Napalm editionThis is a thread to discuss all-female Japanese bands that play their own instruments. That certainly includes Koiai, Band-Maid, Hanabie, Hagane, Lovebites, NEK!, East of Eden, Scandal, Bridear, PaleNeO, and what is left of Nemophila and STMLT.Individual female instrumentalists and singer-songwriters are also welcome.As for the frequently asked questions:>why on /jp/?Because this thread is about Japanese popular culture. Also, the subject is not too far off from other 3D content on /jp/. A good number of artists discussed here are also former (or even current) idols, gravure models and voice actresses.>The band I like includes men. Are they allowed in this thread?Just post about the female members then.>Is this thread only about metal?No, go ahead and post about pop and jazz if you feel like it.
Part two of the European tour must be a joint ticket with at least one of the other bands mentioned. Why else drop their names?I, for one, would not mind seeing Hagane and Frozen Crown!
As long as we're on the topic of international signings, JPU Records have picked up international distribution for Lonesome Blue's album Fourth Dimension.
>>51296169Lovebites is also signed to Napalm, and I don't think they've said anything about their 2027 plans...
>>51296213Then JPU records should organise an international tour for them. No one is going to buy their records anywhere else than at the merch booth.
I love Mayu. She's one of my favorite metal vocalists.
>>51295983How come there are so many japanese/asian female bands?
>>51298110A few reasons. Their school system requires music classes in their curriculum so everyone gets their hands on instruments. They also require a certain number of electives, and music clubs are a popular choice for girls. Part of that was accelerated by the popularity of K-On and some other animes. A shit ton of girls in bands have said in interviews that K-On was a favorite of theirs. Then there's a few centuries of Geisha/Geiko culture baked into the culture. Girls would start training at 15 to become musicians/hostesses. That's more directly related to Maid Cafe culture, but I think that there's an overlap with that too.
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/fa/zuki
>>51296169Looks like you have a chance to do so, just need to get to Japan in March...
>>51298569Not bad! But if I travel all the way to Japan, I would rather see some artists I have no hope of ever seeing here.
I wonder if Nanami of E'sekai is half Pinoy. She sure looks the part. Maybe she's just a case of Ryukyuans not really being Japanese to begin with (many such cases).
More E'sekai.
>>51298132There was that one instance where a top idol group did a comeback with instruments they all learnt on hiatus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLisOu9dEJ0
>>51301265https://youtu.be/EJKBla8j6eY&t=156
>what is left of STMLTFkn nothing!
>>51301851That's a pity. I wonder if Kirara will stay in music, she has a degree after all and could move on. I would think Kanachi should be in high demand, I wonder where she will end up next.
>>51301910Kirara wants to work in the health field right? Maybe STMLT falling apart is a good moment to follow through with that. Maybe she can first do some more gravure shots before moving on and disappearing from the public eye.
Kakumero will be going on a hiatus, as vocalist Taeko will be graduating at the end of November. This explains why they started auditions for a vocalist as well as a guitarist.
PaleNeO's Ayari and Reoto in Matsumoto. Limited time video, watch it now before it goes away.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrSaOGJMfE
This is one of a series of videos by a group called TokyoStyleFiles, who apparently ask cute fashionable girls to tell them about their styles. Somehow they ended up with Nagi. According to their comment, they had no idea who she was at the start:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eOdC4lXnmQ
>>51304748Who is the real harajukucore icon now Yukina?
>>51301851It'll be YouTube vids till the new drummer and bassist arrive. Gonna be a rough few months...
>>51304538Kakumero offers group tours for their fan club right? Maybe some stmlt member can join them and organise a poop cruise.
>>51306765And three shows, the first one is to be an idol-type show under Mofu's direction. At least they are doing something after all.
Band-Maid premiered 'Spin' in Chicago. Hopefully there's a good fancam of it, I haven't checked yet.
>>51307938Here you gohttps://youtu.be/eC2CgUcumIw?is=ZhkiytHrt11aisGG
>>51307744>At least they are doing something after all.Indeed, this could have been way worse.
>>51306765I hadn't checked Kirara's twitter for a while, but she did another Modern Mahjong Swimsuit Festival the other day, and she sold out her chekis again.https://x.com/kirara_stmlt/status/2105245994539774191
Hanabie had a succesful festival gig in Korea yesterday. Leeseo of K-pop group IVE was spotted as a fan in the audience.
>>51310951Hanabie crossover popularity with the K-pop crowd? I would not be surprised. Hanabie is the kind of band that's special and unstoppable.
>>51310981I don't know about the wider k-pop crowd, but Hanabie certainly won over some new fans in Korea.
https://youtu.be/hFzgfVAXMVg?is=fsjn7VFWSxGKcwCcNagisa of Trident helping a sister out around 27:00.
