Penicillin
From left to right: O-Jiro, Hakuei, Chisato
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s)	Rock, Hard Rock, Visual Kei
Years active	1992- Present
Label(s)	Pioneer LDC, East West Japan, Omega A.T. Music, HiBOOM, Avex Trax (current)
Website	Penicillin.jp
Members
Hakuei Chisato O-Jiro
Former members
Gisho

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History

Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the Japanese Visual Kei scene and is still thriving today, fifteen years later. The band formed with Chisato on Vocals, Gisho on Bass, O-Jiro on drums and both Yuuji and Shaisuke on guitar.^[1] Before anything was recorded however the bands line up changed to Hakuei on vocals, Gisho on Guitar, O-jiro on drums and both Shaisuke and Chisato on guitar. This line up stayed for the first single of PENICILLIN SHOCK which was produced by Kiyoshi of then Media Youth. ^[2] After PENICILLIN SHOCK however, Shaisuke left the band to join Deshabillz. Malice Mizer, an example of visual kei during the 1990s. ...

The band made their major debut in 1996 with Blue Moon on PIONEER LDC. They stayed on Pioneer until 1998 when they changed to east west japan where they were dropped in 2001 and then to omega A.T.music (an indies label) in 2001. Omega happens to be under Omega Project Holdings which Yoshiaki Kondou (Gisho) is the CEO of. ^[3] However they were only on Omega for a year before being picked up by HiBOOM, which was an indies subsidiary of Avex trax. In 2005 when HiBOOM was closed, they were picked up by Avex TRAX and once again on a major label for the first time since they were dropped from east west. Avex Trax logo Avex Trax or Avex Entertainment Corporation is a music record label originally from Japan. ...

On February 12, 2007 Penicillin celebrated it's 15th Anniversary as a band. On March 9, 2007 Gisho announced that he would leave the band. ^[4] His last live was his birthday on May 20, 2007 at Shibuya O-East. Since then the band has continued on as a three piece unit.

Member info

Information from the Japanese Wikipedia page. ^[5]

Hakuei: (Vocals) Born December 16, 2007 in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kushima City. However his parents were divorced and he moved with his mother to Aomori prefecture Hirosaki City. At Tokai University he got his degree from the general education department. In 1996 he made his solo debut with the single Zeus. In 1997 he worked as an actor in the movie -Thirty 30- and in 1998 he played Hamlet in Penicillin's Rock Opera Hamlet (written by Kiyoshi). 1999 he joined up with Kiyoshi once more for the band Machine which is currently active. ^[6] Hakuei currently is a model for Black Peace Now and draws a comic strip featured monthly in Fool's Mate called Susume! Tonosama. He's a member of a secret band called Kaizoku which only does secret lives. He's also currently producing a young Mexican man named IVAN. When Penicillin performs live on his birthday it's known as 'Super Heart Core' This article is about devices that perform tasks. ... Fools mate is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess. ...

Chisato: (千聖, Guitar) Born October 4, 1971 in Tokyo, Japan. He attended Tokai University and received a degree in per-law. In September 1996 he made his solo debut with "Dance with the wild things". During his solo career he's played notable places such as Nippon Budokan. In the late 1990's he wrote music for and produced the band /ucifer. In the past he's worked on "R" with the likes of Kiyoshi & O-jiro, Crack-Z with friend Satoro from ZZ, and nano with Hakuei. Currently he's doing solo project work under the alias MSTR with the band Crack6, as well as under Chisato doing live guitar support for Acid Black Cherry. When Pencillin performs for his birthday it's known as "Rock x Rock" For the computer game Budokan, see Budokan: The Martial Spirit For the style of Karate, see Budokan Karate-do The Nippon Budokan ), often shortened to just Budokan, is an arena in central Tokyo. ... Look up nano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

O-Jiro: (Drums) Born September 14, 1972 in Chiba, Japan. He attended Tokai University as well, but did not graduate from it. He has done side projects of "R"- with Chisato and Kiyoshi. 808 with Yasumichan of Sleep My Dear, and Starman, with Gisho, as well as Yasumichan and Ken from Sleep my dear. When Penicillin performs on his birthday it's known as "Tono!Gig" Events The Abbasid capital is moved north from Baghdad to Samarra. ... Starman can refer to a number of things: Starman is the name of a number of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. ...

