Sakurako Ohara is a Japanese pop singer and actress who has appeared in musical theater, TV shows, and films. ∙ She won Best New Actress at the Japan Movie Critics Awards for her 2013 debut in The Liar and His Lover, in which she fronted the fictional band MUSH&Co. ∙ In 2014, she received New Artist honors at the Japan Record Awards, the country’s equivalent of the Grammys. ∙ Her debut album, 2015’s Happy, featured the hits “Thank You” and “Hitomi” and rose to No. 2 on the Japanese charts. ∙ Ohara played Medium Alison in the 2018 Japanese premiere of the Broadway musical Fun Home at the New National Theatre Tokyo. ∙ Between 2014 and 2019, she released eight singles that made the Top 10 on the Japanese charts, including “Daisuki” and “Sayonara.” ∙ In 2019, she celebrated her fifth year as a pop artist with the 26-track greatest-hits collection Cam On!~5th Anniversary Best~.