TRiDENT
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Biography
TRiDENT Biography
Profile
Restarted May 1, 2020 / Osaka, Japan / Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Japanese Rock
Official sources verified: TRiDENT Official Profile / King Records Profile (checked 2026-07-11).
Biography
TRiDENT is a Japanese three-piece women’s rock band featuring ASAKA on vocals and guitar, SERINA on bass and chorus, and NAGISA on drums. The group developed from the Osaka-based Girls Rock Band Kakumei and restarted under the TRiDENT name on May 1, 2020. Its sound condenses sharp guitar riffs, melodic bass movement, highly mobile drumming and a powerful clear vocal into the density of three players, crossing hard rock, alternative metal, loud rock and an accessible pop instinct.
The first full album under the new name, ADVANCE GENERATION, arrived in March 2021. During the same year, the trio released Saikousou, which rebuilt songs from its earlier history, and the paired UNDER GROUND and OVER GROUND EPs, quickly establishing a distinct identity. In June 2021 the band also released TRiDENT 1ST LIVE DVD EPISODE 0-the return of us-, a DVD of its first headline show, played at Zepp Haneda on December 15, 2020. Saikousou II and D-X followed in 2022, balancing historical continuity through re-recording with forward motion through new material. Songs such as “CRY OUT” and “Signal” became central examples of the band’s ability to connect heavy physical playing with large melodic hooks.
Dream Up in 2023 framed ambition as practical action through “KICKASS,” “Repaint” and “NEO FUTURE.” The 2024 EP spice “X” expanded the palette with nocturnal and intimate shades, and the second full album DUX reorganized the recent catalog into a twelve-track statement. In September 2024 the band also released the two-disc live Blu-ray TRiDENT Dream Up TOUR at Zepp Shinjuku, recorded at the final of the TRiDENT Dream Up TOUR on February 12, 2024. TRiDENT’s arrangements allow every part to remain clearly audible while the choruses create the scale of a much larger ensemble, an approach that has become especially effective in live performance in Japan and overseas.
TRiDENT made its major-label debut through King Records in 2025 and released BLUE DAWN. Tracks including “Reimei no Uta” and “NEW ERA” retain the attack of the independent period while opening the melody toward a broader audience. The band’s defining strength is not simply that it is an all-female act, but that it turns the apparent limitation of a three-piece lineup into clarity, momentum and identity. By continually rebuilding its history while opening a path toward a new era, TRiDENT occupies a distinctive position in contemporary Japanese hard rock and loud rock.
In 2026 the band played a two-man show with SILENT SIREN at Shibuya Spotify O-WEST on July 20 (King of the Sea Tour 2026) and, on August 22 and 23, the TRY ME TOUR 2026 with Bray me at America-mura DROP in Osaka and Ina GRAMHOUSE in Nagano, both dates sold out. It was the guest act on the co-bill tour hosted by Yuyami ni Izanaishi Shikkoku no Angel at Shibuya Spotify O-WEST on September 12, and played the men-only event Oji Matsuri 2026 at Daikanyama SPACE ODD on September 22 and TRiDENT x NEK! pre. KYOZON at Daikanyama UNIT on October 3. Further dates were announced: NEMOPHILA’s first all-female co-headline event, shared with East Of Eden and NEK!, at EX THEATER ROPPONGI on October 12; Girl's UP!!! vol.421 at Shibuya eggman on October 22; WiTH, a two-band bill with Faulieu., at Daikanyama UNIT on November 4; and TRiDENT - Yeeet! TOUR 2027, the three-date release tour for the EP Yeeet!, opening at NAGOYA JAMMIN' on January 9, 2027, with OSAKA MUSE on January 16 and the final at LIQUIDROOM in Ebisu on February 13.
The Aesthetic of the Three-Piece Format
What characterizes TRiDENT is its deliberate commitment to the minimal three-piece format. With only three sounds—guitar, bass and drums—it does not fill the gaps but turns those very gaps into the contour and momentum of the sound. ASAKA's sharp guitar riffs and powerful, clear vocals; SERINA's melodically moving bass and chorus; NAGISA's highly mobile drumming—together they make the songs cohere at the density of just three players. The arrangements, in which every part remains clearly audible while the choruses create a unity that seems impossible for three, are proof of TRiDENT's high level of performance and construction.
