![]() ![]() With Tajima, the band released its second album, Bellissima! in 1988. Takao Tajima, Original Love's frontman, joined the band soon as the new vocalist. It was a commercial failure, and the record company began pressuring the band to find a new lead singer. In 1987, the band released their first all-new album, Couples. In 1986, Pizzicato V signed with CBS/Sony (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan). They followed this with the single "Action". The band released its first single on Haruomi Hosono's Non-Standard label ( Teichiku Records), a 12-inch release titled "The Audrey Hepburn Complex" which was produced by Hosono, in 1985. Miyata left the group almost immediately but the four remaining members kept the name Pizzicato V. ![]() Ryō Kamomiya, Mamiko Sasaki, and Shigeo Miyata were soon recruited after a few years. Pizzicato V began in 1979 when university students Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami first met at a local music society conference. Their music has appeared in numerous movies, television episodes, and video games. Pizzicato Five was a hugely prolific group during its existence, usually releasing at least a studio album each year in addition to various EPs and remix albums. With their music blending together 1960s pop, jazz and synth-pop, the group were a prominent component in the Shibuya-kei movement of the 1990s. After some personnel changes in the late 1980s, the band gained international fame as a duo consisting of Konishi and vocalist Maki Nomiya. Pizzicato Five (formerly typeset as Pizzicato V and sometimes abbreviated to P5) was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrumentalists Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami. ![]()
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