Nakanomori BAND

Nakanomori BAND is a four-member (formerly five) girl pop-rock band who debuted in 2005 under Teichiku records. The band has been described as having "cute visuals", and are recommended to be seen live.
Nakanomori Band focuses heavily on (and is named after) the main guitarist and vocalist Nakanomori Ayako. She was originally awarded the runner up prize for the Starlight Auditions in 2000 out of 1,000 entrants (The winner of this competition was the vocalist for the popular band w-inds., Tachibana Keita)

The band's first two singles, Raspberry Pie and Whatever (used as the opening act for Odaiba Gakuen's Culture Festival on April 29, 2005), both charted around the #37 position on Oricon charts.

Sadly the band disbanded during the time lead singer Ayako Nakanomori had to have throat surgery. · close