The band name "TRiDENT," a three-pronged spear, symbolizes exactly this convergence of three forces into a single point. Rather than leaning on the frame of an "all-female band," the stance of turning the constraints of a three-piece into a weapon is what makes TRiDENT a distinctive presence in the contemporary Japanese hard rock scene.
Detailed Member Profiles
ASAKA (Vocal / Guitar) — The front of TRiDENT, a vocalist and guitarist. She single-handedly balances sharp riffs and powerful, clear singing, carrying the center of the band's sound and melody.
SERINA (Bass / Chorus) — With melodically moving bass and chorus she gives thickness and expanse to the three-piece sound image, radiating a presence worthy of a lead role even in the low end.
NAGISA (Drums) — With highly mobile drumming she carries the scene changes and propulsion of TRiDENT's songs, the rhythmic linchpin that powerfully supports the trio's ensemble.
Discography
| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ADVANCE GENERATION | First full album under the new name (March) |
| 2021 | TRiDENT 1ST LIVE DVD EPISODE 0-the return of us- (first headline show, Zepp Haneda, December 15, 2020) | Live DVD (June) |
| 2021 | Saikousou / UNDER GROUND / OVER GROUND | Re-recording / EPs |
| 2022 | Saikousou II / D-X | Re-recording / EP |
| 2023 | Dream Up | EP |
| 2024 | spice "X" / DUX | EP / second full album (November, twelve tracks) |
| 2024 | TRiDENT Dream Up TOUR at Zepp Shinjuku (tour final, February 12, 2024) | Live Blu-ray (September, two discs) |
| 2025 | BLUE DAWN | EP (major-label debut on King Records) |
Conclusion
TRiDENT is a three-piece all-female rock band that restarted in 2020 from the Osaka-based Girls Rock Band Kakumei. Balancing the inheritance of its past through "re-creation" (Saikousou) with forward motion through original songs, it stacked up numerous works in a short time and made its major-label debut on King Records in 2025. Its aesthetic of turning the constraint of the minimal three-piece format into the contour and momentum of the sound makes TRiDENT a distinctive presence in the contemporary Japanese hard rock and loud rock scene. Its course of opening a path toward a new era while rebuilding the past will continue.
Trivia
TRiDENT run a show called Oji Matsuri that only men aged 35 and over may attend. It began in 2023, devised by the members themselves, out of a wish to make a place for a generation that carries responsibility both at work and at home. The third edition took place at Daikanyama UNIT on 20 September 2025 and drew 350 of them. From the stage ASAKA told the room she wanted them to find growing older something to look forward to, and named a goal of one day staging Oji Matsuri at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The move to King Records was announced on 23 August 2025, at a headline show at Daikanyama UNIT. The show was billed as "Continue." — the word the band started from, with a full stop added. Late in the show, after "be with you," a film played in which the members said they were putting a full stop to the TRiDENT that had begun with the song "Continue," and stepping off in a new direction. NAGISA has said the ominous-looking title was chosen precisely to catch the audience out, and that the announcement came as a surprise. The show sold out, with around 500 people there.
The lead track of the major-label debut EP, "Reimei no Uta," was written for TRiDENT by Nob of MY FIRST STORY. It came out of an after-party. The band had been naming him as an arranger they wanted to work with, but had never met him, and on the night they hesitated over whether to go and say hello before deciding to. By Nob's account, over drinks they told him they liked a song he had done for Wagamama Rakia, he offered to write one for them on that basis, and they accepted on the spot. From their side, they had gone over expecting nothing.
On 15 July 2026 JPU Records, the British label specialising in Japanese music, announced that it was putting TRiDENT's digital single "Candle" out across Europe and North America. Pre-orders opened the same day for an international CD edition of BLUE DAWN, which the label describes as that record's first international CD release. "Candle" was written as the theme song for the Japanese television drama 35-sai, Ima Sara Koi toka Arienai; ASAKA wrote both words and music, and Shota Horie arranged it.
