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Tokyo, Japan (2004 – 2012)

Tokyo Jihen (東京事変) or the ‘Tokyo Incidents’ was a Japanese band formed and fronted by the popular rock singer 椎名林檎 (Ringo Shiina). As hinted by its name, the band has a running theme modeled on ’60s Japanese pulp fiction. The band debuted in September 2004 with the song 群青日和. Since their inception, Tokyo Jihen has released five studio albums, of which three peaked at number 1 on the Oricon charts.

Shiina had always wished to work with a band, and selected its members while working on her third solo album, 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花. The band, comprised of guitarist ヒラマミキオ (Mikio Hirama), PE’Z keyboardist H ZETT M, drummer 畑利樹 (Toshiki Hata), and music producer 亀田誠治 (Seiji Kameda) as bassist, was first introduced as Tokyo Jihen during Shiina’s Sugoroku Ecstasy tour. Being part of a band allowed Shiina to both share the songwriting process as well as tone down her public image.

In July 2005, H ZETT M and Hirama left the band. H ZETT M returned to his duties as pianist for PE’Z and Hirama returned to his solo career. Two months later, あっぱ pianist and vocalist 伊澤一葉 (Ichiyo Izawa) and 浮雲 (Ukigumo) joined Tokyo Jihen as the replacement keyboardist and guitarist, respectively.

On January 11th 2012 Shiina Ringo announced the band’s breakup on their official website.
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  • jonnonaarch

    whatever happened to these guys

    5 hours ago

  • kalassyFOREVER

    I don't think I'm emotionally health enough to watch the whole concert. <<< I'll just be like this the entire DVD, but I'll get through it. I did it with JAM, I can do it with Tokyo Jihen.... maybe...

    yesterday afternoon

  • deadgrandma

    Im stoked to hear that Chiaki song sung by Ringo, I always thought it had potential but was ruined by the absurd autotune that plagued Chiaki's version.

    yesterday morning

  • Eriol-kun

    I don't think I'm emotionally health enough to watch the whole concert.

    yesterday morning

  • deadgrandma

    Previews!!! http://www.emimusic.jp/tokyojihen/player/?bclid=190494390002&bctid=190382959002

    yesterday morning

  • deadgrandma

    Less than a month till Bon Voyage, feels like forever since it was announced goddamnit

    last week

  • howtwosavealif3

    >> yes they are in fact there's a blog where somebody gathered up writings from 2-channel that tried to figure out what her songs are about lol http://blog.livedoor.jp/r_i_n_5/archives/51283793.html if anyone's intersetd and yes it's in JAPANAESE

    29 days ago

  • specctro

    I have a friend who is japanese and hardcore Ringo fan and she once told me that most of her lyrics are pretty hard to figure out.

    last month
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