"Ningen Isu" means "Human Chair," which comes from the title of a Japanese mystery story by a Japanse novelist, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965). See here for the plot of the story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Chair The band uses often stories of Japanese novels for their song writings. Wajima, the gitarist, wears a kimono used typically by the novelists in 19-20th century Japan.
To pronounce their name right, you can think about the word Ninja but just take away the "ja", so you are left with "Nin"; that is how you pronounce your first three letters. Next is the word Gun, but replace the "u" with "e" and pronounce Gen with a lower "e" sound instead of a high "e" sound which sounds like jen.
"Ningen Isu" means "Human Chair," which comes from the title of a Japanese mystery story by a Japanse novelist, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965). See here for the plot of the story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Chair
The band uses often stories of Japanese novels for their song writings. Wajima, the gitarist, wears a kimono used typically by the novelists in 19-20th century Japan.
23 albums.... for now.
人間 Ningen ＝ human
椅子 Isu ＝ chair
I actually only like this band just a little bit but this song is just awesome
To pronounce their name right, you can think about the word Ninja but just take away the "ja", so you are left with "Nin"; that is how you pronounce your first three letters. Next is the word Gun, but replace the "u" with "e" and pronounce Gen with a lower "e" sound instead of a high "e" sound which sounds like jen.
Nin - gain (like in "again") - Issue
Isu is pronounced as" is sue" :)