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{{Short description|Japanese musician}}
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'''Yoshimi''' (born {{nihongo||横田佳美| Yoshimi Yokota}}<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |title=Yoshimi |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/187086-Yoshimi |publisher=Discogs |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> on February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band [[Boredoms]].<ref name="FN">{{cite web |title=Ikue Mori / Yoshimi P-We Fukuoka Live |url=https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/event/ikue-mori-yoshimi-p-we-fukuoka-live/ |publisher=Fukuoka Now |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref name="FN" />
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Born in [[Okayama]], Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with [[Yamantaka Eye|EYE]] in 1986. Since 1997, she has led the [[List of all-women bands|all-female]] band [[OOIOO]] and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.<ref name="FN" />
Yoshimi has worked on
==Reception==▼
[[Wayne Coyne]] of [[The Flaming Lips]] states that their album ''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'' was inspired by Yoshimi.<ref name="G">{{cite web |title=The Left Field: Play in OOIOO's Technicolor Psych-Rock Wonderland |url=https://guitar.com/guides/essential-guide/ooioo-yoshimi-p-we/ |publisher=Guitar.com |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> He calls her "one of those strange genius musicians."<ref name="FOM">{{cite journal |last1=Dasbupta |first1=Pubali |title=From Miles Davis to The Beatles: 10 records that changed Wayne Coyne's life |journal=Far Out Magazine |date=2021 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wayne-coyne-favourite-albums-beatles-beach-house-black-sabbath/ |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="FN" />▼
Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of [[The Wire (magazine)|WIRE]] magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield.<ref name="WIRE">{{cite journal |title=WIRE: Yoshimi P-We |journal=WIRE |date=July 2014 |issue=365 |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/39371/spread/1 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Walls |first1=Seth Colter |title=Boredoms drummer YoshimiO returns to the long-running, shape-shifting project that represents the other major pillar of her career, consolidating the strengths the band has developed over the years. |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ooioo-nijimusi/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Modern Drummer]] magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts.<ref name="ModDrum">{{cite journal |last1=Colpitts |first1=John |title=
▲[[Wayne Coyne]] of [[The Flaming Lips]]
==Discography==
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*''COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001''
*''[[Armonico Hewa]]'' (2009)
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*''Nijimusi'' (2019)<ref name="Pitchfork" />
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*''[[Z-Rock Hawaii]]'' (1996)
▲==Reception==
▲Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of [[The Wire (magazine)|WIRE]] magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield<ref name="WIRE">{{cite journal |title=WIRE: Yoshimi P-We |journal=WIRE |date=July 2014 |issue=365 |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/39371/spread/1 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Walls |first1=Seth Colter |title=Boredoms drummer YoshimiO returns to the long-running, shape-shifting project that represents the other major pillar of her career, consolidating the strengths the band has developed over the years. |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ooioo-nijimusi/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Modern Drummer]] magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts.<ref name="ModDrum">{{cite journal |last1=Colpitts |first1=John |title=Boredoms’ YoshimiO: YoshimiO is a multi-instrumentalist and creative force at the center of a number of extraordinary musical powerhouses in Japanese experimental music. |journal=Modern Drummer |date=September 2019 |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/september-2019-boredoms-yoshimio/ |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and [[Ikue Mori]] for Tom Tom Magazine.<ref name="TomTom">{{cite journal |last1=Kariya |first1=Emi |title=Twindrums: Ikue Mori and Yoshimio |journal=Tom Tom Magazine |date=January 2016 |url=https://tomtommag.com/2016/01/18261/ |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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