Sonoko Inoue

Sonoko Inoue (井上 苑子, Inoue Sonoko; born December 11, 1997 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture)^[1] is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actress. She lived in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture until junior high school and moved to the Kantō region when she had a high school opportunity. She is nicknamed Son-chan (そんちゃん) and sonko.

Sonoko Inoue
井上 苑子
Born	(1997-12-11) December 11, 1997 (age 27) Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Singer songwriter actress
Years active	2009–present
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	Tsubasa Records/Space Shower Music (2013-2015) EMI Records Japan (2015-2020) Tsubasa Records (2020-present)
Website	www.inoue-sonoko.com

Discography

※Oricon Weekly Chart highest ranking.

Singles

No.	Year	Title	Form	Standard part no.	Ranking	Ref.
Independent production
1	2010	"sonority"	CD	—	—
2	2011	"sonority II"	CD	—	—
3		"sonority III"	CD	—	—
Indie label
1	2013	"Sorairo Blue"	CD	XQJZ-1008	Outside range	[2]
2		"Unmei-sen Believer"	CD	XQJZ-1014	180	[3]
3	2014	"Sentimental Sixteen"	CD	XQJZ-1020	Outside range	[4]
4		"Akai Muffler"	CD	XQJZ-1040	107
Major label
1	2015	"Daisuki."	CD+Wego Collab Muffler CD	5903-PRON UPCH-80416	48
2	2016	"Natsukoi"	Live DVD+CD CD	UPCH-89264 UPCH-80433	17
3		"Eru"	CD	UPCH-80453	43
4	2017	"Message"	Live DVD+CD CD	UPCH-89327 UPCH-80466	12
5		"Namida"	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-89336 UPCH-80473	31
6		"The Best In The World"	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-89336 UPCH-80483	31
7	2018	"Fantastic"	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-89394 UPCH-80502	35

Albums

No.	Year	Title	Form	Standard part no.	Ranking
Indie label
1	2014	Senkō Hanabi	CD	XQJZ-1030	155
Major label
1	2016	Hello	CD	UPCH-20414	16
2	2017	JUKE BOX	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-29273 UPCH-20467	26
3	2019	Shiroto Iroiro	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-29326 UPCH-20512	19

Mini-albums

No.	Year	Title	Form	Standard part no.	Ranking
1	2015	#17	CD+DVD CD	29191-UPCH UPCH-20395	66
2	2018	Mine.	CD	UPCH-20489	24
3	2020	Harezora	CD+DVD CD	UPCH-29356 UPCH-29357	23
4	2021	PAN tto Oto ga Shita	CD+DVD CD	TRAK-0171/2 TRAK-0173	TBA

Music videos

Director	Title
Sonoko Inoue	"Ao to Orange"
Gen Natsume	"Senkō Hanabi"
Kei Ikeda	"Unmei-sen Believer"
Unknown	"Sorairo Blue", "Good day", "Sentimental Sixteen"

Tie-ups

Title	Tie-up	Ref.
"Natsukoi"	Johnson & Johnson Acuvue advert song TV Tokyo drama Koe Koi ending theme	[5]

Live performances

Solo live performances

Year	Title
2014	Sonoko Inoue Birthday One-man Live: 17-saiya de! Otonana Live ni surude!
2016	Sonoko Inoue Kōkō Sotsugyō Kinen Special One-man Live Sotsugyō. Watashitachi no JK Kanketsu!
	Sonoko Inoue 1st Summer Tour 2016: Minna o Matase!

Appearing events

Year	Title
2013	The Library vol. 2
	Ontama Otodama Sea Studio 2013: Sunset Beach 2013
	BiS Shusai: Shelter 7 Days
	The Library vol. 4
	Yokohama Live Jack 2013: Christmas Special
2014	Strobe Night Bangai-hen: eggman 33rd anniversary
	Ryūkō-sei Ketsumakuen #279
	Girls Rock Summer Splash!! 2014
2015	Green of Music Fes
	Rock in Japan Festival
2016	Ontama Otodama Sea Studio 2016: Umi no Uta 2016

Filmography

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2013	Y.O.U: Yamabiko Ongaku Dōkō-kai	Yasushioto Takimoto	KTV		[6]
2016	Sukinahito ga Iru Koto		Fuji TV	Episode 3

Internet series

Year	Title	Website
2016	Sukinahito ga Iru Koto	Fuji TV On Demand

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Watashitachi no Haahaa	Ichinose	Lead role	[7][8]

TV series

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2016	EX Theater TV	TV Asahi	MC
	Test no Hanamichi New Ben Semi	NHK-E

Stage

Year	Title	Notes
2011	Nelke Planning: Sekai no Owari to Hajimari to	Co-starring with Mao Miyaji

Radio

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2016	Sonoko Inoue no All Night Nippon 0	NBS	Monday personality	[9]

Advertisements, public relations

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
	Kokuyo Campus Dot Liner Fitz	Image character	[10]
2016	Johnson & Johnson Acuvue	Also did the song in the advert	[5]

Others

Year	Title	Notes
2014	Go! Go! Guitar	June 2014 issue; cover model

Awards

• Sky PerfecTV! Movie Channel Award (Watashitachi no Haahaa)
• Fanta Land Award (Watashitachi no Haahaa)

Notes