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Pistol Valve
Group · Japan · formed 2005
Japanese band
Also known as ピストルバルブ
Timeline
2000s
Biography
Biography
Pistol Valve (ピストルバルブ, Pisutoru Barubu) is a Japanese all-girl brass and rock band, formed in 2005. There are 10 members in this group and every member plays musical instruments.
In 2007, Pistol Valve performed at SXSW as part of the Japan Nite tour.
Their song "OEDO-808" is used for the Japanese release of Mr. Bean's Holiday.
Members
cotton: Alto saxophone and vocals, leader
Ando! (アンドー!, Andō!): Tenor saxophone and vocals
Jenny 7000 (ジェニ7000, Jeni Nanasen): Violin and vocals
Tomi (とみぃ, Tomī): Euphonium and vocals
Yoko Brooklyn (ヨーコ Brooklyn, Yōko Burukkurin): Tenor and baritone saxophone
Lamb Asuka (ラム・アスカ, Ramu Asuka): Trombone
Corina (コリーナ, Korīna): Trumpet
Misaty: Trumpet
M-chan: Trumpet
DJ Lilia (DJ♮リリア, Dī Jei Riria): Turntable
Former members
Akki (アッキ): Alto sax
Bancho♀: Euphonium
Asacherry (アサチェリー, Asacherī): Euphonium
Single
"Pull The TRIGGER!" (15 March 2006)
"TREASURES ~Sekai ga Owatte mo~" (TREASURES 〜世界が終わっても〜; 2007-04-25)
"Kimi dake Nanda!" (君だけなんだっ!; 2007-07-25)
"Zutto-Zutto" (21 November 2007)
"Unofficial" (6 August 2008)
"My Voice" (22 July 2009)
Album
Tsunamic Girls From Tokyo (American debut album) (24 July 2007)
RATATATTAT! (23 January 2008)
Stick 'em up! (22 October 2008)
Love Love Gun (7 October 2009)
Rental album
TRIAL SHOOT! (14 June 2009)
"Good-looking dreamer"
"Pai koso wa Subete ~All You Need Is Pie~" (パイこそはすべて〜All You Need Is Pie〜)
"Pull The TRIGGER!"
"Sit At Cow Char Nail ~Shitta Kotchanē~" (Sit At Cow Char Nail〜シッタコッチャネー〜)
"Fo-Fo"
"My Generation〜Respect to The Who〜"
"THE BEST HOUSE"
DVDs
Pistol Vavle Early Years! (ピストルバルブ Early Years!, Pisutoru Barubu Early Years!; 2006-12-06)
Jump The Gun!: Pistol Valve America Tour 2007 (Jump The Gun! 〜ピストルバルブ・アメリカツアー2007〜, Jump The Gun! ~Pisutoru Barubu Amerika Tsuā~; 2008-01-23)
Drive-by Shooting: Pistol Valve Europe Tour (drive-by shooting 〜ピストルバルブヨーロッパツアー2008〜, drive-by shooting ~Pisutoru Barubu Yōroppa Tsuā~; 2008-10-22)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pistol Valve head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JN07pistolvalve4.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7198480genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7198480seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_Valvebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_Valve
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Dennis Amith from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7198480 · MusicBrainz: cb543656-457e-4588-9197-50d12d922f2c
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