Thursday, May 2, 2013
Members
Phase 2 members
Ringo Sheena (椎名 林檎 Shiina Ringo)- Active: 2003–2012
- Instruments: Lead vocals, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Piano, Electronic keyboards, Melodica, Kazoo
- Real name: Yumiko Shiina (椎名 裕美子 Shiina Yumiko)
- Sheena is an acclaimed singer-songwriter who has enjoyed enormous popularity since her debut at the age of 18.
- She is the founder and the leader of the group, and initially wrote almost all their songs, but later shared songwriting duties with the other bandmembers.
- Active: 2003–2012
- Instruments: Bass guitar, Upright bass, Electric upright bass
- Kameda is a music producer and music arranger for many Japanese musicians.
- Kameda is also a famous session bassist. He participates in many musicians' recording, or plays a bass as a member of various solo singers' backing band. He is a bassist of Bank Band since 2005.
- Kameda knew Ringo Sheena before her debut, and he has supported her since then. Ringo Sheena calls him "Shisho", meaning master or teacher. He rose to fame along with her and became a famous producer, but he concentrates on playing a bass guitar in Tokyo Jihen.
- Musicians he has produced include Angela Aki, Yui Aragaki, Ayaka, Chara, Chatmonchy, Do As Infinity, Elephant Kashimashi, Flow, Fujifabric, Ayaka Hirahara, Ken Hirai, Ikimono-gakari, Juju, Nico Touches the Walls, Plastic Tree, Shota Shimizu, Spitz, Shikao Suga, Hiroshi Takano, The Boom, and Wise.
- Active: 2003–2012
- Instruments: Drums, Percussion
- Real name: Toshiki Hata (畑 利樹 Hata Toshiki)
- Hata had drummed as session musician and tour musician for various artists, including Mika Nakashima (2002, 2004, 2005), Dreams Come True (2008 in recording), and Fujifabric (2009). He was also a member of a band headed by Junpei Shiina (椎名 純平 Shiina Junpei), Sheena's elder brother.
- Hata frequently plays as a support member of his former band scoop, as well as forming the band kotoho (コトホ) with Hideaki Yamazaki, another ex-scoop member and current bassist for School Food Punishment).
- Active: 2005–2012
- Instruments: Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Rapping
- Real name: Ryosuke Nagaoka (長岡 亮介 Nagaoka Ryosuke)
- Ukigumo is an old friend of Sheena's. He has also played music with Junpei Shiina before, as well as Hata and Tabu Zombie of Soil & "Pimp" Sessions; he also played on Sheena's fourth solo album, Sanmon Gossip. He gave Sheena advice when the former members of Tokyo Jihen left the band.
- He has his own band, Petrolz (ペトロールズ).
- Active: 2005–2012
- Instruments: Piano, Electronic keyboards, Electric guitar, Background Vocals
- Real name: Keitaro Izawa (伊澤 啓太郎 Izawa Keitaro)
- Izawa and former Tokyo Jihen pianist HZM are alumni of the Kunitachi College of Music, and have been in a band together before.
- He has his own band, Appa (あっぱ), and has more recently played with the band "the HIATUS" as a tour member.
Phase 1 members
HZM (H是都M H ZETT M)- Active: 2003-2005
- Instruments: Piano, Electronic keyboards, Background Vocals
- Real name: Masayuki Hiizumi (ヒイズミ マサユ機 Hiizumi Masayuki)
- HZM is a core member of the Japanese instrumental jazz band "PE'Z", which made their major debut before the formation of Tokyo Jihen.
- After the release of Tokyo Jihen's first album, he decided to leave to devote himself to PE'Z full-time.
- Active: 2003-2005
- Instruments: Guitars, Background Vocals
- Real name: Mikio Hirama (平間 幹央 Hirama Mikio)
- Nickname: Micky
- Hirama had released two mini-albums on indie labels as a solo musician, and was also was in the band "peppermints kiss cafe" as a guitarist at the time he joined Tokyo Jihen.
- Sheena had met him before at an audition, and subsequently searched for him in hopes of adding him to the band.
- After the release of Tokyo Jihen's first album, he decided to return to his career as a solo musician.
