(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 site

Sony Music Japan
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