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Hashimoto Eriko

Hashimoto Eriko (2009)

Hashimoto Eriko (橋本絵莉子) is a Japanese rock artist. She is the vocalist and guitarist for the Japanese rock band chatmonchy.

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In 2000 Eriko came up with the name "chatmonchy" and decided to form a band. For the next couple years she worked on recruiting members. It wasn't until March 2002 that Hashimoto meet Fukuoka Akiko. Hashimoto soon learned that Fukuoka played the bass guitar and asked her to join her band.

In April of 2004 the duo meet Takahashi Kumiko, and later that month they enetered a battle of the band contest. They won the contest, and were award the grand prix.

In 2005 chatmonchy was signed to the Sony sub-label Ki/Oon Records and debuted with the mini-album, chatmonchy has come. In 2006 the gained major success with their song "Hana no Yume", and the success has continued on into their most recent releases.

Hashimoto is currently a vegan.