Shiina Ringo

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Image:Dynamite out (2).jpgShiina Ringo (椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo, also spelled "Sheena Ringo" and "Shena Ringo") is a Japanese singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born on November 25, 1978. Her real name is Yumiko Shiina (椎名裕美子 Shiina Yumiko).

Note: Her name can be romanized many ways, including Shina, Sheena, and Shéna. This extends to album listings where she's even listed as Sheena Rinngo on her album Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana. However, one cannot rule out the possibility that it was done in error, as can sometimes be seen in Japanese records.

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Early life

Yumiko Shiina was born in Saitama Prefecture to Koutarou Shiina, an employee of an oil company, and Akiko Shiina, a full-time housewife. She was born with an illness in which the esophagus become more narrow as it gets closer to the stomach, resulting in many surgeries.

Her understanding of the arts began with her father's interest in jazz and classical music. Also, her mother majored in dance in college and practiced ballet. In her house were a large collection of music, a piano, and a guitar. Shiina 's father was also devoted reader of music magazines. The young girl began practicing piano at age 5, as well as starting classical ballet.

While Shiina was a very outgoing girl in her early child life, she later became shy and quiet. The pseudonym Ringo, meaning apple, comes from how she would blush bright red like an apple when she was in front of people, as well as from her love of the Beatles' Ringo Starr and singer Fiona Apple.

Her parents remember her as a mostly trouble-free child, except that she could not stand being alone, throwing tantrums if she could not have a friend to play with.

By age 15, Shiina had become involved in several bands as well as performing solo. In 1995, she received recognition from the Teens Music Festival as a member of the all-girl band Marvelous Marbles. Later on, she received an Award of Excellence as a solo artist in the finals of the annual Music Quest competitions.

In her later teen years she became a fan of the indie rock group Number Girl, attending various shows when possible.

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Solo Career

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Shiina Ringo's first official single was released May 1998, when she was 19 years old. It was entitled Koufukuron. Next came the release of her first album, Muzai Moratorium, in February 1999, and then her second album, Shouso Strip, in March 2000. She took a short hiatus when she was expecting a child, but returned a year later with a two-disc compilation of international covers entitled Utaite Myouri.

Shiina is an accomplished musician and song writer who writes very original music ranging numerous genres. She is well known for her quirky way of doing things, rolling her "r"'s and creating promotional music videos with the strangest visuals.

At the age of 24, Shiina had married Junji Yayoshi, a guitarist, and had a child. The two divorced 14 months later. In 2003, she released her third album, titled Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana. Towards the conclusion of her solo career, she had her trademark mole removed, and released her final solo single, Ringo no Uta, which can be described as a vivid summation of her career, including a music video with references to all of her previous videos.

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Tokyo Jihen (東京事変)

On May 31, 2004, she formed a band called Tokyo Jihen. Tokyo Jihen was first introduced in Shiina's Sugoroku Ecstasy tour. You can watch them perform in Shiina's Electric Mole DVD.

The original lineup of Tokyo Jihen was: Shiina Ringo (vocals), Hirama Mikio {aka Mikki} (guitar), Kameda Seiji (bass guitar), Hiizumi Masayuki {aka H Zetto M or HZM} (keyboard/piano) and Hata Toshiki (drums).

In July 2005, the band announced that keyboardist Hiizumi Masayuki, and guitarist Hirama Mikio had left Tokyo Jihen, and that new members were being sought for Tokyo Jihen's second album. In September 2005 the band announced through its website that it had selected two new members, Akashika Tomonori {aka Ukigumo} on guitar and Izawa Ichiyou on keyboards. Shortly thereafter, the band announced it would be releasing its second album (featuring the new lineup) in January 2006, and that it would be playing two concerts, at the Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka and the Budokan in Tokyo, in February 2006.

