Blume popo is a Japanese alternative rock/shoegaze/dreamp pop band which was formed in 2015. Members: Vocals: 野村美こ (Miko Nomura) Guitar: 横田檀 (Dan Yokota) Guitar: 今西龍斗 (Ryuto Imanishi) Bass: 水谷航大 (Kodai Mizutani) Former members: Drums: Koyama (until March 31st 2025) Biography: In 2014 , Imanishi invited Mizutani, Koyama, Nomura, and Yokota, who were all attending the same junior high school at the time, to form the band in order to perform at the school's cultural festival. All of the members are childhood friends; Imanishi and Nomura have known each other since nursery school, Yokota and Koyama since kindergarten, and Mizutani and the other members since elementary school. The band's name comes from the fact that Imanishi's family owns a flower shop, and the band used to meet and practice in the warehouse there, so they added the somehow nice-sounding "popo" to "Blume," which means "flower" in German. "Popo" also means "butt" in German. They began full-scale activities in 2015. In the summer of 2017 , they won RO JACK 2017 and participated in ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2017. The group was scheduled to take a hiatus after their regular self-produced event, essais vol.3, which was scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Shiga in March 2020, but it was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19 . The group then went on hiatus. A year and a half later, in November 2021, essais vol.3 was held in Shiga. This marked the start of their activities, and they have been focusing on releasing music ever since. They have also gained support in Japan, Hong Kong , Taiwan , and other countries, and have been performing live overseas since their resumption of activities. On March 31st 2025 they announced that their drummer Koyama would leave the band. On April 2nd they announced that guitarist Yokota Dan will move back from Germany to Japan in November 2025 after living there for 3 years. Their slogan is "eine musik für alle und keinen" which means "A music for everybody and nobody" in German. They call themselves a "post pops project". https://linktr.ee/blumepopo https://blumepopo.bandcamp.com/ https://blumepopo.wixsite.com/blume-popo-official https://x.com/Blume_popo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCui4F07Y3MEW9mmwUCBBOKQ https://www.instagram.com/blumepopo/ https://www.tiktok.com/@blumepopo