1996Winner
Best Performance
Swallowtail Butterfly
Chara
Actor
Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
January 13, 1968
Biography
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2008Nominee
Best Performance
Snakes and Earrings
1996Nominee
Best Performance
Picnic
Career Highlights
2012Highlight
Best Performance
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
2021Highlight
Best Performance
ZOKKI
Video
Swallowtail Butterfly
Snakes and Earrings
Picnic