Yoshimi P-We, born Yoshimi Yokota (横田佳美, Yokota Yoshimi) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band, Boredoms.
Yoshimi also plays trumpet, guitar, and keyboard, and sings.
Yoshimi joined her first band U.F.O. or Die with Yamatsuka Eye in 1986. Since 1997 she has lead the all-female band, OOIOO, and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.
Yoshimi has worked on a great number of other projects most notably a raga band Saicobaba, an ambient project Yoshimi and Yuka and indie supergroup Free Kitten. She appeared as a session player, vocalist and as the subject matter of the Flaming Lips' 2002 record, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is reported that Yoshimi was angry with the release of said Flaming Lips album, but only because of numerous cuts that involved her contributions.
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