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Regallily Share How Being Women Influenced Their 10-Year Career: Billboard Japan Women in Music Interview


Currently a two-woman unit, Regallily was originally formed by frontwoman and guitarist Honoka Takahashi while in high school.

The members of the band Regallily chatted with writer Rio Hirai for the latest installment of Billboard Japan ’s Women in Music interview series featuring female players in the Japanese entertainment industry. We were only in tenth grade or thereabouts and I suppose it was normal to treat people of opposite sex like outsiders… But it pissed me off and I thought, “I’ll form a band with just girls then!” [ Laughs] Umi: To be honest, there are parts (about male bands and artists) that I kind of envy, but we’ve been doing this for a long time too, and if there are people out there who think we’re cool the way we are, that’s how (our music) resonates and spreads.

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