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 Sayaca was born on October 31, 1969 in Tokyo. Due to her father’s job, she lived in New York from 1970 to 1973, in Lima from 1973 to 1977 and in Mexico City from 1984 to 1986. During these years she learned ballet, violin, piano and painting.
After returning to Japan in 1987, she began studies in painting and literature at the art school Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo, where world famous artists like Yasunari Kawabata and Shusaku Endo had taught. In 1990, she entered the renowned Sophia University and graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. During this period she also practiced to become a professional flamenco dancer.
A strange combination of destiny and family heredity (her father adores tango) led her to accept an offer by the director of the Japanese Tango Orchestra of Kyoto, Astrorico, to be a singer on a tour through Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay. In Uruguay they participated in the Tercer Mundial de Tango (the Third World Tango Festival) and during the tour Sayaca interpreted four songs off of Astrorico’s third album, ‘De Japon a Buenos Aires’ (From Japan to Buenos Aires), which were recorded at the Estudios Ion of Buenos Aires in the same year.
Later, Sayaca continued singing with Astrorico, giving public performances at hotels, restaurants, and concert halls around Japan. It was during this time she was discovered by the owner of a Tokyo jazz club and started singing jazz as well.
In 1999, she joined Machiko Komatsu & Tango Cristal, an orchestra directed by the parents of the famous Japanese bandoneon player Ryota Komatsu. With Tango Cristal, Sayaca began singing on the cruise ship Mitsui, which led them to the US, Canada, Mexico, China and various countries in Asia and Europe. In Baile de Tango, an album by Machiko Komatsu & Tango Cristal, Sayaca interpreted six songs.
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She decided to move to Buenos Aires in 2002 to improve her tango singing. In the same year she performed for an event of the Japanese society at the Hotel de las Americas in Buenos Aires, accompanied by the guitarist Alejandro Polemann, Since then, she has taken lessons with Amelita Baltar (ex-wife of Astor Piazzolla), Guillermo Fernandez, Patricia Andrade, Lidia Borda and currently with Nora Faiman.
In duet with the well known guitarist Esteban Morgado, she sang at the traditional bar 36 billares in 2003, which is declared a ‘notable bar’ by the government of Buenos Aires. In 2004, she participated in the Septimo Festival de Tango de Buenos Aires (the Seventh Tango Festival of Buenos Aires) accompanied by the pianist Naoko Aoki, in whose debut album ‘Tierra Querida’ Sayaca interpreted and sang the song ‘Milonga triste’.
Sayaca traveled to Justo Daract in the province of San Luis, Argentina, in 2005 to participate in the Primer Festival Internacional de Tango (the First International Tango Festival). She also performed at Centro Okinawense Argentina in Buenos Aires with Machiko Komatsu & Tango Cristal.
In 2006 she recorded her first solo album, ‘Cada vez que me recuerdes’ (Every time you remember me) at the Estudios Cosentino in Buenos Aires, The album was released by the Argentine record company Epsa Music. In this recording project with the pianist Diego Schissi and the Carlos Corrales Trio, Sayaca sang under the watchful eye of producer Ignacio Varchausky who also participated as a bassist.
Also in 2006 she traveled to her homeland, where she performed with Machiko Komatsu & Tango Cristal once again, all of whom participated in the show Tango Libertad with well-known Argentine dancers such as Miguel Angel Zotto.
In 2007, together with Naoko Aoki, bassist Cali Canestrari and bandoneon player Satoshi Kitamura, she represented Japan in the Septimo Mundial de Tango, which took place in Valparaiso, Chile. With the same musicians, she performed at Clasica y Moderna, an upscale bookstore/restaurant in Buenos Aires, and sang at the Noveno Festival de Tango de Buenos Aires (the Nineth Tango Festival of Buenos Aires) as a guest singer for the group La Internacional del Tango.
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