School Food Punishment

Introduction:
School Food Punishment was a Japanese four-piece rock/pop/electronica band. They were first signed under record label July Records/United Asia Entertainment (2007-2007), then under Fiveman Army Rocks (2008-2009) and then finally signed under Sony Music Japan's Epic Records Japan prior to their breakup in June 2012. The lyrics of each of the band's songs from 2004-2012 were written by lead vocalist and guitarist Yumi Uchimura.

Biography:
The band was founded on October 2004 by Uchimura Yumi, while their first live performance took place in December the same year. In 2007, their debut album, "school food is good food", was released. In 2008, both of their songs, "feedback" and "Futari Umi no Soko" were featured as theme songs to the Japanese television drama Joshidaisei Kaikeishi no Jikenbo, while their mini-album "Riff-rain" was released by Tower Records and sold out in under a week. They also performed in numerous live concerts, including FM802, part of the Minami Wheel 2008 live event, and the J-Wave Live event, part of the Tokyo Real Eyes Live Supernova.

In 2009, they signed onto their first major record label, Sony Music Japan's Epic Records Japan division. Their major label debut was the song "futuristic imagination", which was used as the ending theme song to the Kenji Kamiyama directed anime television series Eden of the East, airing on the highly rated noitaminA timeslot on Fuji TV. Among their first projects, was contributing to Judy and Mary's 15th Anniversary Tribute Album, in which they covered the band's "Brand New Wave Upper Ground" song, with their performance praised by sources such as The Japan Times for having been the highlight of the album, and for having evoked Judy and Mary's songwriting and musical values.

In 2012, the band announced that it would be going on an indefinite hiatus. The band said the decision came as a result of discussions between the four members.

On June 11, 2012 the band announced that they had broken up due to vocalist Uchimura Yumi having left the band.

Following the disbandment of the band School Food Punishment, Uchimura Yumi, producer Eguchi Ryo and touring guitarist Mitsui Ritsuo joined the band la la larks known as the successor to the band School Food Punishment. In 2016, Hasuo Masayuki and Yamasaki Hideaki found a new singer named Annabel, and formed their own band siraph, as well.

Final Members:
- Uchimura Yumi (内村友美) – founder, lead-vocalist, guiarist and songwriter (2004-2012)
- Hasuo Masayuki (蓮尾理之) – keyboardist, organist, electric pianoist and composer (2004-2012)
- Hideaki Yamasaki (山崎英明) – bass guitarist, backing vocalist and composer (2008-2012)
- Hidai Osamu (比田井修) – drummer and composer (2007-2012)

Former Members:
- Ueda Atsushi (上田睦) – bass guitarist (2004-2008)
- Katano Katsuya (片野勝哉) – drummer (2004-2007)

(Source: en.wikipedia.org)