Japan-Rock > Nemophila
Nemophila started out as a session band in August, 2019 with mayu on vocals, SAKI on guitars, Hazuki on guitars, Haraguchi-san on bass and Tamu Murata on drums. The band officially made their debut live in September, 2019 at the METAL WEEKEND 2019 held at Zepp Diver City, Tokyo where the band opened up for big names such as LOUDNESS and HAMMERFALL. They continued to perform live shows in the Tokyo area leading to the release of their first single “OIRAN” on February 29, 2020, in which they played a sold out solo show at the Shibuya REX in Tokyo. Their second single “RAITEI” was released on August 22, 2020 accompanied by a live stream show on the same day with Tamu Murata playing her first show after coming back from maternity leave.
NEMOPHILA started their YouTube channel on February 8, 2020. Their first video featured a studio performance of the band playing IRON MAIDEN’s “The Trooper” which has been viewed over 1.6 million times. Nemophila played their first concerts on September 14 and 15 as part of Metal Weekend 2019 at Zepp Diver City, where they opened for Loudness and HammerFall. They released their first single “Oiran” on February 29, 2020, and held their first one-man live that same day to a sold-out audience at Shibuya Rex.mTheir third single “Dissension” followed on February 28, 2021.
On April 29, the band performed at Show-Ya’s all-female Naon no Yaon festival. On June 22, 2021. Nemophila released their international compilation Oiran: Extended Edition from British label JPU Records on June 25. Compiling the band’s entire discography up to that point, plus a new English version of “Dissension”, it was the most pre-ordered album in the label’s history. It also marked the first time the band’s music had ever been available in record shops, as previously everything was sold directly from their website in Japan. Nemophila released their debut studio album Revive on December 15, 2021. Their first one-man concert with all five members at Line Cube Shibuya was performed on January 9, 2022 and the tickets sold out quickly after going on sale in October 2021.
Saki said the most important thing in Nemophila is to play “hard music like metalcore, but make it ‘yurufuwa’, to give it more of a personality. A Japanese word, it means… fluffy and smooth.” She elaborated in another interview, “Traditionally, rock bands have a strong, masculine image. The concept of ‘yurufuwa’ is to stay close to ourselves rather than forcibly portraying our female identity as masculine. We thought it was interesting to make the cuteness of something fluffy come together with intense metal parts. You can feel it in the choruses of ‘Dissension’ and ‘Raitei’, but also in our behavior on stage.” Hazuki has cited the various ways in which Mayu sings as an important feature of Nemophila; “Her raw voice is very characteristic. That is why we were aiming for a heavier sound.”
Rise · 10th Mar 2023
Rise (Digital Single)
Seize the Fate · 13th Dec 2022
Seize the Fate · Enten · Zen · Back into the wild · Rock’n Roll Is? · Style · Waiting for you · Now I here · A Ray Of Light · Adabana · Soaring～to be continued
Seize the Fate Music Video Blu-ray: Raitei (MV) · Dissension (MV) · Revive (MV) · Hypnosis (MV) · 鬼灯 (MV) · A Ray Of Light (MV) · Adabana (MV) · Style (MV) · Seize the Fate (MV) · Whisky a go go (Making of) · OIRAN (Live at Whisky a go go)
Limited Edition Bonus BluRay: NEMOPHILA Live at Zepp Osaka Bayside, Osaka, Japan · Raitei · Revive · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Sorai · Hoozuki · Adabana · Hypnosis · Dissension · A Ray Of Light · Oiran · Life · Fairy (SHOW-YA and NEMOPHILA) Live at KT Zepp Yokohama 29th Sep 2022
Revive (US Version) · 26th Oct 2022
Revive · Dissension · Bonfire · Hypnosis · Game Over · Life · Sorai · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Change The World · Raitei · Oiran
All tracks remastered. Revive, Oiran, Raitei, Change the world, Dissension and Hypnosis were recorded with full English lyrics.