Now here's a surprise: Hagane just released a cover of Queen's We Will Rock You, but it isn't the stomp-stomp-clap radio version, it's the fast version from the Live Killers album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIXGIZiJ-9Y
>>51312421>Bon Jovi>QueenI love Nagi's picks for cover songs. Her normalfriend sensibilities are so endearing.
Speaking of Nagi. Hagane's manager made her lose 15 kilos as a condition to join the band. The ignorant fuck should have known she was just bulking.
>>51314478If I recall, he's the older dude that Nagi makes do exercises in her fitness events. Serves him right.
>>51314600Serves him right indeed! But I must say he is a good sport for participating in the fitness events.
Goodbye M4SK! We barely knew ya
>>51316001With masks on you wouldn't. Seriously, I wonder what happened, they canceled last month's show the day before it was scheduled to happen so I suppose something was going on.
>>51316128There must have been a ton of drama. Something quite a bit worse than just one member wanting out.They were supposed to perform with Koiai. Now Kanade and Yunika can fill the M4SK time slot with an improv session.
Ruka recorded the drums for Hanabie's new song. Even the fans are losing hope of Chika coming back.
Fuki desu!
Do you think Ika will become a full-time permanent member of Nemophila? I hope so.
>>51318311I think they will confirm her as a permanent member after the last live with the current line-up next week. The bigger question is: will they introduce a new second guitarist?By the way, Hiroyuki won't let me post pictures lately. I got some content lined up, but it will have to wait.
>>51317466That all but confirms it then. Wonder what the hold-up is with just announcing her departure and getting it over with.
Collab when?
Haz/u/ki
>>51319171>Wonder what the hold-up is with just announcing her departure and getting it over with.I am no expert on Japanese labour laws, but if Chika is actually on sick leave, then it would be against her best interest to resign before she makes a full recovery, even if she does not actually intend to return to Hanabie.Maybe they just have not found the time in their schedule to hold auditions for a new drummer yet. That seems less likely though. Sony can probably arrange most of that for them.
Min from Amagoi will be support guitar for Little Lilith in November as Mayto is apparently unavailable for a few shows. Looks like Amagoi is on slowdown right now, as their bassist had to drop out for health reasons and they already didn't have a drummer.
Lovebites will go on a hiatus in 2027. Looks like it's time for their husbands to make themselves useful.I am sure Yoshida Sakura popped the champaign when reading this news.
>>51320340I wonder what they will be doing. Is it a tour-only hiatus like Band-Maid's, or are they taking the year off altogether?Fami at least will be busy I expect with her own songs and support duties, she seems unstoppable and in any case she's years younger than the others.
>>51320368Just a tour-only hiatus, same as Band-Maid. The other all-female bands better take advantage of this vacancy at the top ASAP.
>>51320383Hagane will try hard to take advantage for sure.>>51320309>Mayto is apparently unavailable for a few showsMaybe Nemophila will present Mayto as their second new guitarist. She was in a band with Mayu before, so I am sure she was at least on their list. It would be a fun way to launch a brutal rivalry with Hagane.
>>51320383Are Band-Maid still going to make music next year? I thought it was a full blown hiatus, as in radio silence for the year.
>>51320340There seem some odd things about this announcement. First, it's so late in the year, they're nearly done their 2026 shows. Band-Maid announced their break months ago, early in the tour season, and their fans have had months to prepare for the break. Also, they only in February signed a distribution deal with Napalm, the same people Hagane just signed with (see OP), so it seems an odd time to retreat from the tours now. It's the abruptness of it all that worries me.
>>51320723They've said as much.
I wonder if any of the Lumirise members ever dared to ask Nohana what it was like to found out her ex-bandmate in Draft King did JAV right after quitting the band.
No boys allowed at the after party!
>>51320947Napalm must have known about the Lovebites hiatus much earlier. It explains why they never bothered to promote Lovebites much and moved on to Hagane.
Nagi dolled up for her song recital the other day.
https://youtube.com/shorts/mCR4ywg94z0?is=xCyCLyeiqDD29uOS>Looks fine without ChikaI am sure Chika agrees.
>>51324535How glamorous! Did she sing piano-driven power ballads?
>>51321759Well great now you made me check this out.(erica is the former member in question, if anyone was wondering)
Time to say goodbye to Nemophila as we know it. Today is their last gig with Tamu and Hazuki.
>>51325597I knew that post would make someone look!Draft King was actually pretty decent. Too bad their audience and the press ran the band into the ground by never missing a chance to tell them they liked Stereopony better.
>>51325956Tamu with today's other drummers.
Sayaka posted a still from the Hagane Fan Club concert, where Nagi (as Megadon) took on the band in a set of skits - here she's trying (and failing) to beat Megadon in arm wrestling. Using both arms.
>>51326862Mizuki's grin is always such an upper!
Mayu should send a huge bouquet to Lisa X when her hangover wears off. Letting Nemophila borrow Hazuki for so many years was no small favour!
