# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chara
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:45:01.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chara"
name: "Chara"
slug: "chara"
description: "Miwa Watabiki , better known by her stage name Chara (ちゃら), is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is known for her song \"Swallowtail Butterfly \", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly in which she starred, her 1997 hit single \"Yasashii Kimochi\", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, \"Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange\". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter and actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chara-live-countdownjapan2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.61576933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  189
  category: null
totalFollowers: 88500
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Chara.Official"
    handle:    "Chara.Official"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chara_official_/"
    handle:    "chara_official_"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://charaweb.net/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Chara_xxx"
    handle:    "Chara_xxx"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152713/"
    handle:    "nm0152713"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2v3eFzDOUnyWP1drW2dPTp"
    handle:    "2v3eFzDOUnyWP1drW2dPTp"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRJ9KKxG91WwD1gfGahMFGg"
    handle:    "@chara_official"
    followers: 88500
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/99321"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تشارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(S%C3%A4ngerin)"
    title: "Chara (Sängerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(singer)"
    title: "Chara (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(artisti)"
    title: "Chara (artisti)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(artiste)"
    title: "Chara (artiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(penyanyi)"
    title: "Chara (penyanyi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(cantante)"
    title: "Chara (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHARA"
    title: "CHARA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHARA"
    title: "CHARA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara_(singer)"
    title: "Chara (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%81%B0%E6%8B%89_(%E5%A5%B3%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "恰拉 (女歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/94812064-a7c2-49d2-b6b0-b9e76289bf87"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55782"
    title: "Chara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump