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48-597: Tokyo Jihen ( 東京事変 , Tōkyō Jihen ) , also known as Tokyo Incidents , is a Japanese rock band formed by Ringo Sheena , after leaving her solo career. The band's debut single " Gunjō Biyori " was released in September 2004, and they ended activities in February 2012. The band sold 2.3 million albums, singles, and DVDs. The band reunited and released a new single on January 1, 2020. Tokyo Jihen started as Ringo Sheena's backing band at first for her last concert tour before ending

96-400: A collection of B-sides, included the previously unreleased-on-CD "Handsome Sugite" and one new song, "Tadanaranu Kankei". The video contained highlights from the band's best live performances along with festival appearances and rare material. On December 31, 2016, when Sheena Ringo participated in the 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen , Tokyo Jihen played as her backing band. However, the band's name

144-448: A computer. Ukigumo, on the other hand, cannot write musical notation, Izawa or (less frequently) Sheena transcribe his tunes in the studio. Since Ukigumo writes music without considering a song, it is hard for Sheena to put the words to his music, so he often writes the lyrics to his own songs. Finally, Toshiki Hata stubbornly refused to write music, even declining to write lyrics when Sheena asked him to. He finally did contribute one song to

192-423: A different guitarist each time without having a regular guitarist. However, when the other members listened to the first Tokyo Jihen album Kyōiku demos , the situation changed. All of them were pleased with the demo session guitarist and asked Sheena his name. This guitarist was Ryosuke Nagaoka , who assumed the stage name of Ukigumo after joining Tokyo Jihen. Sheena and Ukigumo had been friends since her days as

240-512: A girl. As this was close to the release of her single " Irohanihoheto/Kodoku no Akatsuki ", she did not feel it was appropriate to link the birth of her daughter with single promotions, so decided not to announce it at the time. The footage of her announcement was released on her Tōtaikai DVD in March 2014. In November 2022, Sheena and her record label EMI Records received criticism for the artwork of her remix album, Hyakuyaku no Chō . The artwork of

288-899: A mini-album entitled Color Bars , was released on January 18, 2012. A live best of album , Tokyo Collection , and a concert DVD and Blu-ray release of their "Discovery Tour" went on sale on February 15. Tokyo Jihen's embarked on a final tour, entitled "Domestique Bon Voyage " , which included Yokohama Arena (February 14–15), Osaka-jo Hall (February 21–22), and Tokyo's Nippon Budokan (February 28–29). The band officially dissolved on February 29, 2012, after their sold-out final Budokan concert. On June 15, an announcement on Sheena's official site, Kronekodow, revealed that Tokyo Jihen would release one final album, Shin'ya Waku (The Edge of Late Night) , and DVD/Blu-ray video, Chin Play Kou Play ( Strange Plays and Great Plays ) in August of that year. The album,

336-421: A singer representative of Jpop with Hikaru Utada). I-No , a character from the fighting game series Guilty Gear , is modeled after Sheena, wields a similar guitar as a weapon, and shares her birthday. " Ariamaru Tomi " is played in the ending sequence of the 2024 video game Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth . Lenny Kravitz stated that he admired Sheena's music video and both her way of making music and

384-519: A soloist and as a member of Tokyo Jihen. The activity of Tokyo Jihen was thus restricted during this period. In 2009, Sheena continued her solo activity from the previous year with the release of a new solo album, her first since 2003's Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana , in June. During the same period, Ukigumo and Izawa resumed activities with their respective bands. Kameda returned to his work as a producer, overseeing several top ten releases, and Hata participated in

432-509: A soloist. He turned down the offer to join Tokyo Jihen at first, but finally accepted just before recording began for Adult . With so many members replaced, Sheena considered changing the name of the band, but decided against it in the end. In September 2005, keyboardist Ichiyō Izawa and guitarist Ukigumo formally joined Tokyo Jihen. The lineup including the former members subsequently came to be called Dai-Ikki ( 第一期 , Phase 1 ) , with

480-651: Is based on the story of her short film Tanpen Kinema Hyaku-Iro Megane . On May 31, 2004, Sheena formed a band called Tokyo Jihen ( 東京事変 , Tōkyō Jihen , lit. Tokyo Incidents) . The original lineup of Tokyo Jihen was Ringo Sheena (vocals, guitar, melodica), Mikio Hirama ( ヒラマミキオ , Hirama Mikio , also known as Mikki) (guitar, backing vocals); Seiji Kameda ( 亀田誠治 , Kameda Seiji ) (bass guitar); H Zett M (stylized as H ZETT M), also known as Masayuki Hiizumi ( ヒイズミマサユ機 , Hiizumi Masayuki , from jazz instrumental band Pe'z ) , (keyboard/piano); and Toshiki Hata ( 刄田綴色 , Hata Toshiki ) (drums). The band

528-588: Is not usually used for their names, but as they are the phonetic equivalent, the pronunciation is not changed. Since Ryosuke Nagaoka always drifted unsteadily and nobody knew where he would go, Sheena named Nagaoka "Ukigumo" which means the drifting cloud. Sheena planned to give Keitaro Izawa a stage name, but he refused and chose one for himself, Ichiyō Izawa. The band members have different writing styles. Sheena Ringo and Ichiyo Izawa write their songs using musical notation . Seiji Kameda uses different methods, recording himself humming, using musical instruments, or using

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576-569: Is well known for her eccentricity, rolling her "r"s and creating promotional music videos with striking visuals. She admired Eddi Reader 's voice, but felt her own voice was not as clear and sounded hoarse. She admired Janis Ian 's singing and wrote "Seventeen" in tribute to Ian's " At Seventeen ". She later covered "Love Is Blind". She listens to many genres of music. At the time of her debut, she had ten closely written pages of lists of her favorite musicians. They included various genres such as classical music, Japanese and American popular music from

624-727: The Yoshida Brothers ) in several interviews during his visit to Japan in 2007. Jack Barnett of These New Puritans , who was visiting Japan for the Summer Sonic 2008 festival, said in an interview that he was a great fan of Ringo Sheena and bought all her works while he was there, as they were not available in the United Kingdom. Her third album, Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana , was ranked second in CNN International Asia's list of "the 2000s' most under-appreciated Japanese music of

672-500: The presentation , and said that he wanted to meet her in 2000. When Courtney Love visited Japan in 2001, she was recommended several Japanese female rock singers by the music magazine editor of rockin'on . Sheena and Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her were chosen by Love, but she was unsuccessful in her efforts to contact Sheena. British singer-songwriter Mika mentioned Sheena as one of his favorite Japanese artists (alongside Puffy AmiYumi , The Yellow Monkey , Yoko Kanno , and

720-447: The 1950s and 1960s, contemporary rock, and the local band Fukuoka. She mainly plays rhythm guitar, but she plays other musical instruments. During live shows she sometimes plays the piano and occasionally plays the bass guitar. While recording, she sometimes plays piano and drums, and occasionally uses uncommon musical instruments such as a melodica and a shamisen . At her audition in 1996, she introduced herself as "Sheena Ringo" for

768-462: The Love " (originally performed by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway ) for Junpei Shiina's album Discover , and Toto 's " Georgy Porgy ". The latter one was recorded as a part of a special unit called Yokoshima , featuring Jumpei Shiina on keyboards and Ringo Sheena on chorus. In 2007, the pair sang a duet on her single " Kono Yo no Kagiri ". In November 2000, Sheena married guitarist Junji Yayoshi, who

816-562: The TV drama Smile . In June, Sheena released her solo album titled Sanmon Gossip after a long hiatus. On December 2, 2009, Sheena released the single "Nōdōteki Sanpunkan" with Tokyo Jihen after an interval of about two years. Sheena provided a cover of " Uta " for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~ Sheena is an accomplished musician and songwriter who writes music spanning numerous genres. She

864-427: The album was released digitally on its originally planned release date, November 30, a physical CD version of the album was not released until January 13, 2023. Tours One-off concerts Variety (Tokyo Incidents album) Its thirteen tracks were carefully selected from a vast number of demos created by the band, with all tracks featuring music written by members other than lead vocalist Ringo Sheena . This

912-479: The album. The music video for "Killer-tune" won the Best Technical Works Video category in the March 15, 2008 Space Shower Music Video Awards 08 by Space Shower TV . As 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of Sheena's professional debut, she resumed solo activities as "Ringo Sheena" for the first time since the formation of Tokyo Jihen. She participated in the summer Rising Sun Rock Festival both as

960-645: The album. A song featuring her and Soil, " Karisome Otome (Death Jazz version)" was released on iTunes Japan exclusively on November 11, 2006. It went to the top of the charts and remained there for days. In June 2007, Sheena was asked to compose music for the kabuki Sannin Kichisa by Kanzaburo Nakamura , for which she composed the ending theme "Tamatebako" (玉手箱, "Casket"). In September 2008, Sheena provided Japanese boy band Tokio with two songs for their singles. In February 2009, Sheena had written music for Japanese rock duo Puffy AmiYumi . The duo's member Ami

1008-541: The band Tokyo Jihen . She describes herself as " Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya ( 新宿系自作自演屋 , a Shinjuku -style writer-performer ) ". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003. Sheena was born with an esophageal atresia in which the esophagus narrows as it approaches the stomach. Treatment of this involved several operations, at least one of which required her right shoulder blade to be cut open. These surgeries left Sheena with large scars on her shoulder blades, said to give

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1056-417: The band's last EP before their split, Color Bars , and the first EP since their reunion, News . Tours Notable concerts and appearances Ringo Sheena Yumiko Shiina ( 椎名 裕美子 , Shiina Yumiko , born November 25, 1978) , known by her stage name Ringo Sheena ( 椎名 林檎 , Shiina Ringo ) , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of

1104-400: The band's official site. Izawa was listed as a tour member on the site, and took part in their "Trash We'd Love Tour 2009". Izawa also held some concerts with Hosomi as "Hosomi Ichiyō" ( 細美一葉 ) from October to December. On December 2, 2009, Tokyo Jihen released the single " Nōdōteki Sanpunkan ", their first in two years, and resumed their activity as a band full-time. They appeared as part of

1152-505: The books, movies, TV dramas and songs, such as the Japanese movie All About Lily Chou-Chou (with The Beatles, Björk , and UA ), Maximum the Hormone 's song "Sheena basu tei de matsu.", Kreva 's single "Idome", the Japanese movie Linda Linda Linda , the TV drama Furuhata Ninzaburō final series , the book by Taro Aso who is the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan Totetsumonai Nihon (as

1200-425: The conclusion of her solo career, she released her final solo single, " Ringo no Uta " ("Apple Song"), which was adopted by the national children's song TV program Minna no Uta . This song had a summation of her career, and the music video included references to all of her previous videos. In 2004, Sheena undertook the role of music director for the stage play KKP (Kentaro Kobayashi Produce) No. 004 Lens , which

1248-457: The core of what would become Tokyo Jihen. After the tour, she announced that she would stop her solo career to join "Tokyo Jihen" as a full-fledged member. On May 31, 2004, the members of the Tokyo Jihen declared that they worked as a permanent band. On July 24, they appeared in the presence of fans at the live 0724 Yamabikari for the first time. They played some live sets during that year's Fuji Rock Festival , and made their major debut with

1296-499: The current one referred to as Dai-Niki ( 第二期 , Phase 2 ) . The band's second album "Adult", released on January 25, 2006, went to number one on the Oricon charts, a first for the band. They held two concerts, entitled "DOMESTIC! Virgin LINE", at Nippon Budokan Hall and Osaka-jo Hall in February as the new members debut. A nationwide tour, "DOMESTIC!" Just can't help it followed later

1344-431: The end she found no one who was better than Izawa, and Sheena decided to invite him to join. He assumed the stage name of Ichiyo Izawa during his time with the band. The search for a new guitarist proved more difficult. Sheena approached several guitarists as potential members, but was turned down by all of them, possibly because they disliked the idea of being considered her "backing band". At worst, she planned to choose

1392-545: The first half of her solo career. Sheena was contemplating working with a band while working on her last solo album, Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana . She began looking for members of her backing band to support her solo tour " Sugoroku Ecstasy " in the Autumn of 2003. The tour band was introduced as Tokyo Jihen during the tour for the first time, featuring guitarist Mikio Hirama, pianist H Zett M , drummer Toshiki Hata, and familiar bassist Seiji Kameda . The musicians she selected became

1440-792: The first time. "Ringo" means "apple" in Japanese. She said that "Ringo" originated from her class nickname when she often blushed in public, and from the Beatles ' drummer Ringo Starr . She declared recently that she followed the naming of the pen name of her favorite manga artist , Sensha Yoshida. His first name is just a name of an object like Ringo (" Sensha " in this case meaning a " tank " in English). She thought that those who heard her name would be shocked by that. The Duesenberg Starplayer guitar which Sheena has used recorded historical sales of around 1000 units in Japan in 2000. Sheena's name often appeared on

1488-458: The impression that an angel's wings had been removed. Sheena released her first official single " Kōfukuron " in May 1998, when she was 19 years old. She subsequently made singles " Kabukichō no Joō " and " Koko de Kiss Shite ", the latter becoming her first hit. This was followed by the release of her first album, Muzai Moratorium , in February 1999. The album was a major hit. " Gips " was due to be

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1536-655: The last decade" on December 22, 2009. Sheena also received a mention in The Guardian as one of Japan's artists who "deserve to be seen and heard in the west" in 2010. Sheena's older brother Junpei Shiina is an R&B musician, who debuted in 2000 under Sony . Since 2006, he has been managed by Kronekodow, Sheena's personal management agency. The pair have collaborated musically several times. In 2002, they covered three songs in English: Marvin Gaye 's " The Onion Song " for Sheena's album Utaite Myōri , " Where Is

1584-588: The lineup of the December 30, 2009 Countdown Japan 09/10 . The fourth album Sports , released on February 24, 2010, won the 1st place in Oricon chart after an interval of four years. The nationwide tour "Tokyo Incident live tour 2010 UltraC" started in March. The fifth album Dai Hakken was released on June 29, 2011, and the nationwide tour "Tokyo Incident live tour 2011 Discovery" started in September 30. On January 11, 2012, Ringo Sheena announced their break up on their official site. Their last original release,

1632-660: The new lineup in January 2006 and played two concerts, at the Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka and the Budokan in Tokyo, in February 2006. In late 2006, Ringo announced that she would resume work as a solo artist as the Music Director for the 2007 film Sakuran . The album Heisei Fūzoku (2007) is the soundtrack from this film. Violinist Neko Saitō and the band Soil & "Pimp" Sessions appear on

1680-491: The next single, but when Sheena had to cancel recording due to illness, " Honnō " was released as the fourth single instead. Sheena chose a hospital as the setting for the music video for "Honnō". The fifth and sixth singles, "Gips" and " Tsumi to Batsu ", were released at the same time to prevent overlap with the release of her second album, Shōso Strip , in March 2000. Sheena had initially indicated that she would retire as "Sheena Ringo" when she had released three albums. At

1728-472: The recording and subsequent tour for Fujifabric 's new album. Sheena, Ukigumo, and Izawa were all involved in the production of Rie Tomosaka 's album Toridori the same year. Ukigumo and Izawa joined Tomosaka's promotional tour as part of her backing band . On May 25, 2009, it was announced that Izawa had joined " The Hiatus ", a new band formed by former Ellegarden member Takeshi Hosomi. They defined The Hiatus as "a project of music, arts, and depicters" on

1776-524: The remix album as well as bonus goods from the Universal Music store included a logo bearing similarity to the Red Cross emblem . Universal Music Japan , the distributor of EMI, released a press announcement on their website apologizing for the usage of the medical cross. Universal Japan announced that the release would be postponed while the company revised the design of the album and bonus goods. While

1824-465: The same year. In the latter half of 2006, Sheena produced the film score of the movie Sakuran , on which three of the other four band members (excluding Hata, who had broken his leg) collaborated. Following the 2007 release of two singles, " O.S.C.A. " and " Killer-tune ", and an album, Variety , the first release not containing any compositions by Sheena, they embarked on the concert tour "Tokyo Jihen live tour 2007 Spa & Treatment" to promote

1872-510: The single " Mayonaka wa Junketsu " in March 2001, with the intention of including it on a third album. The music video was created in a retro-anime style that depicted Ringo as a sort of mid-'60s spy movie heroine. In 2002, she released a two-disc multilingual cover album Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi . Since she felt that a cover album did not count as a bona fide album, she began to work on her third original album. In 2003, she released her third album, titled Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana . Towards

