Rin'


Rin' is a Japanese pop group which combines traditional Japanese musical instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music. It is a female trio of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music alumni who graduated in 2003. The band made their performing debut in December 2003, at Meguro Gajoen, and in April 2004, their first single, called Sakitama, was released by avex trax.
Chie Arai and Mana Yoshinaga play koto, sangen, and jushichi-gen, while Tomoca Nagasu plays biwa and shakuhachi. All three perform vocals.
According to the band's website, the name Rin' comes from the English word 'ring', the Japanese word Wa, and from the trio's hope to create a 'ring', or circle, of music.
Since their debut, the band has performed in many venues around the world, and have released four singles and several albums. A number of their songs have been used as themes for anime and movies, most notable is Fuhen used in the Samurai 7 anime.
Their chief international album, Inland Sea, was released worldwide: in Europe and the United States on April 25, 2006 and in Japan on August 30, 2006, featuring guest performances by Leigh Nash and Lisa Loeb.
According to the band's website, as of 13 February 2009, Rin' had put an end to their activities and decided to disband.
After 10 years, on March 8 2019, was officially announced on the official websites of each member the reunification of the Japanese Musical Instruments Unit Rin'.

Members

Singles

  1. Sakitama
  2. #Sakitama
  3. #Jikū
  4. #Sakitama
  5. Yachiyo no Kaze
  6. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  7. #Release
  8. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  9. #Release
  10. Sakura Sakura
  11. #Sakura Sakura
  12. #Sakura Sakura
  13. Yume hanabi
  14. #Yume hanabi: Rin' Three Pieces
  15. #Yume hanabi
  16. #Flashback: Rin' Version
  17. #Yume hanabi: Instrumental

    Albums

  18. Jikū
  19. #Jikū
  20. #Sakitama
  21. #Yachiyo no Kaze
  22. #Fuhen
  23. #Miyabi
  24. #weakness
  25. #Dōshin
  26. #Smile On: English ver.
  27. #Will
  28. #Sai no Kami
  29. #Eternal
  30. Asuka, Yamato
  31. #Asuka, Yamato
  32. #Bibō no Kuni
  33. #The Grace
  34. #Kamen
  35. #Kurenai
  36. #innocence
  37. #Kochō no Yume
  38. #Nomado
  39. #Kagami Tsuki
  40. #Tenka
  41. #Hanafubuki
  42. #Asukagawa
  43. #Sarasōju
  44. #Hanging in there
  45. Rin' Christmas Cover Songs: Seiya
  46. #Happy Xmas
  47. #Last Christmas
  48. #Rin' Xmas Medley: Silent Night / 赤鼻のトナカイ / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Jingle Bells / We Wish You a Merry Xmas / Silent Night
  49. #Koukyōkyoku Daikyūban
  50. #Christmas Eve
  51. #Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence
  52. #White Christmas
  53. #In My Life )
  54. Utage uta/Sakura Sakura
  55. Inland Sea
  56. #New Day Rising
  57. #Solemn
  58. #What the Rain Said
  59. #Never Knew What Love Meant
  60. #Moss Garden
  61. #Anti Hero
  62. #Inland Sea
  63. #Sea of Tranquility
  64. #Superflat
  65. #Past Imperfect
  66. #AA170
  67. #Niji Musubi
  68. Inland Sea -Special edition-
  69. #Sanzen Sekai
  70. #Jikū
  71. #Asuka, Yamato
  72. #Sakitama
  73. #Akatsuki No Sora
  74. #Niji Musubi
  75. #Bibō no Kuni
  76. #Dōshin
  77. #Tenka
  78. #Hanafubuki
  79. #Utage Uta
  80. Genji Nostalgie''
  81. #Murasaki No Yukari, futatabi
  82. #Genji
  83. #Sennen No Niji
  84. #Ranka
  85. #Na Mo Naki Hana
  86. #Asaki Yume Mishi The title comes from the poem Ihora

    DVD

  87. "Utage: Rin' First Live Tour 2004 Jikū"

    Other

  88. Rin' featuring m.c.A・T Flashback
  89. Crossover Japan '05 CD/DVD
  90. Provided traditional instrument sounds to the backing track for the single Samurai Heart recorded by Japanese pop band AAA. Released December 2006 by Avex Trax music as part of a double A side single package called Black and White, which featured the tracks Samurai Heart and Winter Lander..
  91. In 2008 Rin' collaborated with Japanese composer Conisch on the soundtrack to a Japanese TV drama series called Hana goromo yume goromo　「花衣夢衣」. This resulted in an album of this music being released through EMI Music Japan. Although this work is not acknowledged on the Rin' websites, the group get equal title credits, appearing as Rin' & Conisch. The album has 34 tracks, lasts 69 minutes and mixes Rin's traditional Japanese instruments with a full western orchestra.