Chara

I'll be honest, Chara is one of those artists whose voice I'd recognize anywhere, that breathy, slightly slurred, candy-coated rasp that nobody else has. What gets me is the range: she sings, she acts, she's hosted, she composes, like how many drawers of talent does one person need. And she's kept that wide-eyed, almost girlish sensibility well past fifty, which is its own kind of magic. She's not loud or flashy about it, she just keeps making the sounds she loves. Honestly, she's the kind of artist I reach for late at night when I want something with actual warmth.

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Chara is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and television host born on January 13, 1968, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. She writes her own lyrics and music, working across multiple creative disciplines including acting and hosting. She attended Shukutoku Sugamo Junior and Senior High School. Her official website is charaweb.net and she is active on Instagram and X.

Name (English)

Chara

Name (Japanese)

CHARA

Reading

ちゃら

Born

January 13, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Active years

1991 -

Occupation

Singer-songwriter / Actor / Television host / Composer / Lyricist

Junior high

Shukutoku Sugamo Junior High School

High school

Shukutoku Sugamo Senior High School

Spouse

浅野忠信

Works summary

Appearances

482 (1986–2026)

By year

1986: 1, 1991: 2, 1992: 4, 1993: 8, 1994: 6, 1995: 3, 1996: 6, 1997: 8, 1998: 6, 1999: 6, 2000: 7, 2001: 12, 2002: 1, 2003: 3, 2004: 3, 2005: 4, 2006: 4, 2007: 10, 2008: 4, 2009: 8, 2010: 3, 2011: 11, 2012: 13, 2013: 17, 2014: 8, 2015: 5, 2016: 9, 2017: 6, 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2020: 6, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Debut work

スプライト

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://charaweb.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chara_official_/
• Xhttps://x.com/Chara_xxx
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHARA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289752

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Actor
• Singer-songwriter
• Television host

Last updated

2026-08-26

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