eX-Girl was founded in the year 1997 whose original members were Chihiro, Kirilo and Fuzuki. Regardless of the members' non-existing musical experience, their career started off quickly as they began touring and released their debut album within a year from creating the band, all safely under the wings of the famous producer/keyboardist Hoppy Kamiyama. After this the band played in the US for the first time.
However, the actual conquering of the United States started in 1999, as the band performed in the event called SXSW in Austin, Texas. Around this time Virgin Mega Store and Tower Records noticed eX-Girl and did their part in marketing the new album Kero! Kero! Kero!.
The a capella album Big When Far, Small When Close was released in the year 2000 via Kirilo's own label Kikipoo Records. At the same time eX-Girl released their previous album in Europe, which brought the band to tour the continent for the first time. In July, they toured together with Fantomas, with the help of Mike Patton (Faith No More). The band performed in Finland from October to November.
The group returned to Europe again in 2001, playing at big events such as Denmark's Roskilde Festival. At the end of the year they had their first ever change of line-up as Chihiro quit and Keiko (ex SUPER JUNKY MONKEY) picked up the spot of being eX-Girl's guitarist. Before the change though, the original members had a project named PUNK LADY, where they covered PINK LADY's biggest hits.eX-Girl, with the new line-up, toured again in Finland in 2002, before having the chance of supporting Siouxsie & The Banshees on their tours both in the USA and UK. This naturally made a positive effect on their popularity.
Unfortunately, the line-up continued changing. The drummer Fuzuki left eX-Girl in 2003, being replaced by Chapple. Kirilo changed her name to Kirilola and Keiko changed hers to Keikos. The American-based label Alternative Tentacles Records released the next album Endangered Species, during which the band used another guitarist Zorek, until Keiko returned, just before the drummer changed once again.
Despite the changes, the band continued touring in the United States, but time inevitably brought more changes. By the beginning of the year 2006, Kirilola had changed her position from bass to guitar, and the new member Laan Zukioh was the new bassist. Later in the summer, Bonb-Chu was found to fulfill his position as drummer. With this new line-up the group started their new world tour in October 2006.
By the summer of 2007, the girls flew to Northern Europe and held seven performances over the span of two months. Shortly after this final tour, the band announced they would be taking an indefinite hiatus. There has been no updates from eX-Girl since 2009, and they currently have no lives scheduled.
The band's only remaining original member, Kirilola, has several ongoing music-related projects. The artist has, among other things, taken part in Kamiyama's artistic projects with her singing, playing and dancing, and in the year 2004, she released spiritual healing music under the project name Akasau. This album was carried out together with several musicians, the main one being Renge, who plays traditional Japanese bells.
