Artist Detailed Info: Tentenko

Tentenko (テンテンコ) also known as Tenten/Tenko is a Japanese singer, producer, film director, model and DJ born in Kushiro, Hokkaido on the 27th of August, 1990. She was a former first-generation member of BiS from 2013 to their original disbandment in 2014 and took the role of Killer Member (殺し屋担当). Afterwards, she became a self-produced soloist, performing both as a singer, and a composer of experimental electronic music and techno. She lives with Haack and Cosey, her two cats, who are named after Bruce Haack and Cosey Fanni Tutti respectively.

Tentenko's influences include Togawa Jun and The Residents. Her name is taken from a character in a Taiwanese film, aired in Japan as a TV show with the title "Rairai Kyonshiis".

In January 2015, she released "Good bye, Good girl", her first CD. In October, she began a crowdfunding project in order to start her own record label (TENTENRECORDS) and raised over one million yen in a day. On September 11th, Tentenko released her first solo DVD, Fuuin Sareta Tentenko no Eizo 1.

Together with long-time friend 滝沢朋恵 (Takizawa Tomoe), she is a member of the duo フロリダ (Florida). It was also revealed that in 2012 before joining BiS, she was briefly in a band called Hakoiri Kibun (箱入り気分), but as they weren't very popular, Tentenko got a job at idol bar Dear☆Stage, hoping to draw attention and increase the band's fame.

In early 2016, Tentenko reunited with her BiS Kaidan groumate Mikawa Toshiji to form the noise unit, MikaTen.

Sometime in Fall 2017, Tentenko formed the electronic unit ZVIZMO with avant-garde musician Ito Atsuhiro.

On July 27th 2018, Tentenko signed to the UK record label, Toothpaste Records. Tentenko's first international album, Tentenko, was released on September 21st.

Starting December 20th 2019, Tentenko held her first overseas performances in Germany.

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