Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others.

Not to be confused with masochists who derive pleasure from having pain inflicted on themselves (by either themselves or by others).

Some subjects sadist could represent are:

Sadist (band), an Italian progressive death metal band

:* ''Sadist'' (album), their self-titled album

Sadistic personality disorder, a mental disorder

Some other non-direct subjects sadist could represent are:

Sadism and masochism as medical terms

Sadistik Exekution, an Australian death metal band

name	Ringo Shiina椎名 林檎
background	solo_singer
birth name	Yumiko Shiina
born	November 25, 1978Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
instrument	vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drum, koto, shamisen, harmonica, melodica, harpsichord, accordion
genre	Rock, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Chamber music, Chanson, Jazz, Big band, Bossa Nova, Adult contemporary, Funk, Hip hop, Electronica, Kayōkyoku, Enka
occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Music composer, Music producer, Musician
years active	1998–2004, 2007–present (solo) 2004–present (group)
label	Toshiba-EMI (1998–present)
associated acts	Tokyo Jihen
website	Official Site
notable instruments	Duesenberg Star TV model DSR-SP }}

, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.

She describes herself as "".

She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003.

Early life

Shiina was born in Urawa (now part of Saitama), Saitama Prefecture, to Kōtarō Shiina, an employee of the oil companies, and Akiko, a homemaker. She was born with an esophageal atresia in which the esophagus narrows as it approaches the stomach. Treatment of this involved several operations, at least one of which required her right shoulder blade to be cut open. These surgeries left Shiina with large scars on her shoulder blades, said to give the impression that an angel's wings had been removed.

Her first exposure to music came from her father's interest in jazz and classical music; her mother had majored in dance in college and practiced ballet. Her parents owned a large collection of music, a piano, and a guitar, and her father was a devoted reader of music magazines. Shiina started piano lessons at four and studied classical ballet the following year.

While very outgoing as a young child, Shiina became shy and quiet after she and her older brother, Junpei, moved to Shimizu (now Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka), Shizuoka Prefecture due to their father's job. Her parents remember her as a mostly trouble-free child and a good student, except that she could not stand being alone and would throw tantrums if she could not have a friend to play with.

The family next relocated to Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Shiina entered junior high school there. While in Fukuoka, she again became an outgoing person. Her official biography was published as her introducing herself from Fukuoka. In later years, she spoke to interviewers in Fukuoka dialect ''Hakata-ben''.

Entering junior high, she realized that it was impossible to become a ballet dancer or professional piano player. Her body had become less symmetrical, owing to the results of the operations in her infancy. She could not give power equally to the right and left sides of her body, and she eventually stopped taking ballet and piano lessons. She started listening to a wider range of music other than classical music or her parents' records. She got interested in drama and stage design. She was asked by her drama teacher to add music to the lines of a play, and taking advantage of this opportunity, she began her musical activities. She formed a band with her classmates and performed in the school festival. She initially played drums, but later became the lead singer. Although the band broke up, Shiina began to make demos with the aim of being a professional musician.

While in high school, she worked in about ten different bands and improved her musical skills by performing live. She was a guitarist and a lead singer in one band, but she played keyboards, bass, or drums in others.

At the same time, she busked near Nishitetsu Fukuoka station in Tenjin.

Early works

In 1994 Shiina participated in ''The 19th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan'' (a series of auditions held by the Horipro agency). However she was unaware that this event was designed to discover budding idols, as opposed to more serious talent, and said on local radio: "Right up to the national finals I had no idea that there’d be a swimsuit contest!" Shiina was chosen as representative for the Kyushu area but lost out to Sakura Uehara in the final round.

In 1995 she participated in the Yamaha sponsored "The 9th Teens' Music Festival" as vocalist in the all-girl band, the Marvelous Marbles. The band won a youth encouragement prize. During this time Shiina became acquainted with fellow performers aiko and Takashi Taniguchi with whom she became friends both on and off stage.

She became a fan of the indie rock group Number Girl at that time because Hisako Tabuchi had joined the group. She began to play the guitar, emulating Hisako Tabuchi. She attended various shows when possible. A few years later, she asked Hisako Tabuchi to play guitar in recording some her songs, and they formed the Indie rock band called Hatsuiku Status. Ahito Inazawa, the drummer of Number Girl, participated in the recording of her third album, ''Karuki Zaamen Kuri-no-Hana''. She worked on the album of the new band Zazen Boys, which also featured Shutoku Mukai and Inazawa from Number Girl.

