Biography
Tujiko Noriko (born 1976) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and filmmaker from Osaka, based in France. Her music ranges from experimental pop to ambient, combining electronic rhythms, samples and acoustic instruments with vocals sung primarily in Japanese and occasionally in English.
Her early recordings for the Austrian label Mego included Shojo Toshi (2001) and Hard Ni Sasete (Make Me Hard) (2002). The latter received an Honorary Mention in the Digital Musics category at the 2003 Prix Ars Electronica. From Tokyo to Naiagara appeared through Tomlab that year.
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Alongside her solo recordings, Tujiko worked with Peter Rehberg on music for the dance company DACM. Their collaboration Stéréotypie, written for a production by Gisèle Vienne and Étienne Bideau-Rey, was released as an album in 2004. Other collaborative recordings include 28 (2005) with Aoki Takamasa and U (2008) with Lawrence English and John Chantler.
On My Ghost Comes Back (2014), she gave acoustic instruments a larger role alongside her electronic arrangements. Recorded in part at WORM in Rotterdam, the album features contributions on mandolin, viola, koto and musical saw.
Her filmmaking includes the shorts Sand and Mini Hawaii and Sun. She later co-wrote and co-directed the feature film Kuro (2017) with Joji Koyama, also appearing in the film and composing its music. Her work as a composer includes Aneil Karia’s Surge, whose soundtrack brings her compositions together with sound design by Paul Davies.
Crépuscule I & II (2023), released by Editions Mego, placed shorter vocal and instrumental pieces alongside extended ambient compositions. She also joined composer Adrian Corker and percussionist George Barton in the trio CxBxT, which released .After in 2025.
Her solo album PON followed on June 12, 2026, through Editions Mego. Dedicated to her late cat Ponpon, it combines electronic songs and longer compositions with recordings of domestic life, including sounds of the cat. Tujiko wrote and produced the album, with Lawrence English contributing mixing and sound treatments.
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