Yōsei Teikoku


Yōsei Teikoku is a five-member Japanese musical unit formed in 1997. Their music mixes elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, electronic and classical music. Their works include the opening tracks of the several anime series, including Future Diary, Magical Pokan, Innocent Venus, , The Qwaser of Stigmata, Big Order, and the Tokyo ESP soundtrack. After releasing several independent albums, the band released seven major-label albums with their current label Lantis: Gothic Lolita Propaganda, metanoia, Gothic Lolita Doctrine, Gothic Lolita Agitator, Pax Vesania, Shadow Corps and The Age Of Villains.
Yōsei Teikoku is led by vocalist Yui, whose official title is "Dictator for Life". She bestows honorary titles on the band members as part of the Fairy Empire.

Band members

;Current members
;Former members
Prior to the release of Baptize, Yui and Tachibana were the group's only members. Nanami and Relu were made official members in 2010. Shiren and Gight joined the band in 2013 at the same time as Relu's departure. Shiren resigned from the band in 2018, and guitarist XiVa was announced as the new guitarist in January 2019.
In June 2019, Tachibana announced that he would withdraw from future live performances with the band at the end of the month, but would continue his work as the band's songwriter. New guitarist ryöga was announced as his replacement on stage, joining the band at the rank of corporal.

Discography

Albums