ASAKA explained the name in a 2021 interview. TRiDENT means a three-pronged spear, and the idea behind it was that the three of them should become a single spear rather than three people each firing off in their own direction. Under the previous name, Girls Rock Band Kakumei, she has said the feeling was of each member throwing what she wanted to play at the others; as TRiDENT the weight shifted toward the three of them building one song together properly.
In November 2019 the drummer of the previous band told them she wanted to leave; the departure itself came in March 2020. The band kept it quiet until February 2020, on the reasoning that if word spread and reached the audience, the shows they still had to play would take on an awkward air. Asked who the next drummer should be, ASAKA and SERINA said a name on a count of three and both said NAGISA. She was in a band called Quince and they knew her from shared bills, which made her awkward to approach — until word reached them that she herself wanted out of Quince, at which point they asked.
The first song written as TRiDENT was "Continue," put together by ASAKA and SERINA in December 2019, after the previous drummer's exit had been settled. The decision to change the band's name was taken at the same point. The lyric came last. While the band was on hold ASAKA had seen people reacting as though losing the drummer who anchored it meant the band was finished, and she has said the words came straight out of how galling that was — a plain "just watch me."
On the EP BLUE DAWN, "Koi no Magic Potion" is a cover of a 1991 song by Sukanchi, used as the opening theme of the TV anime Potion, Waga Mi wo Tasukeru — a tie-up that turns on the word "potion" appearing in both titles. Sukanchi's ROLLY played on it, sang backing vocals and produced. The band cut it live, all together in one take for the sake of the groove, rather than tracking parts separately as they normally do. ASAKA sang the lyric, written from a man's point of view, in the original key.
News
TRiDENT Hold A Three-Part Fan-Club Talk Show At navey floor, Akasaka, On October 18
The three parts start at 16:00, 18:00 and 20:00, each ticket comes with a greeting ticket, and first-come fan-club sales run until October 17 at 23:59.
TRiDENT Announce WiTH, A Two-Band Show With Faulieu. At Daikanyama UNIT On November 4
Announced by the band on September 17. The first play-guide pre-sale lottery runs from 18:00 on September 17 to 23:59 on September 27, and moshing and stage diving are prohibited at the show.
TRiDENT Confirmed For “Girl's UP!!! vol.421” At Shibuya eggman On October 22
The three-band bill also features F-272 and LUMiRiSE, with TRiDENT taking the stage at 20:15. The official advance lottery runs from 20:00 on September 16 to 23:59 on September 23.
TRiDENT Announced For NEMOPHILA-Curated 'Tenjo Mukyu Kyokuon Dochu' Show On October 12
The all-female bill takes place at EX THEATER ROPPONGI alongside NEMOPHILA, East Of Eden and NEK!, with the official second pre-sale opening at 18:00 on August 1.
Current Members
Current lineup verified from the official artist source on 2026-07-11. Official profile
Albums
A five-track EP that opens TRiDENT’s major-label chapter with a sense of daybreak, renewed purpose and an increasingly open, singable rock sound.
TRiDENT’s second full album, reorganizing key songs from 2022 onward with new material to present twelve tracks of attack, melody and live-driven momentum.
A live Blu-ray of the Dream Up TOUR final, played at Zepp Shinjuku on 12 February 2024, across two discs.
A five-track EP that expands TRiDENT’s range through spicy riffs, nocturnal atmosphere and more intimate melodic writing.
A five-track EP that turns the act of pulling a dream into reality into loud-rock force, bright melody and future-facing momentum.
A five-track EP centered on “CRY OUT,” moving between heavy confrontation, playful tension and a more lyrical sense of connection.
The second re-recording EP, rebuilding earlier material through TRiDENT’s current trio sound across five songs of impulse, resistance, utopia and renewal.
A three-track EP that imagines emerging above ground through forward motion, the clarity after rain and a quieter moment of reflection.
A three-track EP that turns confinement and survival into low-end weight, urgent speed and a determined wake-up call.
A five-track re-recording EP that rebuilds songs from the band’s earlier era as future-facing music for the three-member TRiDENT lineup.
A live DVD of TRiDENT's first headline show, played at Zepp Haneda on 15 December 2020. Fourteen entries.
TRiDENT’s first full album after the name change, establishing the trio’s restart, future-facing outlook and physical intensity across twelve tracks.