1920-400: The single "Gunjō Biyori" on September 8. Tokyo Jihen released one album and two singles, and held their first concert tour -Tokyo Jihen live tour 2005 "dynamite!"-. On July 1, 2005, it was announced during the tour that keyboardist H ZETT M and guitarist Mikio Hirama would leave Tokyo Jihen. H ZETT M returned to his duties as pianist for PE'Z , and Hirama went back to being a solo singer. It

1968-527: The time the second album was released, she was among the top three Japanese female artists, along with Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki , in terms of popularity and annual income. However, she was uncomfortable with being regarded as an icon, and wanted her career to branch out more from the mainstream. When she began to produce her third album under the tentative title " Fushigi, Waizatsu, Ekisentorikku ( 不思議・猥雑・エキセントリック , Wonder, Vulgar, Eccentric ) " she intended to make it her last solo album. She released

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2016-399: Was a different direction for the band, most of whose previous material had been composed by Ringo Sheena. The record includes seven tracks from guitarist Ukigumo , five tracks from keyboard player Ichiyo Izawa and one composed by bassist Seiji Kameda . Drummer Toshiki Hata was also asked to contribute, but he declined. After the album's release, the song "Kingyo no Hako" was picked to be

2064-588: Was a member of her backing band Gyakutai Glycogen . Sheena gave birth to a son in July 2001. The pair then later divorced in January 2002. In September 2013, gossip magazine Josei Jishin published an article that linked her romantically with music director Yuichi Kodama and stating that she was secretly giving birth to her second child. Sheena addressed these rumours publicly during her Tōtaikai concerts in November 2013, announcing that she gave birth in spring of 2013 to

2112-476: Was decided that they would withdraw from the band before the " dynamite!" tour started. After the departure of the band's former guitarist and keyboardist, Sheena began a search for new members. She was going to have at least a keyboard player join because two people left the band at the same time. H ZETT M recommended his friend and former bandmate, Keitaro Izawa, as a substitute for him to Sheena, but she began visiting music clubs to look for other keyboardists. In

2160-570: Was first introduced in Sheena's Sugoroku Ecstasy tour and is also featured on Sheena's Electric Mole DVD. Hiizumi and Hirama left Tokyo Jihen in July 2005, and the band selected two new members: Ryosuke Nagaoka ( 長岡亮介 , Nagaoka Ryōsuke ) , also known as Ukigumo ( 浮雲 , "Drifting Cloud") , on guitar and backing vocals, and Keitarō Izawa ( 伊澤啓太郎 , Izawa Keitarō ) , also known as Ichiyo Izawa ( 伊澤一葉 , Izawa Ichiyō ) , on keyboards in September 2005. The band released its second album featuring

2208-522: Was introduced to Sheena by Hikaru Utada . Ami is a fan of Sheena's music, which amounted to their friendship together. In March 2009, Sheena Ringo received the newcomer Fine Arts Award in the Popular Culture category from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . In May of the same year, Sheena released a solo single titled " Ariamaru Tomi ", which was used as the theme song for

2256-494: Was not written in the credits. Ukigumo and H Zett M have been regular collaborators with Sheena, playing on recorded work and in backing bands on her live tours. On January 1, 2020, Tokyo Jihen released a surprise digital single, "Erabarezaru Kokumin " , and announced a tour of Japan titled "Live Tour 2020 News Flash", beginning February 29. In February, the band announced their 5-song EP News would be released on April 8, 2020. Their sixth studio album Ongaku ( 音楽 , Music )

2304-578: Was released on June 9, 2021. Ringo Sheena ( 椎名 林檎 , Shiina Ringo ) Seiji Kameda ( 亀田 誠治 , Kameda Seiji ) Toshiki Hata ( 刄田 綴色 , Hata Toshiki ) Ukigumo ( 浮雲 , The Drifting Cloud ) Ichiyō Izawa ( 伊澤 一葉 , Izawa Ichiyō ) H Zett M ( H是都M , H ZETT M ) Mikio Hirama ( ヒラマ ミキオ (晝海 幹音) , Hirama Mikio ) Uni Inoue ( 井上 雨迩 , Inoue Uni ) The real names of Hirama and Hata are "平間 幹央" and "畑 利樹" respectively, but, Ringo Sheena gave them stage names, using Kanji which

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