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Tsukiumi told OTOTSU that she grew up on Sado, got to know indie rock in her high-school music club and found RAY while searching for shoegaze. The group’s emphasis on member initiative was one reason she auditioned.
In 2026 she was announced as a vocalist and guitarist in the three-guitar band のうまらいず, under the name まおらいず. She also produced the October 10 event Noise Party II. Its program listed a guitar session with Ui Unohana, a noise-heavy RAY set and her solo noise project Noise(BoB).
Mao Tsukiumi explained a detail of Tsugaru Yosare Bushi in ATC Taiwan’s 2025 interview. In the teacher-choreographed piece, her vocal handover from Yua Uchiyama uses expressions and movement to suggest a master passing something to a pupil. She also recommended Frontier, whose lyrics include members’ names, as a particularly lively concert introduction to RAY.
Tsukiumi told OTOTOY in April 2026 that RAY’s live band felt familiar because many of the players had worked on its songs for years. The guitars had more presence onstage, and the arrangements could change. For her own ノイズパーティーⅡ she started from a different sound. The published running order opened with the RAY members making noise while kneading pizza dough.
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Interviews and performances
Mao Tsukiumi on a musical handover
She described a choreographic detail and chose an introduction to RAY.
Tsukiumi’s Noise Party II
The event program lists a guitar session, a noise-heavy RAY set and her solo project.
Earlier works
RAY - 天体 / Tentai - 2025/9/21 at LIQUIDROOM
“Tentai” is a RAY group performance. The program for Tsukiumi’s separate Noise Party II shows how she uses a different lineup.
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