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Origin
Urawa, Japan
Genre
Singer Songwriter
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1 FemaleOrigin
Urawa, JapanGenre
Singer SongwriterStyle
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Mood
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Born
1978
Active
1998 to Present...
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Alternate Name
椎名林檎
Most Loved Tracks4 users
椎名林檎 - 丸の内サディスティック4 users
椎名林檎 - 歌舞伎町の女王4 users
椎名林檎 - ギブス4 users
椎名林檎 - 本能4 users
椎名林檎 - ここでキスして。
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Yumiko Shiina (born November 25, 1978 in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan), known by her stage name Ringo Sheena, is an accomplished Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003, and in March 2009, she received a prestigious Fine Arts Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Sheena's vocals, musical compositions, and arrangements span a multitude of genres and styles, and in reference to this versatility, she describes herself as "Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (a Shinjuku-style writer-performer)". At the time of her debut, she had ten closely written pages of lists of her favorite musicians. They included various genres such as classical music, Japanese and American popular music from the 1950s and 1960s, contemporary rock, and the local band Fukuoka.
She mainly plays rhythm guitar, but she plays other musical instruments as well. During live shows she sometimes plays the piano and occasionally plays the bass guitar. While recording, she sometimes plays piano and drums, and occasionally uses uncommon musical instruments such as a melodica and a samisen. Sheena's lyrics often contain complex and archaic language. Printed lyrics in her liner notes regularly feature kanji that are not in common use.
She is well known for her eccentricity, rolling her "r"s and creating promotional music videos with striking visuals.
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