Thomas Sawada is . . .

THOMAS SAWADA is a guitarist, singer, ukulele player, music producer, FM Deejay and novelist from Toronto Canada. He graduated the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) and majored in Film/Film Soundtrack and later Ryerson University in Architecture.

He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and had debuted from Mercury Music Entertainment in 1996 as a singer, guitarist and songwriter for the jazz funk band UNLIMITED EDITION. They released their debut album PLEASURE from Mercury Music Entertainment in Japan and were very popular on the tropical island of Okinawa.

Since then he had excelled as a guitarist, singer, producer, arranger and songwriter for many artists (Yuji Oda, Hiroshi Tachi, Aya Sugimoto, Johnny Okura, Hiro Tsunoda,  etc ) as well as films (Abunai Deka, White Out, Out of this World etc White Out was the highest grossing Japanese movie in history at the time of its release). He also participated in projects involving global artists such as members of the Kid Creole Band, Lonnie Plaxico, Stephen Stanley, Take 4, and award winning producers Craig Leon and Ray Hayden. 

Thomas also worked at Oriental Land (Tokyo Disneyland) for three years as arranger and performer. 

THOMAS released his first solo album BETWEEN US from Cafe Soul Records in 2013 and his second solo album SNOW ECHOES in December of 2020. In 2023 THOMAS releases a blues based album as THOMAS TOSH WABI SABI BLUES BAND called BLUE PERIOD. MIWA & THOMAS’ WABI SABI BLUES DUO toured various venues in September 2023 to acclaimed reviews.

THOMAS also released an ukulele based CD called PAKUCHI from Elec Records with the band TOWALELE.

Musically, his influences range from jazz, blues, R&B, funk, rock, folk, to reggae and latin. His favourite artists include Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, BB King, Santana, Gladys Knight, Pat Metheny, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young and Stevie Ray Vaughn (many more) 

Thomas is also an FM Radio personality on 84.0 FM HASL RADIO in North Tokyo. The show airs every Wednesday at 8pm.

THOMAS has released his first novel ACCIDENTAL MOSAIC in English in 2019 as well the Japanese Novel "Yukinozankyo - Human Mosaic" from Katsura Books in August of 2020. In 2023 he released an English novel called INDIGO, a story about the first karaoke bar in Canada. 

THOMAS was raised in Toronto, Canada, the most multicultural city in the world, in a community that is the most diverse even by Toronto standards. Flemingdon Park is known as the most multicultural square mile on Earth. He grew up around many cultures, religions and languages which deeply influenced his outlook and philosophy on life. His novel, ACCIDENTAL MOSAIC represent those views.