Ringo Shiina discography

This page is a detailed discography for the singer-songwriter Shiina Ringo and the band Tokyo Jihen of which she is a founding member.

Shiina Ringo

Albums

"nihongo|邪|Yokoshima|evil" is the cover band of Toto organized by Shina Ringo. She formed this band to play "Georgy Porgy".Because Numazawa Takashi who was the session drummer of "Utaite Myouri ~Sono Ichi~" was acquainted with the drummer of Toto, Jeff Porcaro, she hit on this idea.Numazawa learned how to drum by Joe Porcaro who was Jeff’s father, and he worked in his drum school as an instructor after graduation.Then, he participated in tours of Chaka Khan, Bobby Womack and others as a member of their backing band.

Though Shiina Ringo was going to sing all the parts of this song at first, Ukigumo sang the main part after all.It was because he resembled Steve Lukather, the vocalist of Toto, in a voice that she didn't sing. She didn't know whether it was caused by the woman's voice or not, but she felt that her voice didn’t match this song enough.He sang this song to a car stereo in her car at that time, and, she noticed that his voice was suitable for this.

Band members

*椎名林檎(Shiina Ringo): vocal
*椎名純平(Shiina Junpei): chorus
*長岡亮介(Nagaoka Ryousuke) = 浮雲(Ukigumo): vocal
*沼澤尚(Numazawa Takashi): drums

Guest appearances / contributions to albums of other artists

*Shiina played keyboards on Heart Bazaar's indies-release, Baobob (1999).
*Shiina wrote and produced a number of songs for Rie Tomosaka (such as on Tomosaka's 2000 maxi-single "Shojou Robot", etc.)
*Shiina composed the song "in private" for Ryoko Hirosue's 1999 album "PRIVATE".
*Shiina contributed guest vocals on indie band Zazen Boys's second album, "ZAZEN BOYS II" (2004).
*"Kuki" is used on the Casshern soundtrack (2004).
*Shiina contributed guest vocals for Asai Kenichi's song Kiken Sugiru (2006).

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