Cicada (Japanese band)

Cicada was a Japanese trip-hop band formed in 2012 and disbanded in March 2019.

History

Cicada formed in late 2012 when band member Tomo Wakabayashi began searching for members of a trip-hop band on the social networking site mixi. The name Cicada comes from the video game Front Mission, which features a mecha called Cicada.
Cicada performed at the Apple Music Festival in 2014.
The band's debut album BED ROOM was released on February4, 2015 on record label para de casa. Their second album, Formula, was also released by para de casa on November9, 2016. They later signed with Universal Music Japan.
Cicada broke up in March 2019. Oikawa started a new band called Roomies.

Members

Cicada was initially composed of five members.

Ryosuke Hitsuda, drums
Akiko Kido, vocals
Chokyo Kimura, bass
Sosuke Oikawa, keyboard
Tomo Wakabayashi, guitar, keyboard, sampler

Shunsuke Ochi joined the band in 2017 as bassist, replacing Kimura.

Discography

Albums

BED ROOM Formula

''ESCAPE''

Mini albums

Eclectic blue nude

''Loud Colors''

Singles and EPs

stand alone

"Harvest" / "Party Out"
"u got my love"