5/16/2023 0 Comments Shiira ringo![]() ![]() ![]() At Japan's 5th Annual Music Quest Competition, she also performed a song solo that would later become one of her singles, Koko de Kiss Shite. They sung a cover of Danielle Brisebois' Just Missed the Train on national television. By 16, she was the lead vocalist in a band called Marvelous Marble (an all girls band backed by Tsuda Yukiko, Nakagawa Ai, Matsue Izumi and Tokitsu Rino ) who entered the 9th Yamaha Teens' Music Festivall in 1995. By the time Shiina was 15 and in junior high school, she was a member in several bands, and occasionally performed by herself to clubs. Reputably, when she went to school she was called "Ringo" as a nickname from her classmates after the way her face would turn red like an apple due to embarrassment. Shiina also studied classical ballet, but gave up when she was 10 due to an operation she had on her esophagus (to cure a hereditary problem) effected her balance. She was once asked to compose a song for her school play. Shiina was raised in a family of musicians, and studied piano and music at an early age. Shiina was born in 1978 in Saitama, however moved to Fukuoka when her father was given a job transfer. Fun Fact: Shiina once held a magazine shoot in which she travelled around Tokyo in a wedding dress.Favorite Albums: Ella Fitzgerald's Ella in Berlin and BLANKEY JET CITY's Skunk.Favorite TV Show: Police Headquarters 24hours.Favorite Writers: Miura Ayako, Kyougoku Natsuhiko, Matsumoto Taiyou, Jacques Cousteau. ![]() Stage Name: Shiina Ringo, Sheena Ringo (椎名林檎). ![]()
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