Jikuu was the first album released by Rin’. The title track was used as CM theme song for Hairmake EARTH, “Fuhen” was used as ending theme song for the anime Samurai 7 and “Sai no Kami” was used as image song for the city of Izu.
Rin’ was a Japanese pop group which combines traditional Japanese musical instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music. It is a female trio of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music alumni who graduated in 2003. The band made their performing debut in December 2003, at Meguro Gajoen, and in April 2004, their first single, called Sakitama, was released by avex trax. Chie Arai and Mana Yoshinaga play koto, sangen, and jushichi-gen, while Tomoca Nagasu plays biwa and shakuhachi. All three perform vocals. The name Rin’ comes from the English word ‘ring’, the Japanese word Wa 和, meaning both ‘ring’ and ‘Japanese-style’, and from the trio’s hope to create a ‘ring’, or circle, of music. Their unit name comes from the English word ‘Ring’ , the Japanese word ‘Wa’ (meaning ‘Ring’ and ‘Japanese-style‘), and their aspiration to create a ‘Ring’ (in other words, ‘Circle’) of music.IN’