(born October 8, 1961) is a
Japanese retired musician, best known as one of the founding members of the Japanese pop-punk band
Shonen Knife.
Biography
Nakatani was born in
Osaka,
Japan
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, the only child of a homemaker mother and an accountant father.
She met future bandmate
Naoko Yamano in college, and she spent some time working as a cartoonist's assistant.
Nakatani and Yamano formed
Shonen Knife in 1981, with Nakatani on bass, keyboards, and occasional lead vocals. She has named
the Beatles,
Beach Boys,
The Jam,
Redd Kross, and
Cheap Trick as influences.
In 1995, Nakatani collaborated with Gary Waleik of the band Big Dipper on a project called The Japanese Beatles. They recorded one single. She toured the world regularly with Shonen Knife during this period, except for missing some shows due to illness in 1997. She left Shonen Knife and retired from music in 1999. The band continues to perform some songs written by Nakatani live. A lyric from her song "Catnip Dream" was included in the 2002 book ''Hokkaido Popsicle'', written by
Isaac Adamson.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakatani, Michie
1961 births
Living people
Women bass guitarists
Japanese rock bass guitarists
Japanese women rock singers
Musicians from Osaka
Shonen Knife members
Pigface members