Sowelu

Sowelu 'nee Harada Aki (原田亜希)' is a J-Pop singer. Born on November 6th, 1982 in Tokyo, her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which did very well in the charts

Sowelu 'nee Harada Aki (原田亜希)' is a J-Pop singer. Born on November 6th, 1982 in Tokyo, her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which did very well in the charts, and was later featured on the Relaxin’ with Japanese Lovers compilation album. Her first single was modestly successful, and it wasn't until the release of her album Geofu in the summer of 2003 that she gained recognition. Geofu did exceptionally well in the charts, scoring a number 4 position with more than 300,000 copies sold. Her first single after Geofu, Rainbow was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Netsuretsuteki Chukahanten, and the b-side song on that single, “breath ~Omoi no Youryou~” was used for the national promotion campaign of JFN Radio.

Her next big single Glisten was used in a make-up commercial for Menard products, and did fairly well in the Japanese market. With this success, she gained even more popularity, and was asked to sing the end theme for the popular TBS animated series Fullmetal Alchemist, entitled I Will, giving her an easy in with American fans. In late 2004, her song Candy Rain'