Ikimono-gakari

ikimono-gakari (いきものがかり) is a Japanese rock band. They record on Sony Music Japan's EPIC Records label. The band was formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in February 1999 by Hotaka Yamashita and Yoshiki Mizuno, and was later joined by lead vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka in December the same year. Hotaka Yamashita later left the band as of July 2021.