Otoboke Beaver おとぼけビ～バ～ are a punk-rock-garage quartet from Kyoto, Japan. The band’s name is taken from a local ‘Love Hotel’ and they describe themselves as: “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band”. 

Formed at Kyoto University’s music club, the band consists of Accorinrin (Lead Vocal & Guitar), Yoyoyoshie (Guitar & Vocals), Hirochan (Bass & Vocals) and Leo (Drums & Vocals).  

Acco’s off-kilter self-taught compositional and confrontational performance skills, together with the band’s incredible musicianship make for a thrilling and unmissable live act. Known for their chaotic and electrifying live performances, Otoboke Beaver has garnered a global following for their blistering take on punk rock, characterized by intricate musicianship and command of a stage and have been name checked and praised by the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dave Grohl, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Tom Morello, The Ogspring’s Noodles, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers Chad and Flea, Wagner Moura and more.

They have sold-out shows globally and performed at the likes of Coachella, Glastonbury,Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock, Lowlands, Primavera, Roskilde,, Pohoda, Pentaport, Maho Rashop, Joyland, Clockenflap, Lollapalooza, Mosswood Meltdown and were guest curators for Sled Island Music and Arts festival in 2025. They have recently opened for Oasis, Foo Fighters, Green Day Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day,Idles, and Jack White, who gifted Yoyoyoshie a Fender Triplecaster declaring her his “new favourite guitarist”, while Dave Grohl dedicated a song to the band at Roskilde Festival, hailing them “thecoolest f*cking band I’ve ever seen”. 

Damnably Records released the compilation ‘Okoshiyasu!! Otoboke Beaver’ in March 2016, which was championed by Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft on BBC6Music & John Kennedy on XFM. 2017 was a breakthrough year for the band, with attention from Pitchfork, NPR, i-D and The Fader and more, acclaimed debuts at SXSW and FujiRock Festival, a sold-out show in London’s legendary 100 Club, and their ‘Love Is Short’ 7” charted in the UK for 4 weeks. 

In 2018 the band’s ‘ATTYUUMA’ tour saw them travel over 24,000 miles in a week, on a brief UK tour that was bookmarked by slots at Coachella Music Festival. 

After kicking things off at 2019’s SXSW music opening party and a run of wild showcases, the band released new album “ITEKOMA HITS” in April on Damnably, receiving widespread praise from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, NYLON, BrooklynVegan and many more. They made their European debut at Lowlands Festival in The Netherlands, appeared as part of the line up at Koyabu Sonic Festival in Japan, and composed the opening theme song for Japanese comedy series “Susumu Inomata & 8 Mojo”.  

In 2020, the band quit their day jobs in order to tour the world and were announced for a slew of festival worldwide, including SXSW, Villette Sonique, Primavera Sound, Beaches Brew Festival, Eurockeenes, Green Man Festival and many more. But since the pandemic hit, live music has been put on hold, and the band survived with the help of Bandcamp Friday livestreams-including a 24 hour Livestream.

In 2022, they released new album ‘Super Champon’, went on a festival run in Europe including Primavera Sound, Roskilde, and Pohoda Festival, and went on their debut North American tour which SOLD-OUT. 

2023 saw the band continue their path to world domination with sellout shows across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and festival appearances at Pentport (KR), Maho Rasop (TH), Joyland (ID), and Clockenflap (HK).

The band took to the Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2024, as well as performing at Roskilde for a second time. The North American 2024 tour saw the band sell-out many of the same venues as Nirvana did on their ‘Nevermind’ Tour and 20,000 tickets.
In 2026 the band played 6 Stadiums across Europe and the UK supporting the Foo Fighters and as well as Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland ahead of IGGY POP who a few months prior had raved about the band on his BBC 6 Music Radio show. 

The 2026 release “Is the new album out yet” 4″ Vinyl Maxi Single marked a poignant moment for the band—it’s the final recording featuring powerhouse drummer Kahokiss, who went on maternity leave after last year’s Fuji Rock Festival and announced her retirement from band activities earlier this year. The single arrives in tandem with Kaho’s three final sold-out shows with the band in Osaka, Tokyo, and Kyoto.True to form, these new tracks deliver everything fans love about Otoboke Beaver: equal parts rageand humour, world-class musicianship, turn-on-a-dime tempo shifts, deceptively melodic gang vocals, and witty lyricism steeped in Kansai-ben dialect and wordplay.Recorded with engineer Ippei Suda at LM Studio in Osaka’s Yotsubashi neighbourhood, and features three striking original artworks created exclusively for the songs by acclaimed animation director and character designer Naoyuki Asano (Samurai Champloo, Mr. Osomatsu).Kahokiss joined Otoboke Beaver in 2018, replacing original drummer Pop. She quickly became a fan favourite, earning acclaim from some of the world’s most renowned drummers—particularly afterviral clips of “I checked your cellphone” showcased her blistering, near-impossible 255 BPM performance.

The beat lives on with Leo (Emi), the band’s new drummer and an old friend. A few years ahead of thegroup at the same university music club, Leo is a founding member of Ni Hao! and was a beloved member of Shonen Knife from 2010 to 2014.