Polkadot Stingray (ポルカドットスティングレイ)

Polkadot Stingray (ポルカドットスティングレイ) is a Japanese rock band from Fukuoka formed in April 2014 and fronted by vocalist and guitarist Shizuku. The group began activities in 2015; ムロ announced his departure in May of that year, and エジマハルシ joined in August, establishing the lineup with Shizuku, エジマハルシ, ウエムラユウキ, and ミツヤスカズマ. Its music blends rock with pop and electronic influences. In 2016 the band released the digital single "テレキャスター・ストライプ" and later issued its first nationally distributed release, 骨抜きE.P.; in 2017 it held its first Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka one-man tour, released the mini-album 大正義, and made its major-label debut on Universal Sigma with the full album 全知全能. The music video for "テレキャスター・ストライプ" had passed 10 million views by April 2018, and Ichidaiji became the band's first top-five entry on the Oricon weekly albums chart that year. Polkadot Stingray is also associated with anime through songs including "Kimi no Sei," used as the opening theme for Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, and "Kimi wa Kawaii Onnanoko," featured in Kono Oto Tomare!, and it later performed "Radiant (ラディアン)" for Radiant, "Ano ne, (あのね、)" for Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu, and "Sakasama (逆様)" for Koori no Jouheki. The band played its first solo concert at Nippon Budokan on July 17, 2019, and its releases include Ichidaiji and Kimi no Sei.