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Albums

  • Muzai Moratorium (1999)
    1. Tadashii Machi
    2. Kabukichou no Joou
    3. Marunouchi Sadistic
    4. Koufukuron (album version)
    5. Akane Sasu Kiro Terasaredo
    6. Sid to Hakuchuumu
    7. Tsumiki Asobi
    8. Koko de Kiss Shiite
    9. Onaji Yoru
    10. Keikoku
    11. Morphine
  • Shouso Strip (2000)
    1. Kyogensho
    2. Yokushitsu
    3. Benkai Debussy
    4. Gips
    5. Yami ni Furu Ame
    6. Identity
    7. Tsumi to Batsu
    8. Stoicism
    9. Tsuki ni Makeinu
    10. Sakana
    11. Byoushou Public
    12. Honnou
    13. Izonshou
  • Utaite Myouri (2002)
    1. Haiiro no Hitomi
    2. More
    3. Chiisana Kinomi
    4. I Wanna be Loved by You
    5. Chiisai Kobato
    6. Love is Blind
    7. Momen no Handkerchief
    8. Yer Blues
    9. Nobara
    10. Kimi wo Aisu
    11. Jazz a go-go
    12. Kareha - a cover of Autumn Leaves (song)
    13. I Won't Last a Day Without You
    14. Carnival (Manha de Carnaval)
    15. Mr. Wonderful
    16. Tamanegi no Happy Song
    17. Starting Over
    18. Komori Uta (Waltz in A minor, Op34/2 / Frederic Chopin)
  • Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana (2003)
    1. Shuukyou
    2. Doppelgenger
    3. Meisai
    4. Odaijini
    5. Yattsuke Shigoto
    6. Kuki
    7. Torikoshikurou
    8. Okonomide
    9. Ishiki
    10. Poltergeist
    11. Souretsu
  • Zecchoushuu (3 Mini-CD Set) (2000)
    1. Yattsuke Shigoto
    2. Gamble
    3. Onaji Yoru
    4. Mellow
    5. Fukou Jiman
    6. So Cold
    7. Fukuran de Kichatta
    8. Hai Hai
    9. Kougousei
  • Kyouiku (Tokyo Jihen) (2004)
    1. Ringo no Uta (A Song of Apples)
    2. Gunjou Biyori (Perfect Blue Sky)
    3. Jusui Negai (Wish to Drown)
    4. Sounan (Distress)
    5. Crawl
    6. Genjitsu ni Oite (Come Back to Reality)
    7. Genjitsu wo Warau (Laughing at Reality)
    8. Service
    9. Ekimae (A Station)
    10. Omatsuri Sawagi (Uproar at the Festival)
    11. Bokoku Joucho (Feelings for My Motherland)
    12. Yume no Ato (After a Dream)
  • Adult (Tokyo Jihen) (2006)
    1. Himitsu (Secret)
    2. Kenka Joutou (Active Fighting)
    3. Keshou Naoshi (Powder up my mind)
    4. Super Star
    5. Shuraba adult ver. (Scene of Carnage)
    6. Yukiguni (Snow Country)
    7. Kabuki
    8. Black Out
    9. Tasogare Naki (Don't cry my child)
    10. Toumei Ningen (Invisible Man)
    11. Tegami (A Letter)
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Singles

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  • Koufukuron (8-cm initial pressing) (1998)
    1. Koufukuron
    2. Suberidai
  • Koufukuron (Maxi) (1999)
    1. Koufukuron
    2. Suberidai
    3. Toki ga Bousou Suru
  • Kabukichou No Joou (Maxi) (1998)
    1. Kabukichou No Joou
    2. Unconditional Love
    3. Jitsuroku -Shinjuku Nite- Marunouchi Sadistic~Kabukichou no Joou
  • Koko De Kiss Shite (Maxi) (1999)
    1. Koko De Kiss Shite
    2. Memai
    3. Remote Control
  • Honnou (Maxi) (1999)
    1. Honnou
    2. Aozora
    3. Rinne Highlight
  • Gibusu (Maxi) (2000)
    1. Gibusu
    2. Tokyo no Onna
    3. Sigma
  • Tsumi To Batsu (Maxi) (2000)
    1. Tsumi To Batsu
    2. Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
    3. 17
  • Mayonaka Wa Junketsu (Maxi) (2001)
    1. Mayonaka Wa Junketsu
    2. Sid to Hakuchuumu
    3. Aisaika no Choushoku
  • STEM - Daimyou asobi hen (Maxi) (2003)
    1. Meisai ~Sango Saidai Kyou no Boufuuu Kennai Kashou~
    2. Kuki (STEM) ~Daimyou Asobi Hen~
    3. Ishiki ~Sango Saidai Kyou no Boufuuu Kennai Kashou~
  • Ringo no Uta (2003)
    1. Ringo no Uta
    2. le salle de bain
    3. Ringo Catalogue
  • Gunjou Biyori (2004) (Tokyo Jihen)
    1. Gunjou Biyori
    2. Sono Onna Fushidara ni Tsuki (The Lady Is A Tramp)
    3. Kao (Faces)
  • Sounan (2004) (Tokyo Jihen)
    1. Sounan
    2. Dynamite
    3. Kokoro
  • Shuraba (2005) (Tokyo Jihen)
    1. Shuraba
    2. Koi wa Maboroshi (Get it up for Love)
    3. Rakujitsu
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Guest Appearances / Contributions to Albums of Other Artists

    1. Played keyboards on Heart Bazaar's indies-release, Baobob (1999)
    2. Wrote and produced a number of songs for Tomosaka Rie (such as on Tomosaka's album Shojo Robot, etc.)
    3. Contributed guest vocals on indie band Zazen Boys's second album, ZAZEN BOYS II. (2004)
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Videos / DVDs

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    1. Seiteki Healing Sono 1 (VHS) (1999)
    2. Seiteki Healing Sono 1 (DVD) (2000)
    3. Seiteki Healing Sono 2 (VHS) (2000)
    4. Seiteki Healing Sono 2 (DVD) (2000)
    5. Gekokujyo Xstasy (VHS) (2000)
    6. Gekokujyo Xstasy (DVD) (2000)
    7. Hatsuiku Status - Gokiritsu Japon (VHS) (2000)
    8. Hatsuiku Status - Gokiritsu Japon (DVD) (2000)
    9. Hyaku Iro Megane (DVD) (2003)
    10. Baishou Ectasy (DVD) (2003)
    11. Seiteki Healing Sono 3(DVD) (2003)
    12. Electric Mole (DVD) (2003) (Introduction of Tokyo Jihen)
    13. The Tokyo Incidents Volume 1 (2004) (Tokyo Jihen)
    14. Dynamite In! (DVD) (2005) (Tokyo Jihen)
    15. Dynamite Out! (DVD) (2005) (Tokyo Jihen)
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External links

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