P-Model

{{Short description|Japanese rock band}}

{{more citations needed|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = P-Model

| image =

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| background = group_or_band

| alias = {{hlist|Ikari|Heaven|Karkador|The Mortal World's Paradise Kameari Eternal One Pattern Band|Kameari Towers}}

| origin = {{ill|Kameari|ja|亀有}}, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan

| genre = {{hlist|Electronic rock|experimental rock}}

| years_active = 1979–2000

| label = {{hlist|Warner-Pioneer (1979–1981)|Tokuma/Japan (1982–1984)|Alfa/EDGE (1985–1986)|Polydor K.K. (1992–1993)|DIW/SYUN (1994–1995)|Nippon Columbia (1995–1997)|Teslakite (1996–present)|biosphere/Magnet (1999)|Chaos Union (1997–present)}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Mandrake|Shun|Fukō Project|Global Trotters|PEVO|COTO|4-D|soyuz project|NeoBallad|Phnonpenh Model|CROSS|THE GROOVERS|ALLERGY|Shampoo|Uchoten}}

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| current_members = Susumu Hirasawa

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P-Model (also typeset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese electronic rock band started in 1979 by members of the defunct progressive rock band Mandrake. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but frontman Susumu Hirasawa was always at the helm of operations. P-Model officially disbanded in 2000, although many of its members continue to release solo albums and collaborate with each other on different projects.

Hirasawa has since released work under the name {{nihongo|"Kaku P-Model"|核P-Model||{{lit|nucleus of P-Model}}}}, effectively a solo revival of the band.

Members

=Former members=

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  • {{Nihongo|Yasumi Tanaka|田中 靖美}} – bass, combo organ, synthesizer, keyboard (1 January 1979 – 20 March 1983; 2013 {{small|Kaku P-Model guest appearance}})
  • {{Nihongo|Sadatoshi Tainaka|田井中 貞利}} – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums, drum machine (1 January 1979 – 22 December 1984; 14 March 1987 – 28 December 1988 {{small|PART2}})
  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Katsuhiko Akiyama|ja|秋山勝彦}}|秋山 勝彦}} – bass, vocals, keyboard, synthesizer, Tubular Hertz (1 January 1979 – 3 November 1980; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
  • {{Nihongo|Tatsuya Kikuchi|菊池 達也}} – bass, synthesizer (21 November 1980 – 5 August 1984)
  • {{Nihongo|Shunichi Miura|三浦 俊一}} – keyboard, guitar, vocals (27 March 1983 – 27 December 1985)
  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Tadahiko Yokogawa|ja|横川理彦}}|横川 {{ruby|理彦|タダヒコ}}}} – bass, electric violin, double bass, ocarinas (bass, tenor and soprano), synthesizer, MSX, vocals (28 August 1984 – 27 December 1985)
  • {{Nihongo|Yasuhiro Araki|荒木 康弘}} – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums (22 December 1984 – 14 March 1987)

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  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Teruo Nakano|ja|中野テルヲ}}|中野 {{ruby|照夫|テルヲ}}}} – bass (fretted and fretless), keyboard, vocals (23 January 1986 – 28 December 1988)
  • {{Nihongo|Yoshikazu Takahashi|高橋 芳一}} – Systems (23 January 1986 – 27 September 1987)
  • {{Nihongo|Hikaru Kotobuki|ことぶき 光}} – keyboard, synthesizer, vocals, Compact Macintosh, programming (1 November 1987 – 28 December 1988; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
  • {{Nihongo|Yasuchika Fujii|藤井 {{ruby|康親|ヤスチカ}}}} – electronic drums, cymbals (23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Hajime Fukuma|ja|福間創}}|福間 創}} – System-1 (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000; 11 – 14 January 2014 {{small|KAKU P-MODEL guest appearance}})
  • {{Nihongo|Kenji Konishi|小西 健司}} – System-2, bass (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000)
  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Wataru Kamiryo|ja|上領亘}}|上領 亘}} – AlgoRhythm (1 December 1994 – 15 May 1997)
  • Tainaco – Virtual drums (21 October 1997 – 20 December 2000)
  • Amiga program operated through MIDI signals; three types, 1, 2 and E (enhanced) were created. CG model based on drummer Sadatoshi Tainaka, later replaced with photos of Tainaka. Never reappeared after 2000.

