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Stereopony has definitely caught a lot attention world- wide through their debut CD single “Hitohira no Hanabira”. The teenage female rock trio from Okinawa con- sists of Aimi (Lead vocalist and lead guitarist), Nohana (bass) and Shiho (Drums) gained recognition from performing on the Japanese rock radio program “School of Lock!”.
Not long after, the group were signed on Sony Music Records Inc. sub-label gr8! Records. The CD single would receive an anime tie-in as the main track “Hitohira no Hanabira” was used as ending theme for the popular anime series “BLEACH”.
The band has also had other hit singles such as “Namida no Mukou” (used as the second opening theme for “Mobile Suit Gundam 00”) and “Tsukiakari no Michishirube” (opening theme for the second season of the anime series “Darker than Black”). The band has developed a growing fanbase outside of Japan and the band performed at SXSW in Texas in 2009 and in June 2010, the band performed in New Jersey at AnimeNEXT.
After their performance in New Jersey, J!-ENT had the opportunity to interview the band.
J!-ENT: Before we get into questions about your music, let’s first learn about the group. How did you guys come up with the name Stereopony?
STEREOPONY: It’s a coined word. We wanted to combine the word “Stereo” which for us had a cool/
three-dimensional image, and “Pony” which has a cute image.
