Cicada (Japanese band)

For the British band of the same name, see Cicada (British band).

Cicada (stylized as CICADA) was a Japanese trip-hop band formed in 2012 and disbanded in March 2019.

CICADA シケイダ
Origin	Japan
Genres	Trip-hop pop
Years active	2012 – March 2019
Labels	para de casa
Past members	Ryosuke Hitsuda Akiko Kido Chokyo Kimura Shunsuke Ochi Sosuke Oikawa Tomo Wakabayashi

History

Cicada formed in late 2012 when band member Tomo Wakabayashi began searching for members of a trip-hop band on the social networking site mixi. The name Cicada comes from the video game Front Mission, which features a mecha called Cicada.^[1]

Cicada performed at the Apple Music Festival in 2014.^[1]

The band's debut album BED ROOM was released on February 4, 2015 on record label para de casa.^[1] Their second album, Formula, was also released by para de casa on November 9, 2016.^[2] They later signed with Universal Music Japan.^[3]

Cicada broke up in March 2019.^[4] Oikawa started a new band called Roomies.^[4]

Members

Cicada was initially composed of five members.^[1]

• Ryosuke Hitsuda (櫃田良輔), drums
• Akiko Kido (城戸あき子), vocals^[2]
• Chokyo Kimura (木村朝教), bass
• Sosuke Oikawa (及川創介), keyboard^[4]
• Tomo Wakabayashi (若林とも), guitar, keyboard, sampler

Shunsuke Ochi (越智俊介) joined the band in 2017 as bassist, replacing Kimura.^[5]

Discography

Albums

• BED ROOM (2015)
• Formula (2016)
• ESCAPE (2018)

Mini albums

• Eclectic (2013)
• blue nude (2014)
• Loud Colors (2016)

Singles and EPs

• stand alone (2015)
• "Harvest" / "Party Out" (2017)
• "u got my love" (2019)

References

1. "根っからのミュージック・ラヴァーたちが創る音楽!ーーCICADA、1stフル・アルバムを先行フル試聴 [Music created by die-hard music lovers!--CICADA's 1st full album preview in full]" (in Japanese). OTOTOY. January 31, 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
2. St. Michel, Patrick (November 27, 2016). "Electronic twists set apart Cicada's 'Formula' from its peers". The Japan Times. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
3. "CICADA、ユニバーサルミュージックより今冬メジャーデビュー [CICADA makes major debut this winter from Universal Music]". 音楽ナタリー [Ongaku Natalie] (in Japanese). May 27, 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
4. "及川創介（ex.CICADA）、新バンド・Roomiesを結成 [Sosuke Oikawa (ex.CICADA) forms new band Roomies]". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). July 10, 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2024. 2019年3月に解散したCICADAのキーボード及川創介が結成したRoomies。[Roomies was formed by Sosuke Oikawa, keyboardist of CICADA, which disbanded in March 2019.]
5. "CICADA 新ベーシストとして越智俊介（ex.カラスは真っ白）正式加入 [Shunsuke Ochi (ex. Crow is pure white) officially joins CICADA as new bassist]". Billboard Japan. April 13, 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

• CIDADA discography at Discogs
• CICADA discography at MusicBrainz