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=Timeline=

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bar:fukuma text:"Hajime Fukuma"

bar:konishi text:"Kenji Konishi"

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bar:kikuchi text:"Tatsuya Kikuchi"

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bar:nakano text:"Teruo Nakano"

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bar:araki text:"Yasuhiro Araki"

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Discography

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Release details

scope="row" | In a Model Room

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  • Released: 25 August 1979
  • Label: Warner-Pioneer
  • Formats: LP, CS
scope="row" | Landsale

|

  • Released: 24 April 1980
  • Label: Warner-Pioneer
  • Formats: LP, CS
scope="row" | Potpourri

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  • Released: 25 April 1981
  • Label: Warner-Pioneer
  • Formats: LP, CS
scope="row" | Perspective

|

  • Released: 1 March 1982
  • Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record
  • Formats: LP
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Unauthorized Music Collection vol.1|不許可曲集 vol.1|Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū vol.1}}

|

  • Released: 25 March 1983
  • Label: Model House
  • Formats: CS
scope="row" | Another Game

|

  • Released: 25 February 1984
  • Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record
  • Formats: LP
scope="row" | Scuba

|

  • Released: 10 December 1984
  • Label: JICC Publishing Bureau
  • Formats: {{ill|Cassette Book|ja|カセットブック}}
scope="row" | Karkador

|

  • Released: 25 December 1985
  • Label: Alfa Records, EDGE Records
  • Formats: LP
scope="row" | One Pattern

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  • Released: 25 June 1986
    25 July 1986 (CD)
  • Label: Alfa Records, EDGE Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
scope="row" | P-Model

|

  • Released: 26 February 1992
  • Label: Polydor K.K.
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | Big Body

|

  • Released: 25 March 1993
  • Label: Polydor K.K.
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | {{Nihongo||舟|Fune|Ship}}

|

  • Released: 9 December 1995
  • Label: Nippon Columbia, Teslakite
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Electronic Tragedy/〜Enola|電子悲劇/〜Enola|Denshi Higeki/〜Enola}}

|

  • Released: 29 November 1997
  • Label: Nippon Columbia, Teslakite
  • Formats: enhanced CD
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die|音楽産業廃棄物〜P-Model or Die|Ongaku Sangyō Haiki Butsu〜P-Model or Die}}

|

  • Released: 1 September 1999 (MP3)
    22 September 1999 (CD)
  • Label: Chaos Union, Teslakite(MP3)
    Magnet Records, Teslakite(CD)
  • Formats: MP3, CD

=Live and Remix-Remake albums=

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! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Release details

scope="row" | Perspective II

|

  • Released: 1 May 1982
  • Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record
  • Formats: CS
    CD (Reissues)
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Unauthorized Music Collection|不許可曲集|Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū}}

|

  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Model House
  • Formats: CS
scope="row" | SCUBA (1989 CD re-issue)

|

scope="row" | Pause

|

  • Released: 25 May 1994
  • Label: DIW, SYUN
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|The Way of Live|Live の方法|Live no Hōhō}}

|

  • Released: 23 July 1994
  • Label: DIW, SYUN
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Corrective Errors〜re-mix of Fune|Corrective Errors〜re-mix of 舟
}

|

  • Released: 30 September 1995
  • Label: DIW, SYUN
  • Formats: CD

|-

! scope="row" | Scuba Recycle

|

  • Released: 30 November 1995
  • Label: DIW, SYUN
  • Formats: CD

|-

! scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Unauthorized Music Collection from 1983|不許可曲集 from 1983|Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū from 1983}}

|

  • Released: 21 October 1998
  • Label: Green Nerve
  • Formats: CD

|-

! scope="row" | Virtual Live-1 [P-Model Live at Roppongi S-Ken Studio 1979]

|

  • Released: 6 July 1999 (MP3)
    25 August 1999 (CD)
  • Label: Chaos Union, Teslakite (MP3)
    Magnet Records, Teslakite (CD)
  • Formats: MP3
    CD

|-

! scope="row" | Virtual Live-2 [P-Model Live at Shibuya Nylon 100% 1980]