Gisho: (ex-Bass) Born May 20, 1971 in Hyogo Prefecture. Gisho attended Tokai Unversity and got a degree in Economics. He used the name Ootaki Jun for his solo career. He stared in the movie Shonan Bakuzo Zuku Arakure Knight^[7]. In 2001 he joined Omega Project Holdings and later became their CEO. He's a fan of Keanu Reeves and the Matrix and because of that his birthday lives were titled "Gishorix Revolution" his last live with the band was on May 20, 2007 at Shibuya O-East and it was known was "Gishorix Revolution -Never ending story-" Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Discography

Singles^[8]

• "In the Kingdom of the Moonlight" September 30, 1995
• "Melody/マザー・グース" January 25, 1996
• Blue Moon/天使を目攻めて (Major Debut Single)- March 15, 1996
• Imitation Love / Never Ending Story - May 15, 1996
• 99 番目の夜 (99 banme no yoru) - March 19, 1997
• DEAD or ALIVE / ナルシスの花 - May 28, 1997
• 夜をぶっとばせ - June 25, 1997
• ロマンス - January 15, 1998
• make love - May 30, 1998
• CRASH - September 9, 1998
• Butterfly - November 26, 1998
• NICE IN LIP+L (maxi single) - September 1, 1999
• 理想の舌 (maxi single) - February 23, 2000
• ウルトライダー (maxi single) - May 17, 2000
• Japanese Industrial Students (maxi single) - May 17, 2000
• イナズマ (multimedia single) - January 24, 2000
• リミットコンプレックス (multimedia single) - May 30, 2000
• 腐海の砂 / 聖・MARIAN HURRICANE - November 28, 2001
• NEW FUTURE (maxi single) - June 26, 2002
• 花園キネマ (maxi single) - September 19, 2002
• 四次元ダイバー・少年ダイバー (maxi single) - May 28, 2003
• 白髏の舞(ビャクロノマイ) (maxi single) - November 27, 2003
• SAMURAI BOY / LOVE DRAGOON (初回盤) (maxi single) - May 26, 2004
• フリージア (A version) (maxi single) - February 2, 2005
• フリージア (B version) (maxi single) - February 2, 2005
• JUMP#1/ハカナ (A version) (maxi single) - June 28, 2005
• JUMP#1/ハカナ (B version) (maxi single) - June 28, 2005
• 月千古輝/零 (通常盤 - March 15, 2006
• 月千古輝/零 (通常初回出荷分 - March 15, 2006
• 月千古輝/零 (CD + DVD 初回限定盤 B - March 15, 2006
• 月千古輝/零 (CD + DVD 初回限定盤 A - March 15, 2006
• hyper chord/hyper kids 初回限定生産盤 A（CD+DVD） - September 27, 2006
• hyper chord/hyper kids 初回限定生産盤 B（CD+DVD) - September 27, 2006
• hyper chord/hyper kids 通常盤（CD - September 27, 2006
• Grind Candy/エデン 初回限定生産盤 A（CD+DVD） - January 31, 2007
• Grind Candy/エデン 初回限定生産盤 B（CD+DVD) - January 31, 2007
• Grind Candy/エデン 通常盤（CD - January 31, 2007

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• "Penicillin Shock" May 30, 1994 ^[10]
• Missing Link - December 24, 1994 ^[11]
• Missing Link (special version) - December 24, 1994
• "God of Grind- Real Penicillin SHOCK" (remake of Penicillin Shock) - June 20, 1995
• "God of Grind- Real Penicillin SHOCK" (remake of Penicillin Shock: Special Box) - June 20, 1995
• "Earth" (Mini Album)- September 30, 1995
• "Into the valley of the dolls" (Mini Album)- September 30, 1995
• VIBE - June 26, 1996
• Indwell - July 24, 1996
• FLY PENICILLIN featuring 千聖 - November 27, 1996
• Missing Link - December 21, 1996
• Limelight - July 2, 1997
• Ultimate Velocity - October 21, 1998
• THIS IS PENICILLIN 1994-1999 - October 6, 1999
• UNION JAP - May 24, 2005
• SINGLES - February 21, 2001
• NUCLEAR BANANA - November 7, 2001
• No.53 - October 30, 2002
• 赫赫 (カッカク) - October 1, 2003
• FLOWER CIRCUS (通常盤) - October 20, 2004
• FLOWER CIRCUS (限定盤) - October 20, 2004
• hell bound heart(通常盤) - November 23, 2005
• hell bound heart DVD付き special edition (CD+DVD) - November 23, 2005
• BLUE HEAVEN (通常盤) - February 28, 2007
• BLUE HEAVEN (限定盤) - February 28, 2007

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References

1. ^ Yunisan
2. ^ Penicillin Shock: Tears Music: TEC-0013
3. ^ Omega OHP.
4. ^ Pencillin's Blog Post
5. ^ http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/PENICILLIN
6. ^ Machine's OHP
7. ^ Movie Jacket
8. ^ From Penicillin's Official Website
9. ^ Penicillin's OHP
10. ^ Released on Tears Music, catalogue number: TEC-0013
11. ^ Note: Missing Link was released three times the catalogue numbers for them respectively are: (TEC-0019A) , (TEC-0019B) , and (TKCF-77006) respectively

External links

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