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沼尾翔子　Shoko Numao

vocalist / song writer

その空間、その瞬間に、声でかたちを描くようなアプローチで、音と言葉のあわいにあるなにかを探求する。
アイルランドの大学でジャズを主に、ヴォーカルや作曲を学び、2021年に帰国。現在は東京を拠点に、ソロのほか、カルテットUquwaなどで活動。分野を超えたさまざまなアーティストとの共演も重ねている。
2025年に、米国のelsewhere musicより自作曲を歌とギターのみで演奏したソロアルバム『The Siwnin Sails — 青い帆』、Uquwaのファーストアルバム『Peering into flowers』をリリース。

Shoko Numao is a vocalist and songwriter who explores what exists between sound and words, using her voice to trace shapes in each unfolding moment and space.

After graduating from music school in Japan, she studied abroad at Dublin City University in Ireland for two and a half years, where she earned a BA in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance. During her time there, she explored the expressive possibilities of the voice through training in techniques that treat the voice as an instrument, laying the foundation for her current approach. After returning to Japan in 2021, she has been based in Tokyo, performing her own songs, both in collaboration with various musicians and as a solo artist. In November 2025, she released her second album The Siwnin Sails on the US label elsewhere music.
In addition to her solo work, she is also active in her quartet Uquwa, with Fumi Endo on piano, Masatake Abe on bass, and Yoshinori Shiraishi on drums. The quartet released the CD Peering into Flowers in 2025.