Sachiho Kojima (bass) Sayoko Takahashi (vocals) Ako Ozawa (drums) Fukie Ishihara (guitar 1983-90) Naomi Motomura (guitar 1991-96)
Past members
Yōko Suzuki (guitar) Kuniko "Maru" Nozawa (drums)
Zelda (ゼルダ), stylized as ZELDA, was a Japanese rock band active in the 1980s and 1990s. They played a pioneering role as one of Japan's first
all-girl bands.
Led by Sachiho Kojima (小嶋さちほ), the band covered an impressive range of musical genres, from
new wave,
punk,
pop,
post-punk, and later,
reggae. Zelda played a seminal role for later bands with their forays into roots music and experimental sounds.[1]
History
1980: Sayoko Takahashi (高橋佐代子) joins as vocalist at age 15.
1982: The band have their major debut on 25 August with the simultaneous release of their first album ZELDA and the single Mirage Lover through
Nippon Phonogram (later
Mercury Music Entertainment, now absorbed by
Universal Music KK). The band lineup at the time is: Kojima, Takahashi, Yōko Suzuki (鈴木洋子, guitar) and Kuniko Nozawa (野沢久仁子, drums).
1983: Fukie Ishihara (石原富紀江) takes over as guitarist. Ako Ozawa (小沢亜子) becomes the band's drummer.
1984: Kojima and Takahashi form side project Maneki-neko Kagekidan (招き猫カゲキ団), releasing the album Dai-ichi Kakyoku-shū (第一歌曲集) in September.
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