YoshimiO
Japanese musician
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Yoshimi (born Yoshimi Yokota (横田佳美)[1]; February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.[2]
- Boredoms
- OOIOO
- Free Kitten
- Saicobab
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 18, 1968 |
| Origin | Okayama, Japan |
| Genres | Noise, electronica, alternative dance |
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Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for the all female group OOIOO and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well.[2]
Born in Okayama, Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with EYE in 1986. Since 1997, she has led the all-female band OOIOO and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.[2]
Yoshimi has worked on many other projects, most notably a raga band called Saicobab, an ambient project called Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal-drum-influenced OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten.[3] She appeared as a session player and vocalist on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and joined the band in 2025 for two live shows in Tokyo, Japan.[4] Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.[5][6]
Reception
Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of WIRE magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield.[7] Pitchfork covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.[3] Modern Drummer magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts.[8] In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and Ikue Mori for Tom Tom Magazine.[9]
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips said that their album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was inspired by Yoshimi.[10]
Discography
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Yoshimio
- Big Toast (1993)
- 2 (1994)
- 3 (1995)
- Yunnan Colorfree (2007)
- Bor-Cozmik (2009)
Yoshimi and Yuka
- Flower with No Color (2003)
OOIOO
- OOIOO (1997)[3]
- Feather Float (1999)[3]
- Gold and Green (2000)[3]
- Kila Kila Kila (2003)
- Taiga (2006)[3]
- OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX (Eye Remix EP) (2007)
- COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001
- Armonico Hewa (2009)
- Gamel (2013)[3]
- Nijimusi (2019)[3]
OLAibi
- Humming Moon Drip (2006)
Saicobab
- Sab Se Purani Bab (2017)
Z-Rock Hawaii
- Z-Rock Hawaii (1996)
