Yoshimi P-We

Yoshimi (born ; February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.

Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for the all female group OOIOO and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well. Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Reception Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of WIRE magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield. Pitchfork covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020. Modern Drummer magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts. In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and Ikue Mori for Tom Tom Magazine.

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips said that their album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was inspired by Yoshimi.

Discography

Yoshimio Big Toast (1993) 2 (1994) 3 (1995) Yunnan Colorfree (2007) Bor-Cozmik (2009)

Yoshimi and Yuka

Flower with No Color (2003)

OOIOO

OOIOO (1997) Feather Float (1999) Gold and Green (2000) Kila Kila Kila (2003) Taiga (2006) OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX (Eye Remix EP) (2007) COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001 Armonico Hewa (2009) Gamel (2013) Nijimusi (2019)

OLAibi

Humming Moon Drip (2006)

Saicobab

Sab Se Purani Bab (2017)

Z-Rock Hawaii

Z-Rock Hawaii (1996)