Midori Tatematsu

Midori began weight training in November 2021 during a hiatus in Lovebites' activities, and has since earned two silver medals in fitness competitions.

The Osaka-based trio was formed in June 2013 at the suggestion of composer Yoshingwie Masamsteen, who was a classmate of Midori's at MI Japan.

[10] She agreed and recruited vocalist Migaki Nishino and drummer Tsubasa "Zen" Zenta through contacts at MI Japan.

[10] After meeting Migaki, whom Midori said looked like a member of AKB48 and sang in a moe voice, they decided to combine that vocal and visual style with metal.

She coined "metalicche" as a cute version of "metal", Midori added "gekijo" which means "passion", and Migaki wanted to add a "★".

[15] Later that year, Midori was announced as a member of the newly formed all-female heavy metal band Lovebites.

She already knew bassist Miho, drummer Haruna, and guitarist Miyako, but the four chose vocalist Asami based on a demo she made.

Support musician Miyako officially became their second guitarist in August 2017, and they released their first full-length album Awakening from Abyss that October.

[19] Lovebites played their first gigs outside Japan in London, England at the end of November 2017, and won the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for Best New Band in 2018.

[22] Their comeback album, February 2023's Judgement Day, became their highest-charting record to date when it reached number 5 on both the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts.

[9] Due to her presence and mobility on stage and audience interaction, Miyako described Midori as "super aggressive" and the complete opposite of herself.

[6][25] Particularly, Loureiro for his wide variety of licks and Brazilian fusion-like nuances, Bettencourt for his sense of rhythm and the way he builds solos, and Malmsteen for his vibrato.

[25] The Reindeer Blue one has a purple paint job on its quilted maple top and Seymour Duncan pickups; an SH-1n '59 in the front and an SH-15 Alternative 8 in the back.

[31] For amplification, she mainly uses a Kemper Profiling Power Rack, which allows her to reproduce various amplifiers recorded from the actual source by having a USB with it preset.

[1] Although the focus is on muscles, the musician said she is also learning various other things in order to stay in shape so she can continue to play concerts.

In her first contest on July 3, 2022, she came in sixth place in the Under 40 bikini fitness class at the 5th Muscle Fest Yokohama Open 2022.

[38] She won her second silver medal in the Under 158 cm body fitness class at the 58th Tokyo Bodybuilding Championship on July 16, 2023.

Midori is known for her technical guitar playing.
Midori uses ESP E-II Horizon guitars.