Chatmonchy

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Guitar/vocals: Eriko Hashimoto
Bass/chorus: Akiko Fukuoka
Drums/chorus: Kumiko Takahashi

Chatmonchy (チャットモンチー) was formed April in 2000 as an ambition to develop an all-female Japanese trio with a pop-rock sound with an indie edge. Playing together since high school, they mainly just practised in their school’s music room and dreamt of the day they would perform among their favourite musicians.

It wasn’t until four years later that Chatmonchy won a music competition and began to get recognition. As an indie band they released a mini-album in June of that same year and enjoyed mild success. They also have been compared with Japanese bands, 'Shonen Knife' and 'Judy and Mary'

They are signed to Ki/oon Records who also releases music for bands like Supercar, L’Arc, and Asian Kung-Fu Generation. They have since then played a couple of festivals and live gigs as well as releasing their first album in July, 2006. It's widely believed they have a chance to reaching stardom, which is pretty dubious.

Chatmonchy (or simply, 'Monchy' to fans) also have written 'Shangri-La', an ending song for anime series 'Hataraki Man' (働きマン).