In 1996, she quit senior high school, and participated in "The 5th Music Quest 1996", a competition sponsored by Yamaha Corporation. She also held two part-time jobs. She had already received offers from several record labels, but did not want to make a commitment until the contest was over just in case and won an Award of Excellence. She refused a contract with Yamaha, and signed with Toshiba EMI.

Since she had already finished composing enough material for two albums, she submitted them at a meeting to plan her debut. She was harshly criticized by the directors of EMI about her lyrics, and her opinions clashed with theirs many times. She left for the United Kingdom in January 1997. The lyrics of "Tadashii Machi" and "Identity" expressed her feelings about this period. She went back to Japan three months later.

Initial solo career

Ringo Shiina's first official single was released in May 1998, when she was 19 years old. It was entitled "Kōfukuron". In the music video for this single, Shiina alluded to her surgery scars by wearing a pair of wings on her back. Although it was the title track, she did not like the arrangement of this song as she felt it was too similar to her demo version. She wanted to make "Suberidai" the title song, but this idea was rejected by EMI as they felt the song would not be a big seller. She wanted to release "Keikoku" or "Gips" as the first single, but the then EMI director rejected that idea as well. After the relative failure of the single, EMI let her have more input into the promotion of her music.

She chose "Kabukichō no Joō" as the second single. She helped with the direction of the music video and chose the location of the video shoot. Although the song was not a big seller, its sensational lyrics and melody which was reminiscent of older Japanese pop music, gave her valuable exposure. Shiina dedicated the song to Ryōko Hirosue, who had declared that she was a fan of Shiina's. Hirosue attended the "Senkō Ecstasy" tour in the front row, mingling with regular fans.

Her third single and first hit was "Koko de Kiss Shite", which had a catchy tune and was a radical change from her prior singles. In the music video, she chose to replace a scene in which she appeared by herself and used a scene that had all the band members playing together instead. Encouraged by this success, she re-released "Kōfukuron", and this time it was a hit. She dedicated the song to her friend Rie Tomosaka.

This was followed by the release of her first album, ''Muzai Moratorium'', in February 1999. The album was a major hit. "Gips" was due to be the next single, but when Shiina had to cancel recording due to illness, "Honnō" was released as the fourth single instead. Shina chose a hospital as the setting for the music video for "Honnō". This choice stemmed from her frequent hospital visits as a child and her more recent hospitalization. Although Shiina intended the video to have a cyberpunk feel or to portray the image of a spacecraft's interior, many people interpreted it as cosplay, which disappointed her.

The fifth and sixth singles, "Gips" and "Tsumi to Batsu", were released at the same time to prevent overlap with the release of her second album, ''Shōso Strip'', in March 2000. This album was a success and is her best selling album to date.

Shiina had initially indicated that she would retire as "Shiina Ringo" when she had released three albums. At the time the second album was released, she was among the top three Japanese female artists, along with Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki, in terms of popularity and annual income. However, she was uncomfortable with being regarded as an icon, and wanted her career to branch out more from the mainstream. When she began to produce her third album under the tentative title "" she intended to make it her last solo album.

In November 2000 she married Junji Yayoshi, a guitarist in her band; the news became public in January 2001. She released the single "Mayonaka wa Junketsu" in March 2001, with the intention of including it on the third album, but it is the only single to date that was not included on an album. The music video was created in a retro-anime style that depicted Ringo as a sort of mid-'60s spy movie heroine. Her son with Junji was born in July. The two divorced in January 2002, 14 months after marrying. Following her divorce she released a two-disc multilingual cover album ''Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi''. Since she felt that a cover album did not count as a ''bona fide'' album, she began to work on her third original album.

People around her suggested that she expand internationally, but Shiina refused the proposal of a foreign label to sell her third album in countries outside of Japan. She said, "The work I already have in Japan is as much as I can manage."

In 2003, she released her third album, titled ''Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana''. Shiina chose the members of the tour for the third album. She wanted next to focus on composing music for other artists rather than performing herself. She appeared in the media after a long absence on two major evening news programs, ''News Station'' and ''News 23''.