Size the Fate · 8th Oct 2022
Seize the Fate (Digital Single)
Style · 20th Jul 2022
Style (Digital Single)
Adabana · 21th Jun 2022
Adabana (Digital Single)
A Ray of Light · 10th May 2022
A Ray of Light (Digital Single)
Revive Live (BluRay) · It’s sooooo nice to finally meet you · 11th May 2022
Hozuki · Raitei · Sorai · Night Flight · Breaking Out · Revive · Blooming · Fighter · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Hypnosis · Game over · Creature · Monsters · Change the world · Dissension · Oiran · (Encore) Life (Instrumental Intro) · Life
9th Jan 2022 · Live Concert at Line Cube · Released on BluRay Disc
Revive · 15th Dec 2021
Revive · Dissension (Remastered) · Bonfire · Hypnosis · Game Over · Life (New Version) · Sorai (Remastered) · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Change The World · Raitei (Remastered) · Oiran (New Version)
Bonus DVD Limited Edition (Live) · Oiran · Raitei · Sorai · Life · Dissension
Balancing Rock – DDCZ-9073 · JPU Records – JPU079
Oiran (Extended Edition) · 24th Jun 2021
Oiran · Monsters · Life · Raitei · Sorai · Dissension · Fighter · Dissension (English Version)
8 Track EP contains all Songs from the first 3EP’s except Monsters and the instrumentals · Bonus Track Dissension (English Version)
JPU Records – JPU074
Dissension (EP) · 21th Feb 2021
Dissension · Fighter · Raitei (Instrumental) · Sorai (Instrumental)
4 Track EP · Nemophila Self-released · MWBR-0021
Raitei (EP) · 22th Aug 2020
Raitei · Sorai · Oiran (Instrumental) · Monsters (Instrumental) · Life (Instrumental)
5 Track EP · Nemophila Self-released · MWBR-0020
Oiran (EP) · 29th Feb 2020
Oiran · Monsters · Life
3 Track EP · Nemophila Self-released · MWBR-0019
1st Mayu Session · 22th Aug 2019
I am a storm (Show-Ya) · The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · D&D Totally lead me, I my me (Muratamu) · Samurai in the Rain (Muratamu) · Kurenai (English Version) (X-Japan) · (Encore) I am a storm (Show-Ya)
Live at Wild Side Tokyo
2nd Mayu Session · 5th Sep 2019
Guerrilla Radio (Rage Against the Machine) · I am a storm (Show-Ya) · The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · Kurenai (English Version) (X-Japan) ·
New Song · D&D Totally lead me, I my me (Muratamu) · Samurai in the Rain (Muratamu) · (Encore) I Was Born to Love You (Queen)
Live at Wild Side Tokyo
Metal Weekend 2019 · Day 1 · 14th Sep 2019
The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · Oiran · Boom
Metal Weekend Festival Day 1 · 1st live performance as NEMOPHILA · 1st live performance of Oiran
Live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo
Metal Weekend 2019 · Day 2 · 15th Sep 2019
The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · Oiran · D&D Totally lead me, I my me (Muratamu)
Metal Weekend Day 2 · 2nd live performance as NEMOPHILA
Live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo
Get Crazy · Wild Side Tokyo · Day 2 · 23th Oct 2019
Guerrilla Radio (Rage Against the Machine) · The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · I Was Born to Love You (Queen) · Wings (Mary’s Blood) · Sorai · Oiran · Boom · D&D Totally lead me, I my me (Muratamu) · Samurai in the Rain (Muratamu) · (Encore) Wings (Mary’s Blood) · I am a storm (Show-Ya)
Live at Wild Side Tokyo
16th Dec 2019 · White Night Fantasy at Wild Side Tokyo
Sorai · D&D Totally lead me, I my me (Muratamu) · Samurai in the Rain (Muratamu) · Life · Game over · Boom · I am the storm (Show-Ya) – Oiran · (Encore) Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC)
Live at Wild Side Tokyo
22th Aug 2020 · 1st online live
Sorai · Raitei · Fighter · The Trooper (Iron Maiden) · Samurai in the Rain (Muratamu) · So What? (Pink) · メギツネ (Babymetal) · Breaking Out · Game over · Monsters · Oiran · (Encore) Life
Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
14th Nov 2020 · Naon@Yaon · Online Live
赤裸ライア (Gacharic Spin) · SORAI · Raitei · Breaking Out · Fighter · Life · Fairy (with 寺田恵子 of Show-Ya) · 私は嵐 (with 寺田恵子 of Show-Ya) · Monsters · Oiran · (Encore) Lock On (Gacharic Spin & Nemohila) · Lovers (Show-Ya) with Show-Ya, Gacharic Spin & Nemohila
Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
26th Dec 2020 · 2nd online live
Set 1 · Oiran · Monsters · Fighter · Sorai · Thunder · Raitei
Set 2 · Monsters · Sorai · Breaking Out – Blooming · Another story · Life · Game over · Night Flight · Fighter · Raitei · Oiran
Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
29th Feb 2021 · 3rd online live
Set 1 · Sorai · Monsters · Dissension · Fighter · Oiran
Set 2 · Raitei · Blooming · Night Flight · Breaking out · Kurenai (English Version X-Japan) · Life · Game over · Dissension · Fighter · Sorai · Oiran
Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
19th Jun 2021 · 4th online live · From Soko to Koko
Set 1 · Dissension · Sorai · Fighter · Raitei · Oiran
Set 2 · Monsters · Blooming · Breaking Out · Sorai · Night Flight · Creature · Game over · Life · Rusty Nail (X-Japan) · Raitei · Fighter · Dissension · Oiran
Live Online Soko to Koko was filmed 29th April 2021 – Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
17th Oct 2021 · 5th online live · 2nd Anniversary
Monsters · Thunder · Traitaei · Revive · Fighter · Dissension · Sorai · Breaking Out · Blooming · Hypnosis · Game over · Creature · Life · Rollin’ Rollin’ · 鬼灯 · Revive · Oiran
Live Streaming · Zaiko Garden
9th Jan 2022 · Live Concert at Line Cube
Hozuki · Raitei · Sorai · Night Flight · Breaking Out · Revive · Blooming · Fighter · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Hypnosis · Game over · Creature · Monsters · Change the world · Dissension · Oiran · (Encore) Life (Instrumental Intro) · Life
Released on BluRay 11th May 2022 – Live at Line Cube Tokyo
1st July 2022 · Live Concert Whisky a Go Go West Hollywood (USA)
Revive · Raitei · Hoozuki · Rollin’ Rollin’ · Adabana · Game Over · Fighter · A Ray Of Light · Sorai · Change the world · Monsters · Dissension · Encore: Life · Oiran
Live at Whisky a Go Go
