Sowelu

Sowelu, born Aki Harada (原田亜希, harada aki), is a J-pop singer. She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (嶋田吉隆, shimada yoshitaka) and a half-Irish half-Japanese mother. 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.