Towards the conclusion of her solo career, she had her trademark beauty mark removed, and released her final solo single, "Ringo no Uta" ("Apple's Song"), which was adopted by the national children's song TV program ''Minna no Uta''. This song had a summation of her career, and the music video included references to all of her previous videos.

In 2004, Shiina undertook the role of music director for the stage play KKP (Kentaro Kobayashi Produce) #004 ''Lens'', which is based on the story of her short film ''Tanpen Kinema Hyaku-Iro Megane''.

Concerts and tours

;1998 : Battle of the bands and nationwide promotional campaign

;1999 : by Gyakutai Glycogen : Rising Sun Rock Festival 1999 in Ezo : by Tensai Praeparat ;2000 : by Gyakutai Glycogen : by Hatsuiku Status : by Gyakutai Glycogen ;2003 : : by Tokyo Jihen

Backing band

Tokyo Jihen

On May 31, 2004, Shiina formed a band called . ''Tokyo Jihen'' is Japanese for "The Tokyo Incidents". The band was first introduced in Shiina's ''Sugoroku Ecstasy'' tour and is featured on Shiina's ''Electric Mole'' DVD.

The original lineup of Tokyo Jihen was Ringo Shiina (vocals, guitar, melodica); (guitar, backing vocals); (bass guitar); , also known as , (keyboard/piano); and (drums). All of them were members of the back-up band for Shiina Ringo's solo tour "Sugoroku Ecstasy" in 2003.

Hiizumi and Hirama left Tokyo Jihen in July 2005, and the band selected two new members: , also known as , on guitar and backing vocals, and , also known as , on keyboards in September 2005. The band released its second album (featuring the new lineup) in January 2006, and played two concerts, at the Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka and the Budokan in Tokyo, in February 2006.

Resumption of solo work

In late 2006, Ringo announced that she would resume work as a solo artist as the Music Director for the 2007 film ''Sakuran''. The album ''Heisei Fūzoku'' (2007) is the soundtrack from this film. Violinist Neko Saitō and the band Soil & "Pimp" Sessions appear on the album. A song featuring her and Soil, "Karisome Otome (Death Jazz version)" was released on iTunes Japan exclusively on November 11, 2006. It went to the top of the charts and remained there for days.

In June 2007, Shiina was asked to compose music for the kabuki ''Sannin Kichisa'' by Kanzaburo Nakamura. She composed the ending theme and some other music.

In September 2008, Shiina provided Japanese boy's band, Tokio with two songs for their singles.

In February 2009, Shiina provided Japanese rock duo Puffy AmiYumi with songs. Ami and Shiina were introduced by Hikaru Utada. Ami was a fan of Sheena's music, and now they are friends.

In March 2009, Shiina Ringo received an award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It was a newcomer Fine Arts Award in the Popular Culture category.

In May 2009, Shiina released a solo single entitled "Ariamaru Tomi". It was used as the theme song of the TV drama ''Smile''.

In June 2009, Shiina released her solo album titled ''Sanmon Gossip'' after a long hiatus.

On December 2, 2009, Shiina releases the single "Nōdōteki Sanpunkan" with Tokyo Jihen after an interval of about two years.

Concerts and Concert tours

;2008 : Rising Sun Rock Festival 2008 in Ezo : ;2009 :

Back-up band

Singing and songwriting style

Shiina is an accomplished musician and songwriter who writes music spanning numerous genres. She is well known for her eccentricity, rolling her "r"s and creating promotional music videos with striking visuals.

She admired Eddi Reader's voice, but felt her own voice was not as clear and sounded hoarse. She admired Janis Ian's singing and wrote "Seventeen" in tribute to Ian's "At Seventeen". She later covered "Love Is Blind". She listens to many genres of music. At the time of her debut, she has 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. 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.

Shiina's lyrics often contain complex and archaic language. Printed lyrics in her liner notes regularly feature kanji that are not in common use.

Shiina's songwriting style steadily became more complex over the course of her solo career, incorporating a wider variety of instruments and more elaborate production with each album. Shiina's influence in songwriting is still dominant in Tokyo Jihen, and the arrangements have been stripped down to a more standard rock and roll style, highlighting the roles of the individual players in the band.

