Onmyouza

Onmyo-Za (also Onmyouza or Onmyoza) are a Japanese heavy metal band who released their first album in 1999. They play quite orthodox heavy metal music, mixed with Japanese folk/pop musical elements. Their name Onmyoza literally means the gathering of yin and yang, and this is also represented by the female and male vocals.

Band members:
Matatabi - Bass and Vocals
Kuroneko - Vocals
Maneki - Guitar and Chorus
Karukan - Guitar
Tora - Drums

Stage names:
Each of their stage names has double meaning with a sense of humor.
→Kuroneko: literally means a black cat, just symbolizing her personality.
→Matatabi: is a flashing fire, but it can also be read as a silvervine (loved by cats).
→Maneki: practically?means "summoning oni", but its reading reminds most Japanese people of maneki neko.
→Karukan: is not clear in its literal meaning, though Karu independently means "attacking" or "hunting" and Kan is "adultery" or so.But its reading is familiar to Japanese people as a brand name of cat food.
→Tora has little literal meaning, but its reading is the same as tiger in Japanese. This suggests also that he is a fan of Hanshin Tigers.

All their stage names are related with cats.

Theme & inspiration
Their songs mainly deal with oni, yokai, the Japanese dragon etc, but some songs have more concrete theme and inspiration.
For example, Onmyo-za have ever composed 10 Ninpocho songs. "Ninpocho" means "tales of ninja magic", and those songs are tribute to Japanese author Futaro Yamada and his Ninpocho series. Their hit song "Koga Ninpocho" was written for anime "Basilisk" of which the original story is Futaro Yamada's "Koga Ninpocho".
There are also some other songs inspired by Osamu Tezuka and Natsuhiko Kyogoku.
The trilogy "Kumikyoku Yoshitsune" is based on the legend of Japanese ancient tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Fanlisting

A fanlisting is a way to unite fans of a certain band, song, or whatever the fandom is, from all around the world by sending the information to the owner of the fanlisting and being listed later.Great, don't you think?