In its initial line-up, it featured three guitarists: Sheena, session musician Yukio Nagoshi and Shinichi Ubukata of the bands Ellegarden and Nothing's Carved in Stone.
In addition, the band featured Noriyasu "Kāsuke" Kawamura on drums, Hiroshi Watanabe on bass and Nobuhiko Nakayama programming the track.
[3] 893 (Hachi Kyū San, "Yakuza") is a band Sheena formed to perform her Chotto Shita Reco Hatsu mini-tour in 2014, and also to record the song "Sakasa ni Kazoete" from her "Nippon" (2014) single.
It featured Midorin from Soil & "Pimp" Sessions on drums, Keisuke Torigoe on contrabass, Yoshiaki Sato on accordion, Masaki Hayashi on piano and Ringo Sheena on vocals and guitars.
It was led by Toshiyuki Mori (森俊之), who sequenced and arranged songs, played keyboard, the electric guitar and the bass synthesizer.
It featured Junko Murata (村田純子) on bass, Marvelous Marble member Rino Tokitsu (時津梨乃) on drums and Ryō Asagami (淺上了) on sound equipment.
The band sung a mixture of Sheena's solo songs and covers of Western musicians, such as T. Rex, The Cranberries, France Gall and Björk.
The band consisted of Ringo Sheena (vocals, electric bass), Metalchicks and former DMBQ drummer Yuka Yoshimura (吉村由加), Number Girl and Bloodthirsty Butchers guitarist Hisako Tabuchi (田渕ひさ子), electric bassist Yasunobu Torii (鳥井泰伸) and Junko Murata from Sheena's previous band Hachiōji Gulliver.
Bassist Yasunobu Torii appeared in the music video for "Honnō," and guitarist Hisako Tabuchi later featured in the recording of "Sigma."
Himitsu Butai (秘密部隊, "Secret Corps") was a session band created to record the songs "Meisai" and "Ishiki" for the "Stem" single and Sheena's third studio album Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana (2003).
It featured electric guitar by Ukigumo (then Ryosuke Nagaoka), drums by Ahito Inazawa (アヒト・イナザワ) (Vola and the Oriental Machine, formerly Number Girl), bass and contrabass by Hitoshi Watanabe, shinobue by Hideyo Takakuwa (高桑英世), violin by Neko Saito and didgeridoo by Tab Zombie from Soil & "Pimp" Sessions.
[9][14] Ikenai Kotachi (いけない子達, "The Bad Kids") were a five-member session band created to record songs for Rie Tomosaka's "Shōjo Robot" in 2000.
It featured Rie Tomosaka on vocals, Ringo Sheena on piano and chorus, Hisako Tabuchi of Number Girl/Bloodthirsty Butchers as the band's guitarist, Eikichi Iwai (岩井英吉) as a bassist (who later performed with Chirinuruwowaka) and drummer Rino Tokitsu of Roletta Secohan and Sheena's high school band Marvelous Marble.
"Shōjo Robot" and "Ikenai Ko" were written with Tomosaka's image in mind, while "Nippon ni Umarete" was an unused demo from the Shōso Strip sessions.
[8] Kōcha Kinoko (紅茶キノコ, "Tea Mushroom") was one of the bands thanked in the booklet of Muzai Moratorium (1999), which lists the members' nicknames as Shige, Shin-chan, Shira-chan and Rino.
[18] Mangarama were a special band created for Ringo Sheena's concert at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall on August 16, 2015.
[19] Marvelous Marble (マーベラス・マーブル, Māberasu Māburu) was a high school all-female band from Fukuoka who performed at the 9th Teens' Music Festival in 1995, singing a cover of Danielle Brisebois song "Just Missed the Train.
"[20] It featured Yukiko Tsuda (津田由貴子) on guitar, Ai Nakagawa (中川愛) on bass, Izumi Suenaga (末永いずみ) on keyboard, Rino Tokitsu (時津梨乃) on drums and Sheena on vocals (then known as Yumiko Shiina).
The orchestra was used again for her soundtrack album Heisei Fūzoku (2007), performing the songs "Papaya Mango," "Yokushitsu," "Meisai" and "Yume no Ato.
It featured choreographer Shigetaro Ide (井手茂太) and dancers Mineko Saitō (斉藤美音子), Nagisa Sugao (菅尾なぎさ), Tomoko Yoda (依田朋子) and Ai Kaneko (金子あい).
[citation needed] As well as the band musicians, a 60-member orchestra was featured, which was conducted by Neko Saito and led by concert master Great Eida.
Audio from these tours was recorded for Ze-Chyou Syuu (2000), however Sheena was not satisfied with the results,[citation needed] and re-recorded three songs in studio instead for the collection.
The project was led by conductor Takayuki Hattori, and featured all of the members of Tokyo Jihen, as well as 13 additional musicians to perform the swing jazz song.
[18] The band recorded the songs "Tadashii Machi," "Kabukichō no Joō," "Kōfukuron (Etsuraku-hen)," "Sid to Hakuchūmu," "Koko de Kiss Shite."