Stage name

At her audition in 1996, she introduced herself as "Shiina Ringo" for the first time. "Ringo" means "apple" in Japanese. She said that "Ringo" originated from her class nickname when she often blushed in public, and from The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr.

She declared recently that she followed the naming of the pen name of her favorite manga artist, Sensha Yoshida. His first name is just a name of an object like Ringo ("''Sensha''" in this case meaning a "Battle Tank" in English). She thought that those who heard her name would be shocked by that.

Influences

The music that dominated Shiina's childhood were Debussy's piano pieces. Due to her piano and ballet background, Shiina particularly fond of music for the piano, and she also enjoyed the Peanuts, a favorite group of her father. Shiina enjoyed music for the ballet as played by symphony orchestras, and she often listened to the records that ballerina Yoko Morishita had created for use by dance instructors.

In her primary school days, Shiina often listened to the sound track from the film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; "Toward the Faraway land ..." by Joe Hisaishi; and "Rendezvous" by Sadao Watanabe. Her parents owned records by Billy Joel, Mayumi Itsuwa, and others. Under her mother's influence, Shiina loved the older Japanese pop songs.

In junior high, Shiina enjoyed the Motown sound, and became fans of ''Soul Train'' under the influence of her older brother. Marvin Gaye was a favorite. During this period, Shiina rarely listened to Japanese music.

Whilst attending senior high school, Shiina started listening to Blankey Jet City, Radiohead, Björk and the Sex Pistols. She thought that Japanese lyrics is not suitable for music influenced by Western music like rock music. However, she altered her way of thinking thanks to Ken'ichi Asai who was a lead singer of Blankey Jet City, and came to listen to Japanese songs again. She said that she respected Thom Yorke of Radiohead, and Peter Greenaway and Ken'ichi Asai from Blankey Jet City. She said that when she listened to Björk, her heart was freed. She was influenced by the Sex Pistols for their stage presence rather than their musicality. Shiina liked the Red Hot Chili Peppers. She named ''Evil Empire'' by Rage Against the Machine and ''No Code'' by Pearl Jam to be some of her favorite albums of all time.

After leaving high school, she listened to Todd Rundgren, Led Zeppelin, and ''The White Album'' by the Beatles. Shiina admired Madonna for her music and her self-sufficiency.

Japanese musicians

Western musicians

Theme songs and tie-ins

variety show music show "Kokode Kiss Shite" variety show music show TV commercial TV commercial TV commercial TV commercial TV commercial "Aozora" "Ringo no Uta" "Kuki (STEM)stage play TV commercial "Shuraba" (Tokyo Jihen) Ōoku (TV series) "Yokushitsu",
"Identity" movie kabuki TV commercial movie "Amagasa" (singer: Tokio (band) "Hiyori-hime" (singer: Puffy AmiYumi) drama children's TV program TV commercial "Kachiikusa" (Tokyo Jihen) TV commercial drama "Sora ga Natteiru" (Tokyo Jihen) TV commercial TV commercial drama

scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Song	Category	Title/Brand	Network/Manufacturer	Period
rowspan="2"	1998	"Kōfukuron"	|	Ai no Hinadan	Tokyo Broadcasting System>TBS
"Kabukichō no Joō"	|	Pop Jam	NHK
rowspan="8"	1999	|	Japanese television drama>drama	:ja:Shin-D>Shin-D'' Kokode Kiss Shite	Nippon Television>NTV	from March 2 to April 27
"Kokode Kiss Shite"	|	Downtown (owarai)>Downtown DX	NTV
"Honnō"	|	Fun (Fun's Recommend #007)	NTV
"Kōfukuron -Etsuraku hen-"	|	The Cocktail Bar Cassis & Orange -shaker-	Suntory	first seen April 23
"Akane Sasu Kiro Terasaredo"	|	The Cocktail Bar Cassis & Orange -squeeze the orange-	Suntory	first seen April 23
"Rinne Highlight"	|	The Cocktail Bar Love Story (kyohō-grape and yogurt) -grape-	Suntory	first seen July 16
"Keikoku"	|	The Cocktail Bar Sparkling (3 kinds) -sparkling campaign-	Suntory	first seen September 21
"Kabukichō no Joō"	|	The Cocktail Bar Mimosa -cracker-	Suntory	first seen September 25
2000	|	TV commercial	The Cocktail Bar Fairy Tale (peach and yogurt) -fairy tale-	Suntory	first seen February 5
2003	|	children's TV program	Minna no Uta	NHK	from October 2003 to January 2004
rowspan="3"	2004	Kuki (STEM) ~Daimyou Asobi hen~" ||	movie	Casshern (film)>Casshern	Shochiku	opened April 24
"Kuki (STEM) ~Daimyou Asobi hen"	|	:ja:Lens>Lens	Umeda Arts Theater>Theater Drama City	from July 5 to July 11 (Tokyo), from July 24 to July 25 (Osaka)
"Gunjō Biyori" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	au (mobile phone operator)>au, W21SA	Sanyo Electric	first seen August 12
2005	|	drama	Oooku~Hana no Ran~ ||	Fuji TV	from October 13 to December 22
rowspan="5"	2007	|	At-Bat Music	Ichiro Suzuki (MLB player)
"Kono Yo no Kagiri" (with Saito Neko and Junpei Shiina), "Karisome Otome	Karisome Otome (DEATH JAZZ ver.)" (with Soil & "Pimp" Sessions)	|	Sakuran	Asmik Ace Entertainment	opened February 24
"Tamatebako"	|		Theatre Cocoon	from June 7 to 28th
"Senkou Shōjo" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	Kei car, Subaru Stella and Subaru R2	Subaru	first seen November 7
"Kingyo no Hako"	|	Mōryō no Hako	SHOWGATE Inc.	opened December 22
2008	Tokio) ||	drama	Yasuko to Kenji	NTV	from July 12 to September 20
rowspan="4"	2009	|	TV anime	Genji Monogatari Sennenki	Fuji TV	from January 15 to March 26
"Ariamaru Tomi"	|	Smile (2009 TV series)>Smile	TBS	from April 17 to June 26
"Futari-bocchi Jikan"	|	Minna no Uta	NHK	June and July
"Noudouteki Sanpunkan" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	Watering Kiss Mint Gum	Glico	first seen November 17
rowspan="3"	2010	|	TV commercial	Watering Kiss Mint Gum	Glico	first seen January 16
"Dopamint!" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	Watering Kiss Mint Gum	Glico	first seen July 27
"Tengoku e Yōkoso" (Tokyo Jihen)	|		TV Asahi	from July 30 to September 17
rowspan="4"	2011	|	TV commercial	Watering Kiss Mint Gum	Glico	first seen February 8
"Onna no Ko wa Dare demo" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	MAQuillAGE	Shiseido	first seen February 20
"Atarashii Bunmeikaika" (Tokyo Jihen)	|	Tokyo Metro - Tokyo Underground	Tokyo Metro	first seen May 9
"Carnation"	|	''Asadora''	NHK	from October 3, 2011 to March 31, 2012

Songs offered to other musicians

"Private" February 17 "Cappuccino" "Mokuren No Cream" "Cappuccino" "Mokuren No Cream" "Shampoo" June 21 September 3 February 25 "Hiyori-hime" "Shuen no Onna" ''Bring It March 2 "Oishii Kisetsu" "Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"

scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Date	Song	Artist	Type of Release
1998	October 7	|	Ryōko Hirosue	''Jeans'' (single)
rowspan="3"	1999	|	"Private"	Ryōko Hirosue	''Private'' (album)
January 27	|	Rie Tomosaka	''Cappuccino'' (single)
February 24	|	Rie Tomosaka	''Murasaki'' (album)
2000	|	"Shōjo Robot" "Ikenai Ko""Nippon ni Umarete"	Rie Tomosaka	''Shōjo Robot'' (single)
2008	|	"Amagasa" "Kachuu no Otoko"	Tokio (band)>Tokio	''Amagasa'' (single)
rowspan="3"	2009	|	"Hiyori-hime"	Puffy AmiYumi	''Hiyori-hime'' (single)
June 17	|	Puffy AmiYumi	(Puffy album)	Bring It!'' (album)
June 24	"Tokai no Manā" "Kodomo no Jōkei"	Rie Tomosaka
rowspan="2"	2011	|	"Oishii Kisetsu" "Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"	Chiaki Kuriyama	''Oishii Kisetsu/Ketteiteki Sanpunkan'' (single)
March 16	|	Chiaki Kuriyama	''Circus'' (album)