|

  • Released: 25 October 1999 (MP3)
    25 November 1999 (CD)
  • Label: Chaos Union, Teslakite (MP3)
    Magnet Records, Teslakite (CD)
  • Formats: MP3
    CD

|-

! scope="row" | Virtual Live-3 [P-Model Live at Kyodai Seibu Kodo 1982]

|

  • Released: 25 November 1999 (MP3)
    15 December 1999 (CD)
  • Label: Chaos Union, Teslakite (MP3)
    Magnet Records, Tslakite (CD)
  • Formats: MP3
    CD

|-

|}

=Compilations=

=Singles=

=Other releases=

  • Model House Works, 1985
  • "Leak"/"Birds", 1986
  • "Pre Drums", 1986
  • {{Nihongo|Zebra Cassette|Zebraカセット|Zebra Kasetto}}, 1986
  • Christmas Song, 1986
  • "SSS-Star Eyes", 1987
  • "entro Pack", 1987
  • "Legend of Sadatoshi Tainaka", 1987
  • Cassette's Bravo!, 1988
  • Shut Up'N'Hit Your Stage', 1988
  • Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die Samples, 1999
  • Virtual Live Samples, 1999
  • Dekikake, 1999
  • "Moon Plant-I (full)", 1999
  • "Astro-Ho (narration Version)", 1999
  • "Falling Rain (P-Model version)", 1999
  • {{Nihongo|"Illegal Dumping"|不法投棄|Fuhōtōki}}, 1999
  • Global Tribute Battle, 2000
  • "Phase-7", 2000

=Videography=

  • Moire Vision, 1988
  • {{Nihongo||三界の人体地図|Sankai no Jintai Chizu}}, 1988
  • Bitmap 1979–1992, 1992
  • Ending Error, 1996
  • {{Nihongo|Non-Locality Live Video|非局所性LIVEビデオ||}}, 1997
  • Live Video "Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die", 2000

=Music Videos=

All videos from the Great Brain to Harm Harmonizer were directed by Yuichi "You1" Hirasawa (Susumu's brother). "Fu-Ru-He-He-He", "2D or Not 2D" and "Grid" were included in "Bitmap 1979–1992"; "Monotone Grid" was included in "Phton-3"; "http" was included in "Rocket Shoot"; "Logic Airforce" was included in "Live Video Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die".

  • "The Great Brain", 1979
  • "I Am Your Only Model", 1980
  • "different≠another", 1981
  • "potpourri", 1981
  • "natural", 1981
  • "disgusting telephone", 1981
  • "Heaven", 1982
  • "Perspective", 1982
  • "Be in a Fix", 1982
  • "Hoka No Keikaku", 1983
  • "Echoes", 1983
  • "Fu-Ru-He-He-He", 1983
  • "Atom-Siberia", 1984
  • "Harm Harmonize"r, 1984
  • "Karkador", 1986
  • "Another Day", 1986
  • "2D or Not 2D", 1992
  • "Grid", 1992
  • Monotone Grid", 1994
  • Power to Dream", 1995
  • "http", 1996
  • "Ashura Clock (Discommunicator)", 1997
  • "Logic Airforce", 1999

Legacy

P-Model, as well Susumu Hirasawa through his solo career, have been influential both on musicians, as well as on artists that work on other mediums, with a reputation for having many fans in the manga and anime industries.{{cite web|last=Kon|first=Satoshi|author-link=Satoshi Kon|date=November 1998|title=救済の技法|url=http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/recommend/index.php?content_id=2|trans-title=Technique of Relief|department=Recommendation|website=Kon's Tone|access-date=30 January 2020}} Their creative collaborators (and even 6 of the band's members) often started out as big fans of and directly influenced by their work: Berserk mangaka Kentaro Miura has found that listening to Hirasawa's songs has helped him regain focus on the themes of his writing multiple times,{{cite AV media notes|last=Miura|first=Kentaro|author-link=Kentaro Miura|date=6 November 1997|title=Berserk Original Soundtrack|others=Susumu Hirasawa|publisher=VAP|id=VPCG-84639}} mangaka/anime director Satoshi Kon wrote that Hirasawa's work was "a source of imagination and creativity for me" over the last 20 years of his life,{{cite web|last=Kon|first=Satoshi|date=12 August 2010|title=好ましい物たち|url=http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/notebook/archives/543|department=Notebook|website=Kon's Tone|access-date=30 January 2020}} film director Daihachi Yoshida considers Hirasawa as the creator of "about half of my way of thinking".{{cite web|title=三島の異色【SF】小説を現代設定に大胆脚色して放つ意欲作ー『美しい星』独創世界を紡ぐ孤高のアーティスト・平沢進、神曲「金星」を劇中曲に提供! |url=http://cinefil.tokyo/_ct/17046859|website=cinefil|publisher=Miramiru|access-date=30 January 2020|date=28 February 2017}}

