is a Japanese rock band, often called Delico for short. They are popular not only in Japan but also Hong Kong and Taiwan. Members Kumi (Born April 11, 1976, in Chiba Prefecture) – lead vocals, guitars, etc. Kumi speaks English because she lived in San Francisco, the United States, in her youth. She got married on March 9, 2010. Naoki (Born July 21, 1973, in Shizuoka Prefecture) – guitars, bass, backing vocals, etc. Naoki wrote his name in their early works as "Naoki Sato". He produces The Bawdies. Backup band Hirohisa Horie (Neil & Iraiza): keyboards, guitar Kiyoshi Takakuwa (ex-Great3): bass Kenichi Shirane (Great3): drums Nobumasa Yamada (amp'box Recording studio): recording engineer, drums Tomohiko Gondo: programming History The band was formed in January 1997 by singer Kumi and guitarist Naoki Sato, while studying at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Only Kumi and Naoki remained finally in the band though it consisted of several members at first. They signed with major label Victor in 1999. Their first album, The Greatest Hits, sold over two million copies. Their second album Love Psychedelic Orchestra, was released on January 9, 2001, and went on to sell 690,000 copies. Love Psychedelico visited America in March 2001 and appeared at the music festival SXSW as part of the Japan Nite event. They also toured extensively through the club and bar circuit in the United States, garnering largely positive reactions. American cities the band has said to have enjoyed playing were Nashville, Austin, and Kumi's childhood home of San Francisco. They have released two albums since, Love Psychedelico III, in early 2004, and compilation album Early Times, in February 2005. This best-of compilation received a positive response in the Taiwanese J-pop market and the group visited Taiwan in June of that year. They held a concert in Taipei on June 22 where many fans gathered, including a sizable number of celebrity attendees. It proved to be a very successful concert for the duo who do not usually appear publicly. For the promotion of their album, Golden Grapefruit, Love Psychedelico made their first televised music program appearance on Bokura no Ongaku in 2007. It is also notable that they were interviewed by Yoko Ono, famous experimental musician and widow of John Lennon. They released the album This is Love Psychedelico in the United States on May 20 from HackTone Records because David Gorman, the president of the label,