YoshimiO

YoshimiO
Yoshimi performing in 2004
Background information
Born (1968-02-18) February 18, 1968
OriginOkayama, Japan
GenresNoise, electronica, alternative dance
Member of

Yoshimi (born Yoshimi Yokota (横田佳美)[1]; February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.[2]

Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for the all female group OOIOO and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well.[2]

Born in Okayama, Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with EYE in 1986. Since 1997, she has led the all-female band OOIOO and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.[2]

Yoshimi has worked on many other projects, most notably a raga band called Saicobab, an ambient project called Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal-drum-influenced OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten.[3] She appeared as a session player and vocalist on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and joined the band in 2025 for two live shows in Tokyo, Japan.[4] Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.[5][6]

Reception

Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of WIRE magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield.[7] Pitchfork covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.[3] Modern Drummer magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts.[8] In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and Ikue Mori for Tom Tom Magazine.[9]

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips said that their album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was inspired by Yoshimi.[10]

Discography

Yoshimio

Yoshimi and Yuka

OOIOO

OLAibi

Saicobab

  • Sab Se Purani Bab (2017)

Z-Rock Hawaii

References

  1. ^ "Yoshimi". Discogs. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ikue Mori / Yoshimi P-We Fukuoka Live". Fukuoka Now. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Walls, Seth Colter. "Boredoms drummer YoshimiO returns to the long-running, shape-shifting project that represents the other major pillar of her career, consolidating the strengths the band has developed over the years". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ^ < The Flaming Lips & Yoshimi P-We Reunite in Tokyo, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via www.youtube.com.
  5. ^ "Boredoms Perform '77 BOADRUM' @ Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY". Stereogum. July 9, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (July 9, 2007). "Part Snake, Part Dragon, All Drums". New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "WIRE: Yoshimi P-We". WIRE (365). July 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Colpitts, John (September 2019). "Boredoms' YoshimiO: YoshimiO is a multi-instrumentalist and creative force at the center of a number of extraordinary musical powerhouses in Japanese experimental music". Modern Drummer. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Kariya, Emi (January 2016). "Twindrums: Ikue Mori and Yoshimio". Tom Tom Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Left Field: Play in OOIOO's Technicolor Psych-Rock Wonderland". Guitar.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
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