Tokyo Jihen

Tokyo Jihen
A promotional photo from Hard Disk (2013) featuring all seven members of the band: (from left) HZM, Ukigumo, Seiji Kameda, Ringo Sheena, Ichiyo Izawa, Mikio Hirama and Toshiki Hata.
Background information
Also known as	Tokyo Incidents
Origin	Japan
Genres	Rock, pop
Years active	July 2003, September 2004 – February 2012
Labels	EMI Music Japan (distributor)/Virgin Music (label) (2004–2012)
Associated acts	(audio engineer/record producer)
Website	www.tokyojihen.com
Past members	Ringo Sheena Seiji Kameda Toshiki Hata Ichiyō Izawa Ukigumo HZM Mikio Hirama

Tokyo Jihen or Tokyo Incidents (東京事変, Tōkyō Jihen^?) was a Japanese band formed by Ringo Sheena (椎名 林檎^?, Shiina Ringo), after leaving her solo career. The band's debut single "Gunjō Biyori" was released in September 2004.

Tokyo Jihen started as Ringo Sheena's backing band at first for her last concert tour before ending the first half of her solo career. Sheena was contemplating working with a band while working on her last solo album, Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana. She began looking for members of her backing band to support her solo tour "Sugoroku Ecstasy" in the Autumn of 2003. The tour band was introduced as Tokyo Jihen during the tour for the first time, featuring guitarist Hirama, pianist H ZETT M, drummer Hata, and familiar bassist Kameda. The musicians she selected became the core of what would become Tokyo Jihen.

After the tour, she announced that she would stop her solo career to join "Tokyo Jihen" as a full-fledged member.

On May 31, 2004, the members of the Tokyo Jihen declared that they worked as a permanent band. On July 24, they appeared in the presence of fans at the live 0724 Yamabikari for the first time. They played some live sets during that year's Fuji Rock Festival, and made their major debut with the single "Gunjō Biyori" on September 8. Tokyo Jihen released one album and two singles, and held their first concert tour -Tokyo Jihen live tour 2005 "dynamite!"-.