Rin'


Rin' is an all-female Japanese pop group which combines traditional Japanese musical instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music.
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History

The band is a female trio of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music alumni who graduated in 2003.
The band made their performing debut in December 2003, at Meguro Gajoen, and in April 2004, their first single, called Sakitama, was released by avex trax.
Chie Arai and Mana Yoshinaga play koto, sangen, and jushichi-gen, while Tomoca Nagasu plays biwa and shakuhachi. All three perform vocals.
According to the band's website, the name Rin' comes from the English word 'ring', the Japanese word Wa, and from the trio's hope to create a 'ring', or circle, of music.
Since their debut, the band has performed in many venues around the world, and have released four singles and several albums. A number of their songs have been used as themes for anime and movies, most notable is Fuhen used in the Samurai 7 anime.
Their chief international album, Inland Sea, was released worldwide: in Europe and the United States on April 25, 2006 and in Japan on August 30, 2006, featuring guest performances by Leigh Nash and Lisa Loeb.
According to the band's website, as of 13 February 2009, Rin' had put an end to their activities and decided to disband.
After 10 years, the group announced their reunification on their official websites on March 8, 2019, and thereafter released the single Koumyou in the same year, held a number of concerts, and released a new album HORIN in 2021.

Members

Discography

Singles

  1. Sakitama
  2. #Sakitama
  3. #Jikū
  4. #Sakitama
  5. Yachiyo no Kaze
  6. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  7. #Release
  8. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  9. #Release
  10. Sakura Sakura
  11. #Sakura Sakura
  12. #Sakura Sakura
  13. Yume hanabi
  14. #Yume hanabi: Rin' Three Pieces
  15. #Yume hanabi
  16. #Flashback: Rin' Version
  17. #Yume hanabi: Instrumental

Albums

  1. Jikū
  2. #Jikū
  3. #Sakitama
  4. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  5. #Fuhen
  6. #Miyabi
  7. #weakness
  8. #Dōshin
  9. #Smile On: English ver.
  10. #Will
  11. #Sai no Kami
  12. #Eternal
  13. Asuka, Yamato
  14. #Asuka, Yamato
  15. #Bibō no Kuni
  16. #The Grace
  17. #Kamen
  18. #Kurenai
  19. #innocence
  20. #Kochō no Yume
  21. #Nomado
  22. #Kagami Tsuki
  23. #Tenka
  24. #Hanafubuki
  25. #Asukagawa
  26. #Sarasōju
  27. #Hanging in there
  28. Rin' Christmas Cover Songs: Seiya
  29. #Happy Xmas
  30. #Last Christmas
  31. #Rin' Xmas Medley: Silent Night / 赤鼻のトナカイ / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Jingle Bells / We Wish You a Merry Xmas / Silent Night
  32. #Koukyōkyoku Daikyūban
  33. #Christmas Eve
  34. #Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence
  35. #White Christmas
  36. #In My Life )
  37. Utage uta/Sakura Sakura
  38. Inland Sea
  39. #New Day Rising
  40. #Solemn
  41. #What the Rain Said
  42. #Never Knew What Love Meant
  43. #Moss Garden
  44. #Anti Hero
  45. #Inland Sea
  46. #Sea of Tranquility
  47. #Superflat
  48. #Past Imperfect
  49. #AA170
  50. #Niji Musubi
  51. Inland Sea -Special edition-
  52. #Sanzen Sekai
  53. #Jikū
  54. #Asuka, Yamato
  55. #Sakitama
  56. #Akatsuki No Sora
  57. #Niji Musubi
  58. #Bibō no Kuni
  59. #Dōshin
  60. #Tenka
  61. #Hanafubuki
  62. #Utage Uta
  63. Genji Nostalgie''
  64. #Murasaki No Yukari, futatabi
  65. #Genji
  66. #Sennen No Niji
  67. #Ranka
  68. #Na Mo Naki Hana
  69. #Asaki Yume Mishi The title comes from the poem Ihora (Ihora-uta)

DVD

  1. "Utage: Rin' First Live Tour 2004 Jikū"

Other

  1. Rin' featuring m.c.A・T Flashback
  2. Crossover Japan '05 CD/DVD
  3. Provided traditional instrument sounds to the backing track for the single Samurai Heart recorded by Japanese pop band AAA. Released December 2006 by Avex Trax music as part of a double A side single package called Black and White, which featured the tracks Samurai Heart and Winter Lander..
  4. In 2008 Rin' collaborated with Japanese composer Conisch on the soundtrack to a Japanese TV drama series called Hana goromo yume goromo　「花衣夢衣」. This resulted in an album of this music being released through EMI Music Japan. Although this work is not acknowledged on the Rin' websites, the group get equal title credits, appearing as Rin' & Conisch. The album has 34 tracks, lasts 69 minutes and mixes Rin's traditional Japanese instruments with a full western orchestra.