| Background: | group_or_band |
| The Coinlockers | |
| Native Name: | ザ・コインロッカーズ |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Label: | Warner Music Japan |
were an all-girl Japanese idol band formed on December 23, 2018. The band had a total of 38 members, all of whom played an instrument, and was produced by Yasushi Akimoto. In 2020, the group was reorganized to only include 13 members, with three members leaving by 2021.[1] That same year, the band announced that they would be disbanding on their third anniversary of their formation, disbanding on December 23, 2021.[2]
In September 2018, Warner Music Japan and producer Yasushi Akimoto announced that they would have auditions for the start of a "national girl band", using system for selecting members based on songs that some of the members would be participating in.[3] They ultimately chose 39 members from the auditions, but added two more members by the time of their debut.[4] In December 2018, Akimoto unveiled the 41 members of the new band and the name of The Coinlockers during a press conference.[5] They released their debut single "Yuuutsu na Sora ga Sukinanda" on June 19, 2019, which was used as a theme song for the drama Ore no Sukāto, Dokoyatta?[6] [7] The band also announced their first nationwide tour that took place in May.[8]
In May 2020, the band reorganized to only include 13 members and released their second single "Boku wa Shiawase Nanoka?"[9] From July 31 to August 14, they released the album Gunjō Mirāju on TikTok, uploading one song a day consecutively.[10] In November 2021, the band announced that they would disband at the end of the year, the third anniversary of their debut, after a final performance at Zepp Haneda Tokyo.[11]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon | Billboard | ||||
| scope=row | Gunjō Mirāju |
| – | – | |
| scope=row | Seishun to Band wa Tanoshiku de Mendokusai |
| 18 | 82 | |
| scope=row | Sutēji |
| 12 | 11 |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon | Billboard | ||||
| scope=row | "Yuuutsu na Sora ga Sukinanda" | 2019 | 16 | 16 | Seishun to Band wa Tanoshiku de Mendokusai |
| scope=row | "Boku wa Shiawase Nanoka?" | 2020 | 8 | 89 | |
| scope=row | "Yumenai Boku ga Yume wo Minda da" | – | – | ||
| scope=row | "Kebyō" | – | – | ||
| scope=row | "Aisu Chōdai" | 2021 | – | – | Sutēji |
| scope=row | "Kimi Oshi!" | – | – | ||