Hitorie

Hitorie (ヒトリエ), sometimes stylized in all caps or lowercase, is a Japanese rock band formed in 2011 by lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter wowaka along with bassist Ygarshy and drummer Yumao under the name hitori atelier (ひとりアトリエ). Backing vocalist and fellow guitarist Shinoda joined in 2012, and the band renamed to its current name the same year. They made their major debut under Sony Music Japan in 2014 with their single Senseless Wonder, which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was selected for FM802's heavy rotation, and released five studio albums: Wonder and Wonder (2014), Deeper and Iki (2016), and Howls (2019), as well as three mini-albums: Imaginary Mono-Fiction (2014), Mono-chrono Entrance (2015), and ai/SOlate (2017). After a brief hiatus between 2019 and 2020, due to wowaka's passing, the band released the greatest hits album 4 (2020), and returned as a 3-piece with guitarist Shinoda as the lead vocalist. They have since released three albums: Reamp (2021), Pharmacy (2022), and Friend Chord (2025). All their albums have charted on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart. All of the band's members have also written and performed songs for other artists, such as Sakanamon, QU4RTZ, Suisoh, and Hiroshi Kamiya. As a band, they wrote the songs "Beauty For" and "Hōtā ni Saku" (滂沱に咲く, 'Blooming profusely'), for Morfonica and Soraru, respectively, and collaborated with Balloon (Keina Suda), and Ryushen, from Nijisanji.