Band-Maid
Japanese rock band fusing maid café aesthetics with hard rock.
Band-Maid's musical style is hard rock, and their stage outfits are inspired by the uniforms worn in Japanese maid cafés.[1] The EP titled Scooooop, which is their most recent studio release, came out in October 2025.[1]
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- Band-Maiko
- Origin
- Japan
- Genre
- Hard rock
- heavy metal
- pop rock
- Discography
- Band-Maid discography
- Years active
- 2013–present
- Label
- Gump
- Crown Stones
- Revolver
- Pony Canyon
- JPU (Europe and North America)
- Current members
- Miku Kobato
- Kanami Tōno
- Akane Hirose
- Misa
- Saiki Atsumi
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Miku Kobato was a member of the idol group Lil Cumin from 2012 to early 2013.[2] Management agreed to back the project.[2] The band performed for the first time as a quartet on July 24, 2013.[2] The band signed to Gump Records that year.[2]
On August 22, 2013, the five members played together for the first time at Shibuya-AX.[2] Their debut mini-album, Maid in Japan, was issued in January 2014.[3]
What the cited sources add
Tōno noted that each member's maid costume matches their own personality.[4] Kobato said she started playing guitar after starting Band-Maid, about two years before the interview.[4] Tōno stated she had played classical piano for 15 years and guitar for 8 years.[4] Kanami stated that she was asked to join the band and subsequently brought her friend Akane along.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Band-Maid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Aoki, "Maid in Japan — Japanese rock group Band-Maid to debut overseas at Sakura-Con", Northwest Asian Weekly, March 1, 2016; "[News] Band-Maid, New Album & New Single Release!", BAND-MAID Official Web Site, 2021-03-24 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Band-Maid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cirone, "Band-Maid – Interview (2015)", J-Generation, July 2, 2015; Cirone, "Band-Maid – Interview (2015)", J-Generation, July 2, 2015; "Gigs Presents Band-Maid the Day Before World Domination", Shinko Music Entertainment, January 21, 2019, p. 47; "Band-Maid History"; "Interview with Band-Maid", JaME, May 1, 2015; "Band-Maid History" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Band-Maid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Band-Maid Live", Band-Maid Official Web Site; "Fukui Masahiko", VGMdb (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Cirone, "Band-Maid – Interview (2015)", J-Generation, July 2, 2015. facts only, no text reused. j-generation.com
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