Songs provided by other musicians

"You"

scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Date	Song	Artist	Type of Release/Performance
2008	August 16	|	Burt Bacharach	Rising Sun Rock Festival>Rising Sun Rock Festival 2008 in Ezo

Songs covered by other musicians

"Kōfukuron -Etsuraku hen-" from June 29 to July 21 June 21 February 21 March 26 "Marunouchi Sadistic" "Tsumi to Batsu" "Kesho Naoshi" "Kabukichou no Joou (English translation version)" March 4 "Kabukichou no Joou" September 29 "Shun" March 16

scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Date	Song	Artist	Type of Release/Concert
2002	from December 28, 2002 to January 13, 2003	|	Jun Matsumoto and Masaki Aiba (Arashi)	''Arashi Storm Concert Tour 2003 "Atarashi Arashi"''
2003	|	"Okonomi de"	Takao Tajima (Original Love)	''"Odoru Taiyo" Tour''
2006	|	"Yattsuke Shigoto"	:ja: ケラリーノ・サンドロヴィッチ>Kera and the Synthesizers	their third album: ''Tonari no Onna''
2007	|	"Honnou"	Shang Shang Typhoon#Members>Satoko Nishikawa	her solo album: ''Hibiki''
rowspan="5"	2008	|	"Kesho naoshi"	:ja:隼人加織>Kaori Hayato	her first album: ''pluma''
August 9	|	Ryuichiro Tonozuka	his album: ''Top Gear''
June 4	|	:ja:GENERAL HEAD MOUNTAIN>General Head Mountain	their third album: ''Tsuki Kanashi Blue''
October 1	|	:ja:長谷川きよし>Kiyoshi Hasegawa	his 40th anniversary album: ''40nen. Mada Kore ga Best de wa nai. Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Live Recording''
December 3	|	Allister#Members>Scott Murphy (Allister)	his cover album: ''Guilty Pleasures 3''
rowspan="2"	2009	|	"Gips"	Marié Digby	her cover album: ''Second Home''
March 11	|	Fragrance	her album: ''Colorful''
rowspan="2"	2010	|	"Gips"	Juju (singer)>Juju	Request (Juju album)>Request''
November 20	|	Daichi Miura	''"Daichi Miura Live Tour 2010 ~GRAVITY~''
2011	|	"Tsumi to Batsu"	:ja:THE PINK☆PANDA>BLiSTAR	their cover album: ''BLiSTAR ROCKIN' COVERS ~Rock & Sexy~''

Collaborations and guest appearances

Takashi Taniguchi February 24 :ja:ハートバザール June 21 May 27 Junpei Shiina September 1 July 8 Mo'some Tonebender July 12 Zazen Boys & Mo'some Tonebender Soil & "Pimp" Sessions Soil & "Pimp" Sessions January 17 Junpei Shiina Kiyoshi Hasegawa Ken Hirai August 23, 24 March 25 Ken Hirai
Seiji Kameda Maboroshi Daisuke Sakama (Mummy-D) Soil & "Pimp"Sessions

scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Date	Artist	Performance	Type of Release/Concert
1998	December 18	|	Backing vocalist: ''Becoming'' & ''Rock and Hammer''	his 2nd album ''Becoming''
rowspan="2"	1999	|	Rie Tomosaka	Chattering of the song: ''Good for Us!''	her album: Murasaki
January 30	Heart Bazaar ||	Pianist: ''Shiroi Yume''	their album: ''Baobab''
2000	|	Rie Tomosaka	Pianist & backing vocalist, cameo appearance on the music video	her eighth single: ''Shōjo Robot''
rowspan="2"	2002	| Kusano Masamune, Nao Matsuzaki, Hikaru Utada, Junpei Shiina ||	Singing a duet with them	Shiina’s cover album: ''Utaite Myouri ~Sono Ichi~''
May 27	|	Singing with him: ''Where Is the Love''	his cover album: ''Discover''
2004	|	Zazen Boys	Backing vocalist of tracks 2, 4, 5	their album: ''Zazen Boys II''
rowspan="2"	2005	|	Shuutoku Mukai (Zazen Boys)	Singing with him: ''Kimochi''	TV music show: ''Bokura no Ongaku -Our Music-''
December 7	|	Pianist: ''Rockin' Luuula'', backing vocalist and kazoo: ''Mashed Potatoes Boogie''	their album: ''Rockin' Luuula''
rowspan="4"	2006	|	Ken'ichi Asai	Backing vocalist	his solo debut single: ''Kikensugiru''
August 18, 19	|	Shina appeared as a guest.	''Rising Sun Rock Festival 2006 in Ezo''
November 11	|	Shiina collaborated with them	Shiina’s single: ''Karisome Otome''
December 8	|	Shiina appeared with them.	TV program: Music Station
rowspan="4"	2007	|	Saito Neko & Shiina Junpei	Shiina collaborated with them.	Shiina’s single: ''Kono Yo no Kagiri''
January 19	|	Singing with him: ''Kono Yo no Kagiri''	TV program: Music Station
February 2	|	Shiina appeared as a guest.	TV program: ''''
August 19	|	Shiina appeared as a guest singer with Tokyo Jihen.	''J-Wave 2000+7''
2008	|	:ja:Scoobie Do>Scoobie Do)	Shiina sang a duet with them: Zazen Boys’ ''Kimochi'', Elephant Kashimashi's ''Kanashimi no Hate''	''Society of The Citizens vol.2''
rowspan="5"	2009	|	Maboroshi	Shiina sang a duet with Daisuke Sakama in ''Amai Yamai feat. Shiina Ringo''.	their 3rd album: ''Maboroshi no Shi''
May 2	|	Shina appeared as a singer.	Kameda's event: ''Kame no Ongaeshi''
May 15	|	Shiina appeared as a guest.	''the Maboroshi Tour 2009 "Rap & Guitar vol.2" at Akasaka BLITZ''
June 24	|	Shiina collaborated with him: ''Ryūkō'' & ''Togatta Teguchi''	Shiina’s album: ''Sanmon Gossip''
September 16	|	Shiina was featured in their track: ''My Foolish Heart ~crazy on earth~''.	their album: ''6''

In popular culture

Ringo Shiina is one of the driving forces that caused a songstress boom from the late 1990s to early 2000s in Japan. Nearly half of them, like Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, aiko, Misia, Morning Musume, Ami Suzuki and Shiina, debuted in 1998. Especially, Shiina, Hamasaki, and Misia attracted attention concerning they were born in the same year and from the same city, Fukuoka-shi. Shiina and Hamasaki even lived in the same ward (''ku'').

Shiina was also one of fashion icon around 2000. There have also been girls called ''Ringo Gal'' who imitated Shiina's clothing, and were featured by a Japanese tabloid TV show in 1999. They wore clothes of Vivienne Westwood and had Armour Rings on their fingers. The Duesenberg Starplayer guitar which Shiina has used recorded the historical sales of about 1000 sets in Japan in 2000.

Shiina's name often appeared on the books, movies, TV dramas and songs, such as the Japanese movie ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (with The Beatles, Bjork, and UA), Maximum the Hormone’s song ''Shiina basu tei de matsu.'', Kreva's single ''Idome'', the Japanese movie ''Linda Linda Linda'', the TV drama ''Furuhata Ninzaburō final series'', the book by Taro Aso who is the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan ''Totetsumonai Nihon'' (as a singer representative of Jpop with Hikaru Utada).

Shiina is a model for a lot of characters of manga, anime and video games, such as ''Nana Osaki'' (Nana), ''Haruko Haruhara'' (FLCL), ''Ringo Awaya'', the favourite singer of ''Anna Kyoyama'' (''Shaman King'', ''Butsu Zone''), ''I-No'' (the fighting game; Guilty Gear XX), ''Mayumi'', the nurse with brown-dyed hair (Hideo Okuda's novel; Psychiatrist Irabu series), ''Murasaki'' (video game; pop'n music 7). Harold Sakuishi drew the frontispiece of his manga ''BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' on the model for the record sleeve of Shiina's single ''Honnou''. The image of the naughty nurse who has a mole was used in the various media at the time.

Lenny Kravitz stated that he admired Ringo's music video and both her way of making music and the presentation, and said that he wanted to meet her in 2000. When Courtney Love visited Japan in 2001, she was recommended Japanese female rock singers by the music magazine editor of ''rockin'on''. Shiina and Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her were in Courtney's favor. Courtney tried to make contact with Shiina or to give the song to Shiina, but she failed. Mika visited to Japan in 2007 and mentioned Ringo in several interviews as one of his favorite Japanese artists, along with Puffy AmiYumi, The Yellow Monkey, Yoko Kanno, and the Yoshida Brothers. Jack Barnett of These New Puritans who was visiting Japan for the Summer Sonic 08 said in an interview that he was a great fan of Ringo Shiina and bought all her works while he was there, as they were not available in the United Kingdom.

Her third album, "Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana", was ranked 2nd in ''the most underappreciated Japanese music of the last decade'' by CNN International Asia on December 22, 2009. Shiina got a mention in The Guardian as an artist who deserves to be seen and heard in the west in 2010.

Musical instruments

!Type	!Model	!Color	!Notes
			She bought it by installments while still an amateur.
	Her signature model, "Ichimatsu (市松)". This was sold as a limited edition for Shiina Ringo's 5th anniversary.
Duesenberg V-Caster
Duesenberg Rocket
Fender Jaguar Special		Made by Fender Japan
Fender Telecaster		Custom-made by Fender Japan
Fender Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix tribute
Gibson Firebird
Gibson Flying V
Gibson RD Artist		Recommended by Ukigumo
Nagare		This guitar is based on the Fender Jazzmaster, and is equipped with a flashbulb so it shines while playing.
		She bought it with her first royalties.
Tele Phantom
Acoustic guitars
Bass guitars	Danelectro 58 Longhorn
Amplifiers			She began to use this under the influence of Susumu Nishikawa who was her session guitarist in the early days.
Effects units
	Toy piano		She used it on the "Senko Ecstasy" tour.
Melodica		She used it on the "Dynamite Out" tour.

Discography

Solo works

Studio albums

''Muzai Moratorium'' (February 24, 1999)

''Shōso Strip'' (March 31, 2000)

''Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana'' (February 23, 2003)

''Sanmon Gossip'' (June 24, 2009)

Compilation albums

''Heisei Fūzoku'' (February 21, 2007)

''Watashi to Hōden'' (July 2, 2008)

''MoRA'' (November 25, 2008)

Cover Albums

''Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi'' (May 27, 2002)

Vinyl Albums

''Saturday Night Gossip'' (August 26, 2009)

With Tokyo Jihen

Studio albums

''Kyōiku'' (November 25, 2004)

''Adult'' (January 26, 2006)

''Variety'' (September 26, 2007)

''Sports'' (February 24, 2010)

''Dai Hakken'' (June 29, 2011)

Awards

''1999''

Best Female Video for "Honnou" - Space Shower Music Video Awards 1999

''2000''

Best Female Video for "Tsumi to Batsu" - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2000

Best Album for "Shouso Strip" - 42nd Japan Record Awards

''2002''

Best Animation Video for "Mayonaka wa Junketsu" - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2002

Best Web Site - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2002

''2004''

Best Art Direction Video for "Kuki (STEM) ~Daimyou Asobi Hen~" - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2004

''2005''

Best Group Video for "Gunjou Biyori" (Tokyo Jihen) - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2005

''2007''

Music Prize and Excellent Prize for "Sakuran" (music director) - 31st Japan Academy Prize

''2008''

Best Technical Works Video for "Killer Tune" (Tokyo Jihen) - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2008

''2009''

The Newcomer Prize of 2009 - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Fine Arts Award in the Popular Culture category

''2010''

Best Artist and Best Female Video for "Tsugou no Ii Karada" (Dir: Kodama Yuuichi) - Space Shower Music Video Awards 2010

Notes and references

External links

Official website of Shiina Ringo at EMI Music Japan/Virgin Music (Japanese)

SR Nekoyanagi Line - Official website of "Kuronekodow" which is a private office of Shiina Ringo (Japanese) (English)

Official website of Tokyo Jihen at EMI Music Japan/ (Japanese)

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