Jizue

Jizue (ジズー), stylized as jizue and pronounced "Jizu", is a Japanese instrumental jazz-fusion band from Kyoto.^[1] The band's name is taken from an alternate spelling of French soccer star Zinedine Zidane's nickname "Zizou".^[2][3]

jizue
Origin	Kyoto, Japan
Genres	Jazz fusion post-rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	bud music Victor Entertainment
Members	Gou Yamada Noriyuki Inoue Kie Katagi
Past members	Shin Kokawa
Website	jizue.com

History

Jizue was formed in 2006 by guitarist Norimasa Inoue, bassist Tsuyoshi "Gou" Yamada, and drummer Shin Kogawa. Piano player Kataki "Kie" Nozomiyo joined the following year. Their music was influenced by post-rock, together with jazz, which led to their present fusion sound.^{[citation needed]} They have performed at large music festivals such as Fuji Rock.^[4]

In 2017, they were signed to Victor Entertainment.^[5]

Band members

Current

• Tsuyoshi "Gou" Yamada – bass guitar
• Noriyuki Inoue – guitar
• Katagi "Kie" Nozomiyo – piano

Past

• Shin Kokawa – drums

Discography

Studio albums

• Bookshelf (2010)
• novel (2012)
• journal (2013)
• shiori^[6] (2014)
• story (2016)
• ROOM (2018)
• gallery (2019)
• Seeds (2020)
• Garden (2021)
• biotop (2023)
• Mer (2025)

EPs

• grassroots (2017)
• gnome (2022)
• Lotus (2024)

Live albums

• Jizue Orchestra Live at Kyoto Concert Hall 2019.10.19 (2020)

Soundtracks

• Stars Align Original Soundtrack (Hoshiai no Sora) (2019)
• Gekokujō Kyūji (2023)^[7]
• Nine Border (2024)
• Sora Wataru Kyoushitsu (Original TV Soundtrack) (2024)
• La vie en vanille (2025)
• The Monster Within (2025)
• Sharing Kita-kun (2025)

Singles

• "Chaser/Sun" (2011)
• "Dance" (2013)
• "Christmas Comes to Our Place" (2015 – Split with Fox Capture Plan)
• "惑青 / 真黒" (2015 – feat. Shing02)
• "I Miss You" (2017)
• "grass" (2017)
• "trip" (2017)
• "Sing-la" (2018)
• "P.D.A." (2019)
• "because" (2020)
• "marten" (2020)
• "KANAME (feat. Shota Aratani (Yonawo))" (2021)
• "bask" (2021)
• "ARUKAS" (2021)
• "days" (2021)
• "brink" (2022)
• "24/7" (2023)
• "A moving scenery" (2023)
• "Hilarious" (2024)