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Ringo Shiina is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and frontwoman of the band Tokyo Jihen. She describes herself as "Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (ๆฐๅฎฟ็ณป่ชไฝ่ชๆผๅฑ, a Shinjuku-style writer-performer)". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled by HMV in 2003. Shiina is an accomplished musician and songwriter who writes music spanning numerous genres. She is well known for her eccentricity, rolling her "r"s and creating promotional music videos with striking visuals. She mainly plays rhythm guitar, but she plays other musical instruments. During live shows she sometimes plays the piano and occasionally plays the bass guitar. While recording, she sometimes plays piano and drums, and occasionally uses uncommon musical instruments such as a melodica and a shamisen.
