Izumi Sakai

Izumi Sakai
蒲池 幸子
Izumi Sakai in 1992.
Born	Sachiko Kamachi (1967-02-06)February 6, 1967 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	May 27, 2007(2007-05-27) (aged 40) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Singer songwriter music producer model
Musical career
Genres	Rock pop
Instruments	Vocals keyboards piano
Years active	1988–2000 2002–2007
Labels	Being B-Gram RECORDS
Formerly of	ZARD
Website	wezard.net
Musical artist

Sachiko Kamachi (蒲池 幸子, Kamachi Sachiko, February 6, 1967 – May 27, 2007), known professionally as Izumi Sakai (坂井 泉水, Sakai Izumi), was a female Japanese pop singer, songwriter, music producer and core member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member in the group for the majority of the 16 years which it was active, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s and has sold over 38 million copies of sales, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan of all time.