Beyond associates, P-Model and/or Hirasawa have been cited as influences by musicians such as {{ill|Fukusuke|ja|Adpater。|display=force}} of Metronome,{{cite web|author=Fukusuke./Adapter.|date=24 September 2005|title=TALBOを使いはじめた動機と魅力 動機は平沢進さんです。|url=https://www.ikebe-gakki.com/web-ikebe/shibuya-talbo/message.html#fukusuke|department=タルボ遣いの先人たち|website=TALBO Secret FACTORY|publisher=Ikebe Gakki|access-date=30 January 2020}} Hiroyuki Hayashi of Polysics,{{cite web|last=Troup|first=Christina|date=3 March 2006|title=Polysics carry on in Devo style, but with a Japanese twist |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/03/03/polysics-carry-on-in-devo-style-but-with-a-japanese-twist|website=East Bay Times|publisher=Bay Area News Group|access-date=30 January 2020}} Daoko{{cite web|author=Daoko|author-link=Daoko|date=8 March 2016|title=こんな感じ②|url=https://lineblog.me/daoko/archives/4240521.html|website=DAOKO 公式ブログ|access-date=30 January 2020|via=Line Blog}} (whose song "Welcome to the Parade", from 2012's HyperGirl: Mukōgawa no Onna no Ko, was directly influenced by Hirasawa's worldview{{Cite web|title=ラッパーDaoko を創った3つの音楽|url=https://news.j-wave.fm/news/2016/10/daoko3.html|trans-title=3 Songs That Created the Rapper Daoko|work=J-Wave News|publisher=J-Wave|date=26 October 2016}}), Toby Driver of Kayo Dot (who claims the album Plastic House on Base of Sky was an attempt to "make [his] version of [Hirasawa's] music"){{cite web|last=Cusworth|first=Nick|date=21 June 2016|title=Watch Toby Driver Discuss The Inspiration For And Making Of Plastic House On Base Of Sky In New Interview|url=https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/06/21/watch-toby-driver-discuss-the-inspiration-for-and-making-of-plastic-house-on-base-of-sky-in-new-interview|website=Heavy Blog Is Heavy|access-date=30 January 2020}} and Kenshi Yonezu (who has said that a Hirasawa song "changed [his] life").{{Cite web|title=米津玄師さんがご来店♪|url=https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/otoajito/171.html|trans-title=Kenshi Yonezu Visits Us♪|work=Sapporo Beer Otoajito|publisher=J-Wave|date=17 March 2018|access-date=30 January 2020}}

