is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

musician, best known as the bass guitarist and rhythm guitarist for the

pop punk Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti- suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other p ...

band

Shonen Knife Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyr ...

from 2006 to 2016. Before joining Shonen Knife, she was a guitarist and vocalist for the

J-Pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...

groups Keihan Girl and Denki Candy.

Selected discography

With Keihan Girl: * ''Keihan Rock'' (2002) * ''Goodbye Thunderbird'' (2003) With Denki Candy: * ''Denki Candy'' (2006) * ''Denki Shock'' (2007) With

: * ''

Super Group ''Super Group'' is an album by the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. It was released in Japan on 7 November 2008, in the USA on 20 May 2009, and in the UK and Europe in 2010. The original Japanese CD issue was released as a mini-LP cartoon packag ...

'' (2008) * '' Free Time'' (2010) * '' Osaka Ramones'' (2011) * '' Pop Tune'' (2012) * ''

Overdrive Overdrive may refer to: Organizations * OverDrive, Inc., a digital distributor of entertainment media ** OverDrive Media Console, a media player developed by OverDrive, Inc. * Overdrive PC, a subsidiary of Velocity Micro Technology * Overdrive ( ...

'' (2014) With mophing people: * ''alternative e.p'' (2022)

References

External links

Shonen Knife Biography

From Ritsuko Blog

mophing people on Bandcamp
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