Lisa Ono

Lisa Ono is one of those artists who makes you feel like you've stumbled into a candlelit café in Rio, even if you're just sitting at home — and that's a genuinely rare gift. Born in São Paulo to Japanese parents, she grew up soaking in bossa nova at its source, and when she moved to Japan and started recording in the late 1980s, she essentially became the person who reintroduced that whole warm, gentle genre to Japanese ears. Her guitar playing is understated in the best way, and her voice has this effortless intimacy that never sounds forced. The 2013 Order of Rio Branco from Brazil says it all — she's a cultural bridge between two worlds, and she's been walking that bridge gracefully for decades.

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Name (English)

Lisa Ono

Name (Japanese)

小野リサ

Reading

おの りさ

Born

July 29, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / jazz musician / guitarist

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Order of Rio Branco

• Official sitehttps://onolisa.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lisaono__official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Ono
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1205977

Tags

• São Paulo
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.