (singer)"
"Chara (Sängerin)"
Chara frequently works together with these people:
Shunji Iwai (6x, Crew)
Hiro Kaburagi (5x, Crew)
Miho Miyagawa (4x, Actress)
Norihiro Naganuma (4x, Crew)
Takuma Suzuki (4x, Actor)
Kenji Fujisaki (3x, Crew)
Yuka Shibata (3x, Crew)
Seiji Kishi (3x, Crew)
Toshiyuki Yahagi (3x, Crew)
Yukio Ninagawa (2x, Actor)
Aiko Wakatsuki (2x, Crew)
Noboru Shinoda (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:487789, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024