Other artists that have expressed adoration for their work include Klaha of Malice Mizer,{{cite magazine|title=春名真樹(Vocal)|department=Personal Data|magazine=Hyper Radical Rock Press [ハイプ] — hyp|type=Fool's Mate extra issue|issue=5|publisher=Fool's Mate|date=5 April 1996|page=119}} Shiroi Heya no Futari mangaka Ryoko Yamagishi,{{cite magazine|title=山岸凉子 × 平沢 進|trans-title=Ryoko Yamagishi × Susumu Hirasawa|department=comic & music talk session (#2)|magazine=Putao|issue=30|publisher=Hakusensha|date=27 December 1998}} Arika Takarano of Ali Project,{{Cite episode|title=P-Model|series='80s New Wave Special [80年代ニューウェーブ特集]|date=28 November 2001|network=NHK|station=NHK BS-2}} Roujin Z/JoJo's Bizarre Adventure director Hiroyuki Kitakubo,{{cite web|last=Kitakubo|first=Hiroyuki|author-link=Hiroyuki Kitakubo|date=4 September 2010|url=https://twitter.com/LawofGreen/status/23011672113|title=初めまして、平沢さん。北久保弘之と言います。今 敏さんをアニメ業界に引っ張りこんだのも、P-MODELのスクーバを聴かせたのも北久保です。俺もアニメの監督を演っててしかも今さんと俺は同い年でした。平沢さんの心中、お察しします。又一人貴重な人材が旅立ちました。|publisher=佐倉 大 (北久保弘之) (@LawofGreen)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200206233739/https://twitter.com/LawofGreen/status/23011672113|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2020|via=Twitter}} voice actress/singer Sumire Uesaka,{{Cite episode|series=Uesaka Sumire no Otome * Musica [上坂すみれの乙女*ムジカ]|number=53|date=6 April 2014|station=Tokai Radio, KBS Kyoto, RKB Mainichi}} musician/actor Gen Hoshino,{{Cite web|title=第8回「この豚野郎!」|url=https://www.allnightnippon.com/hoshinogen/2016-05-16/01:00:00/|trans-title=Episode 8: "This Pig Bastard!"|work=星野源のオールナイトニッポン [Hosino Gen's All Night Nippon ]|publisher=Nippon Broadcasting System|date=16 May 2016}} Hellsing mangaka Kouta Hirano,{{cite web|last=Hirano|first=Kouta|author-link=Kouta Hirano|date=4 February 2017|url=https://twitter.com/hiranokohta/status/828032173416476673|title=葬儀の際に個人の好きな曲をかけるとJASRACが来ると聞き じゃあ平沢進先生の曲ならOKかもと思ったが Forcesとか舵を取れとかをかけたら 葬儀場で蝕が起こって故人がゴッドハンドに復活しそう|publisher=平野耕太 (@hiranokohta)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200206234112/https://twitter.com/hiranokohta/status/828032173416476673|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2020|via=Twitter}} Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba mangaka Koyoharu Gotouge,{{cite book|last=Gotouge|first=Koyoharu|date=5 March 2019|orig-year=3 March 2017|title=Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba|title-link=Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba|publisher=Viz|volume=5|isbn=978-1-9747-0056-1}} Fullmetal Alchemist/Concrete Revolutio director Seiji Mizushima,{{cite web|last=Mizushima|first=Seiji|author-link=Seiji Mizushima|date=12 April 2018|url=https://twitter.com/oichanmusi/status/984381377310162945|title=昔からなんか新しいのが好きでして(笑) この頃だとジューシーフルーツとか戸川純とか……ゲルニカ、ハルメンズ、P -Model とかかしら……レンタルレコードも駆使して色々聞き漁ってました\(^ω^)/|publisher=水島 精二 (@oichanmusi)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200206234343/https://twitter.com/oichanmusi/status/984381377310162945|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2020|via=Twitter}} Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua]/Taiko no Tatsujin composer Satoshi "hil" Ishikawa{{cite web|last=Ishikawa|first=Satoshi|date=16 January 2020|url=https://twitter.com/Soyuz_3/status/1217953129557184513|title=日本のミュージシャンで1番の轟音ギタープレイヤーは、他の誰でもなく平沢進その人だ。 #NowPlaying Ashura Clock (Ashura Clock) by P-Model|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200326003151/https://twitter.com/Soyuz_3/status/1217953129557184513|archive-date=26 March 2020|url-status=live|access-date=25 March 2020|via=Twitter}} and actress/singer Ko Shibasaki.{{cite web|last=Shibasaki|first=Ko|author-link=Ko Shibasaki|date=16 February 2020|url=https://twitter.com/ko_shibasaki/status/1229043937060556800|title=神様平沢進様|publisher=Ko Shibasaki 柴咲コウ (@ko_shibasaki)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200317010031/https://twitter.com/ko_shibasaki/status/1229043937060556800|archive-date=17 March 2020|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|via=Twitter}}

