椎名林檎 topic

Ringo Shiina (椎名 林檎, Shiina Ringo) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born on November 25, 1978. Right now, most of her energy is focused on her band, "Tokyo Jihen". She was ranked at No.36, in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians, provided by HMV. Yumiko Shiina was born in Saitama Prefecture to Kōtarō Shiina, an employee of an oil company, and Akiko Shiina, a full-time housewife. She was born with an esophageal atresia in which the esophagus narrows as it approaches the... full article at wikipedia