BO NINGEN are a Japanese four-piece noise rock and alternative rock band,[1][2] consisting of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar/electronics), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), and Monchan Monna (drums).

[3] Taigen (vocal and bass) and Kohhei (guitar) met at a gig in 2006 and formed the first Bo Ningen duo; they were later joined by Yuki and then by Monchan.

[4] The band booked into a studio on Hackney Road and in summer 2007, after continual 12 hour jams they played the first “true” Bo Ningen show at the Wilmington Arms.

They were also invited to perform at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Yohji Yamamoto Friday Late event.

[5] The tour planned by the band to coincide the release of their 2020 album, Sudden Fictions, was later postponed to April 2021.