Mike Einziger of Incubus joined Band-Maid in LA to play their collab 'Bestie'.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BPfO-dx9LoNow to see if they meet up with The Warning in Mexico...
>>51328522The maids sure have some good connections.I think meeting The Warning again would be a bit soon after Summer Sonic, but why not?
>>51328650The fans are eternally hopeful another collab with them will eventually result.
Tamu looks satisfied.
>>51328940>Thank fuck I longer have to put up with Mayu's nonsense after today
>>51328657They should follow The Warning's example and do a collab with Nene Royal. Easy publicity!
I'm worried about Chika, bros
>>51329784They barely acknowledged her when I saw them on stage in Dublin. Starting to feel more and more like the three members of Hanabie and their support drummer, Chika.
>>51329784Hot take: Matsuri impregnated Chika with her girl dick. That's why Chika has to step back from the band for an extended period of time, for "health reasons".
>>51330041
A new Hanabie MV is about to drop:https://youtu.be/rtt88-MsOZs?is=G3qqOwYsmDvsgKNw
new PaleNe0 MVhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392T1SksU-Yschoolgirl theme
>>51330673Looks like the Hanabie funposter was right after all. You can see Matsuri's dangler at 0:43.>Chika Chika Chika Chika ChikaThey really have to give some kind of update to respond to these comments. The fans care more about Chika's situation than about the song or MV.
>>51331002She'll be the new Yuimetal at this stage. Chika didn't even have that much of a personality, she just smiled all the time.
Fami got a new bass.
>>51331141Chika is the centrist of Hanabie. She just wants to play beats.
>>51331002Wtf how was Hanabie able to get away with Matsuri’s girl cock showing and flopping around in their own music video on YouTube?
>>51330041>Chika is pregnant
Matsuri, my beloved https://youtu.be/ILiU6Jzv1l8?is=BwDVNh6ya6qb6lwf
>>51331630And an absolutely killer pair of boots!
>>51330828Still sounds idolish, but I like the guitar tone at least.
>>51317466Who is Ruka?Also Chika is pregnant 100%,she got knock up on tour.
If Chika is sick why did she ghost all her socials? I can't believe it but Hanabie will have their own Yui situation.inb4 Chika will never be seen again and drops from the face of the earth
>>51334363>Who is Ruka?The boy getting slapped in the Envy MV. He also plays drums in some Hanabie bootlegs from before they got famous.>If Chika is sick why did she ghost all her socials? She never liked the socials anyway and wants to keep needy fans at a distance.
~_^
>>51328657Miku's post on X last night:>Si hablamos de México… ¡claro que pienso en las chicas de The Warning po! ¡Je, je! ¡Po!A tease, or a spoiler?
A day late but Happy Birthday Misa! A fellow Libra!
>>51334363He's the guy that lives in the boot of Hettsu's car, and often emerges whenever they lose another drummer.
>>51334741>A tease, or a spoiler?It could also be a prank.
PaleNeO now has a clothing line with Gekirock, just tops and hats it seems:https://gekirock.com/news/2026/10/paleneo_gekirock_clothing_design.php
New Haku MV:https://youtu.be/upqjfBt_sVk?is=Z0kxLC8FzrMHaO4L
Misa offers you a beer. Do you accept?
Smug Misa
>>51337140Totally! I'd get wasted together and try to get her to gossip.
>>51334741>>51334911Well, Dany sang Show Them at the end of the show, again. There's been some comment that Pau didn't join Dany and Ale, perhaps she's not well again?
>>51325183https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKQGgYhFfc
All of Tamu's outfits for Nemophila live shows should be on Mercari by now.
E'sekai performed for a crowd of picnickers at the Kin Town festival.
>>51339111>Dany sang Show Them at the end of the show, againThat counts in my book!I heard Pau was busy organising some kind of party.
Kakumero led a field trip for their fan club to Kagawa.
>>51339258Some dude in the comments wants her to make a solo record. Sakura will not be happy with this!In other Hagane news, TBS will air a documentary about them in November:https://www.tbs.co.jp/kaihou-ku/
>>51342144Sakura seems to have calmed down and cheered up a lot since the reboot, I think she'll be fine with Nagi making a little singer/piano project in her spare time. What will the documentary be about?
>>51342384>What will the documentary be about?The reboot and Hagane's overseas festival gigs. The same director made a documentary about the band's woes during the pandemic.
Was Sakura known for being unhappy during Hagane's last era?
Hanabie and The Warning together!!!!https://www.instagram.com/p/DervsRBFBKd/?rpxt=MXd0ZXFpOG1tbmQ5cw==
>>51343078That is one way to put it. Sakura was said to be ill-tempered and tyrannical. It is not hard to guess how this has something to do with three members leaving the band at once.
Miwa's finger pointing acoustic LIVE.
Autosaging and deep in page 10, so...New thread:>>51344068
