Debuting in 2009 as a four-piece, the band members, Avu, Yashi, Ruri, and Gigi performed songs from their first unofficial album, Witch Hunt, at the extremely selective "Rookie A Go-Go” stage at the Fuji Rock Festival. I soon realized Queen Bee is not a new group at all. She was a member of Queen Bee from 2009 to 2012, when she had to leave the band due to health issues. Gigi, the only former member of the band to not be an original member, was the lead guitarist. She was a member of the band in 2009, and left before Queen Bee found any success. Yuki, one of the original members, was the lead guitarist. He participated as an ensemble member in the Japanese 2017 production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Little is known about Hibari other than that Avu helped him lose 15kg and also made him get a navel piercing. He joined the band in 2015 after Gigi left the group in 2012. Hibari, the only current member in the band to not be an original member, is the lead guitarist. She participated as an ensemble member in the Japanese 2017 production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. She is Avu’s biological younger sister, making her of African-American and Japanese descent as well. Ruri, one of the original members of the band, is the drummer. Little is known about her other than the fact that she is Avu’s best friend. Yashi, one of the original members of the band, is the bass guitarist. She is also a member of the band Gokumoto Inkatha, comprised of Avu on lead vocals and trumpet, Nagaoka Ryosuke on guitar, Rize’s KenKen on bass, and Nakamura Tatsuya on drums. Avu played Columbia in the Japanese 2017 production of “The Rocky Horror Show” and played as Yitzak in the Japanese 2019 production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. She is of African-American and Japanese descent, as well as being one of the few openly transgender artists in the Japanese music industry. Each member of Queen Bee works under pseudonyms and releases minimal information about themselves, but that does not take away the understanding of each members’ role in the band.Īvu, one of the original members of the band, is the lead vocalist, second guitarist, composer and lyricist. After first hearing some of their music, I decided to look more into who exactly the group is.
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