Maki Watase

Biography

渡瀬マキ (Watase Maki) is a Japanese singer and talent currently under UP-FRONT CREATE. She began activities as a television personality after winning the 1986 Young Jump Queen grand prize, and debuted as an idol singer with the single "Pearlmond Kiss" in 1987. In 1998, she formed the band LINDBERG with guitarist Hirakawa Tatsuya, bassist Kawazoe Tomohisa, and drummer Koyanagi "cherry" Masanori. After LINDBERG disbanded in 2002, she became inactive in the music industry until LINDBERG reformed in 2014. In 2006, she launched the children's clothing brand Ontembaar.