is a Japanese singer. Along with composer, record producer and DJ

Yasutaka Nakata is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. The band debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura". He is known for being the ...

, she is the lead vocalist of the

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

band Capsule, which she formed in 1997 with Nakata when they were both 17. Their formal debut came in 2001 with the release of the single "

Sakura A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of Prunus, genus ''Prunus'' or Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especia ...

". Two more singles and their debut album, '' High Collar Girl'', followed the same year. Koshijima has worked exclusively as part of Capsule since the group's inception, acting as lead vocalist for all of the band's fifteen albums to date.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koshijima, Toshiko 1980 births Japanese electronic musicians Japanese women pop singers Living people People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Musicians from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese women in electronic music 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers