(born February 22, 1982 in
Izumiōtsu
260px, Supermarket in Izumiōtsu
260px, Kirara Town housing complex in Izumiōtsu
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 73,767 in 34920 households and a population density of 5400 persons per km². The ...
, Osaka) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and actress.
Her career started in the early 2000s with the band , where she served as vocalist and guitarist. After it broke up in 2003, she joined
punk jazz
Punk jazz is a genre of music that combines elements of jazz, especially improvisation, with the instrumentation and performance style of punk rock. The term was first used to describe James Chance and the Contortions' 1979 album ''Buy''. Punk ...
group
Midori
Midori (みどり, ミドリ, , , ) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:
Places
* Midori, Gunma
* Midori-ku, Chiba
* Midori-ku, Nagoya
* Midori-ku, Sagamihara
* Midori-ku, Saitama
* Midori-ku, Yokohama
People Given name
* M ...
together with Usagi's bassist, Yoshifumi Kuwano. Midori released three full-length albums, five EPs, and a single. After its dissolution, Gotō focused on her solo career as a musician, as well as a stage, film, and television drama actress. In 2013, she provided vocals and lyrics for the opening song of the anime ''
Flowers of Evil'' which is titled "宇宙人" (ep. 4–6, "Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-"). Her song "Sound of Me" was used as the ending theme of the drama ''Taberu Dake'', where she played the lead role.
In May 2016 it was reported that she decided to quit the music industry. She returned at the end of 2018 with a demo EP, following it with a full-length album in 2019, both under the alias ''DJ510Mariko''.
Discography
Album
* ''299792458'' (2012)
* ''m@u'' (2013)
* ''こわれた箱にりなっくす'' (2014)
Single
* "Sound of Me" (2013)
As DJ510Mariko
* ''DEMO'' (EP 2018)
* ''Gainsbourg ni Aisarete'' (2019)
* ''love punk'' (EP 2020)
*''fuckin' kill you'' (EP 2021)
With Midori
With Usagi
* (EP, 2003)
Acting
* ''
Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2012)
* ''
Petal Dance
is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Ishikawa.
Synopsis
The film concerns a trip taken by two women, Jinko (Aoi Miyazaki) and Motoko (Sakura Ando), and their driver, Haraki (Shiori Kutsuna), to see Miki (Kazue Fukiishi), an old friend n ...
'' (2013)
* ''Taberu Dake'' (2013)
References
External links
Official siteSony Music Japan
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1982 births
Japanese women rock singers
Japanese lyricists
Japanese rock guitarists
Japanese songwriters
Living people
People from Izumiōtsu, Osaka
Musicians from Osaka Prefecture
21st-century Japanese guitarists
21st-century Japanese women musicians
21st-century women guitarists