The five main characters of the K-On! franchise (Yui Hirasawa, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki and Azusa Nakano) are in a band, share the surnames of late '80s P-Model members and play their respective primary instrument (save for Nakano).{{cite web|title=超絶話題沸騰中の「けいおん!」よりシングル2タイトルがリリース!限定盤は着せ替えジャケット! |trans-title=2 Singles from the Extremely Popular K-On! Have Been Released! Limited Edition Reversible Covers! |url=http://listen.jp/newtype/anisonnews_000660.htm |department=アニソンニュース [AniSon News] |work=Newtype Anime Music Download |publisher=Listen Japan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417052859/http://listen.jp/newtype/anisonnews_000660.htm |archive-date=17 April 2009 }}{{Cite web|last=Yotsumoto|first=Toshimi|date=7 June 2009|title=なぜ我々は「けいおん!」に萌えてしまうのか?|trans-title=Why are We so Moe for K-On!?|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/425/425222|department=テレビを捨てよ、動画サイトを観よう [Throw Away Your TV, and Let's Watch Video Sites] (#6)|work=ASCII.jp|publisher=ASCII Media Works|page=1}} All referenced members who are still active have acknowledged the connection.{{cite web|title=Twitter in Translation - The Legend of Hirasawa Yui|url=https://phonon-belt.dreamwidth.org/12820.html|website=音の帯〜Phonon Belt|via=Dreamwidth}}{{Cite web|author=Maname|date=4 November 2009|title=Twitter「平沢唯じゃない」でも1万人がフォロー|trans-title=Twitter - "I'm Not Yui Hirasawa", but 10,000 People Still Follow|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/473/473075|department=週刊Twitterなう! [Weekly Twitter Now!] (#17)|work=ASCII.jp|publisher=ASCII Media Works}}{{Cite web|last=Yotsumoto|first=Toshimi|date=16 December 2009|title=ソロデビュー20周年記念・平沢進ロングインタビュー【前編】「私は平沢進だぞ。平沢唯じゃない」 本人に聞いてみた|trans-title=Solo Debut 20th Anniversary Susumu Hirasawa Long Interview [Part 1] We Asked the Man Himself about "I am Susumu Hirasawa. Not Yui Hirasawa"|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/482/482115/index-5.html|department=ミュージック・ギークス! [Music Gigs!] (#10)|work=ASCII.jp|publisher=ASCII Media Works|page=5}}{{cite web|last=Akiyama|first=Katsuhiko|date=12 July 2010|title=「けいおん」グッズ!|trans-title=K-On Goods!|url=https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/voxmarksix/35684596.html|website=秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary]|via=Yahoo! Japan Blog}}{{cite web|last=Akiyama|first=Katsuhiko|date=24 July 2010|title=「けいおん」で想い出した事|trans-title=Things K-On Made Me Remember|url=https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/voxmarksix/35762080.html|website=秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary]|via=Yahoo! Japan Blog}}{{cite web |url=https://twitpic.com/23r08a |title=事もあろうか中野梓フィギュアが差し入れら ... On Twitpic |website=twitpic.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712083207/https://twitpic.com/23r08a |archive-date=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite sign|title=fake rev.歯堅ゑ儀|trans-title=Dental Firmness Ceremony|type=Plaque inside temporary art installation venue Planis Hall|series=JR Tower Art Planets 2016 北海道新幹線開業記念「夢・つなぐ風景」 [Hokkaido Shinkansen Opening Commemoration Memorial: "The Dream — Connected Landscapes"]|publisher=Sapporo Station General Development|date=2–24 July 2016}} Besides that, P-Model references can also be found on the manga The Sorrow of a Perfectly Healthy Girl{{Cite web | url=https://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10252786138.html |title = 『『嘆きの健康優良児』第2巻より。』}}{{Cite web | url=https://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10253534789.html |title = 『『嘆きの健康優良児』第3・4巻より。』}} and Opus;{{cite book|title=The Art of Satoshi Kon|date=5 August 2015|publisher=Dark Horse|isbn=978-1616557416}} as well the anime Sailor Moon, Perfect Blue,{{cite web|title=the scene in Perfect Blue where CHAM's new single makes the charts|url=http://hirasawalyrics.tumblr.com/post/32373485469/during-the-scene-in-perfect-blue-where-chams-new|website=Hirasawa Lyrics|via=Tumblr}} BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Space Dandy. In the world of theatre, musician/playwright {{ill|Keralino Sandorovich|ja|ケラリーノ・サンドロヴィッチ}} named 2 of his stage plays ({{ill|Frozen Beach|nobold=1|ja|フローズン・ビーチ}} and Blue Cross) after P-Model songs and 1 (Haldyn Hotel) after a Hirasawa solo song.

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