Biography

Mai Fujisawa made her film debut at age four, singing Nausicäa Requiem for her father Joe Hisaishi’s soundtrack to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Studio Ghibli’s first film. Other highlights include singing the opening theme for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows —Part II and singing and writing lyrics for the World War I documentary Paper Lanterns. She also sang the main theme for Clouds Above the Hill, a long-running historical drama series on NHK TV about the Meiji Revolution, and performed the ending theme song for Ojarumaru, an anime television show that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. In recent years, she has contributed to the revitalization of rural Japanese towns through the power of music, and is a goodwill ambassador for Nakano City. In 2022 she released the album Beautiful Harmony, and as part of Studio Ghibli concerts has performed at Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden.