Sheena Ringo
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| Native name | 椎名 林檎 |
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Yumiko Shiina November 25, 1978 Urawa, Saitama, Japan |
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| Years active | 1998–2003 2006–present |
| Spouse(s) | Yuichi Kodama |
| Website | www |
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Yumiko Shiina (椎名 裕美子 Shiina Yumiko, born November 25, 1978), known by her stage name Ringo Sheena(椎名 林檎 Shiina Ringo), is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She was also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen, when it was active.
She describes herself as "Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (新宿系自作自演屋 a Shinjuku-style writer-performer)". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003.
Sheena 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 Sheena with large scars on her shoulder blades, said to give the impression that an angel's wings had been removed.
Sheena released her first official single "Kōfukuron" in May 1998, when she was 19 years old. She subsequently made singles "Kabukichō no Joō" and "Koko de Kiss Shite", the latter becoming her first hit.
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 Sheena 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".
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.
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