Hitorie

Hitorie, sometimes stylized as hitorie (ヒトリエ), is a Japanese rock band formed in 2011 by lead vocalist and guitarist wowaka along with bassist Ygarshy and drummer Yumao under the name hitori atelier (ひとりアトリエ). Backing vocalist and fellow guitarist Shinoda joined in 2012, and the band renamed to its current name the same year.

Band members
Debuting as a four-member group, the death of frontman wowaka reduced them to the current three members.

Current members

 * Shinoda (シノダ) (born June 6, 1985 ) – vocal & guitar (2019–present), lead guitar & backing vocals (2012–2019)
 * Ygarshy (イガラシ) (born June 17, 1985 ) – bass, backing vocals
 * Yumao (ゆーまお) (born December 6, 1988 ) – drums, backing vocals

Previous member

 * wowaka (November 4, 1987 – April 5, 2019 ) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2011–2019)

History
Hitorie debuted under Hinichijou Records (非日常レコーズ) in 2012 as an indie band, and had their major debut under Sony Music Associated Records in 2014. Since 2019, Shinoda (シノダ) has been the lead vocalist and guitarist for the group, succeeding previous frontman wowaka, who died on April 5, 2019, of acute heart failure.

Since wowaka was a Vocaloid producer, during his time in hitorie, he often performed his Vocaloid songs in live performances which can be found on live albums and also did covers such as "Unknown Mother Goose"  and "Nichijou to Chikyuu no Gakubuchi".

Shinoda (シノダ) was using the pseudonym "Shoudouteki no Hito (衝動的の人)" (impulsive person) who wrote and sings his own arrangement of Touhou along with "cakebox". Ygarshy (イガラシ) is also the support bassist of "Wasureranneyo (忘れらんねえよ) (Don't Forget)" and was active in Touhou band "Sekken'ya (石鹸屋) (Soap Shop)", a member of "JUDGEMENT" unit along with ichigo, the vocalist of "Kishida Cult", and providing music for "Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Club". Yumao (ゆーまお) is the support drummer of Pedro and was active in "yasashikute (優しくして♪) (be gentle)" and part of Kagerou Project. One of their songs was chosen as the opening of the latest season of Mushoku Tensei.

Discography
As of April 2024, hitorie has released 8 studio albums, 3 live albums, 5 mini albums, 6 CD singles, and 7 digital singles.

Albums

 * WONDER and WONDER (2014)
 * Roomsick Girls Escape/non-fiction four (2015)
 * DEEPER (2016)
 * IKI (2016)
 * HOWLS (2019)
 * 4 (2019; compilation)
 * REAMP (2021)
 * Pharmacy (2022)

Live albums

 * one-Me Tour “DEEP/SEEK” at STUDIO COAST (2016)
 * HITORIE LIVE TOUR UNKNOWN 2018 “Loveless” - 2017 “IKI” (2019)
 * Amplified Tour 2021 at OSAKA (2022)

Mini-albums

 * Roomsick Girls Escape (2012; indie debut)
 * non-fiction four (2013)
 * Imaginary Monofiction (2014)
 * Monochrono Entrance (2015)
 * ai/SOlate (2017)

CD singles

 * Senseless Wonder (2014; major debut)
 * Shutter Doll (2015)
 * One Me Two Hearts (2016)
 * Polaris (2018)
 * 3 min 29 sec (2021)
 * Kazehana (2022)

Digital singles

 * Unknown Mother-Goose (2017)
 * curved edge (2020)
 * 3 min 29 sec (2021)
 * Stereo Juvenile (2022)
 * Juggernaut (2023)
 * SENSE-LESS WONDER AFTER 10 YEARS (2024)
 * on the front line (2024)
 * on the front line / Senseless Wonder [ReREC] (2024)