NICO Touches the Walls were a Japanese rock alt-band formed in 2004 by Mitsumura
Tatsuya (vocals, guitar), Furumura Daisuke (guitar), Shingyouji Shotaro (bass),
and Tsushima Shotaro (drums). They gained early recognition after winning the
prestigious Lotte Prize at the Yamaha Teen Music Festival in 2004, and released
two indie mini-albums two years later: Walls Is Beginning and runova x handover.
These set the stage for their first studio album, Who are you? released on
Ki/oon Records. NICO Touches the Walls later rose to prominence with hits like
"Broken Youth" (2008), which bec...