ALI PROJECT

Ali Project is an avant-garde rock band from Tokyo, Japan, featuring musicians Arika Takarano and Mikiya Katakura. Blending prog-rock and baroque influences with vintage clothes inspired by Japan's "street fashion" craze, the band debuted with 1988's Gensou Teien, which was released under the original band name "Ant Project." Takarano and Katakura had adopted their new name by the time Gekka no Ichigun was released four years later. 1994's Dali, 1997's Peony Pink, 1998's Noblerot, 2001's Aristocracy, and 2002's Erotic & Heretic all failed to chart, with Ali Project reaching the Top 200 for the first time with Dilettante. Released in 2005, the album reached Number 116 in Japan and was followed by 2007's Psychedelic Insanity, which hit Number 20. This was the first Top 20 entry for Ali Project, and group earned another Top 20 entry with 2008's Kinsho. Poison reached Number 18 one year later, Han Shinnihon Shugi reached Number 14 in 2010, and Gansakushi hit Number 27 in 2012. Ali Project often partnered with anime series, contributing songs to soundtracks for Kaibutsu Oujo, Avenger, Noir, and other programs. After releasing albums like Violetta Operetta during the latter half of the 2010s, the group returned in 2021 with Belle Époque, followed in 2023 by 天気晴朗ナレドモ波高シ. In October 2025, the album Underground Insanity was released.