Potomelliポトメリ

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Chill indie pop from Tokyo.

Songs for strange days, soft nights and anyone looking for a friend.

01音楽 / Music

Music for wherever you are

Three songs, straight from the source. Press play — the whole garden comes with you.

Artwork for Won’t You Be My Friend
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Potomelli

Won’t You Be My Friend

A warm invitation wrapped in colour, curiosity and a little bit of chaos.

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02映像 / Videos

Three little worlds

Three films you can step inside. Previews play right here; the full worlds live on YouTube.

Won’t You Be My FriendA living room that keeps blooming.

Help!Softness, stacked into a fever dream.

ウラメシヤA gentle haunting, wide as a film.

03ストーリー / Story

From the drums to the front

Potomelli in a soft green suit against electric blue, surrounded by blue delphiniums, roses and baby’s breath.

Potomelli is the solo project of Tokyo-born musician Hironori Momoi — a singer, songwriter and composer whose warm indie-pop songs carry the rhythmic instinct of a jazz drummer.

After spending six and a half years in New York, Hironori returned to Tokyo and began placing his own voice at the centre: creating music only he could write, and songs that only made sense for him to sing.

Playful, wistful and quietly cinematic, Potomelli moves between everyday tenderness, strange little turns and melodies that stay with you. The project is still growing, watched over by four cats and a restless curiosity, but it already feels like the beginning of something much bigger.

The short version
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Composer
  • Jazz drummer
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Potomelli seated on a stool in the blue studio, a flower crown and a bouquet of blue flowers resting on his lap.
Potomelli on a dark stage under a blue spotlight, singing into the microphone while playing guitar.
StudioStage

04Hironori Momoi / 桃井裕範

One musician. Two ways of speaking.

Hironori Momoi behind the drum kit under warm stage light.
Behind the kit

Drummer, arranger, musical director.

Potomelli, surrounded by blue flowers.
At the front

Songwriter, singer, Potomelli.

For years, Hironori shaped music from behind the drums — listening, supporting, arranging and driving the room forward.

Potomelli began when he stepped into the centre, carrying all of that rhythm and experience into songs only he could write and only he could sing.

監督 / Supervision

The four-cat committee

Every serious musical project needs supervision.

  • Cat 01
  • Cat 02
  • Cat 03
  • Cat 04

Four cats. Currently reviewing everything.

05Archive / アーカイブ

Beyond Potomelli

Performances, drums, composition and the wider musical world of Hironori Momoi.

YouTubeDrum Solo - Chihiro Yamanaka Trio @Blue Note Tokyo (opens in a new tab)

More from the archive

Played through youtube-nocookie.com. Site music pauses while a video is open.

06Lessons / レッスン

Learn the music, not just the motion

TeachShare

Hironori Momoi Drum School — private lessons in Tokyo, built on the idea that teaching is really sharing.

  • Private one-to-one lessons
  • Beginners through aspiring professionals
  • Rock, pop, jazz, Latin, funk and R&B
  • Kids welcome
  • Theory and composition
  • Ensemble coaching for other instruments
  • Music-study-abroad guidance
  • Shirokane, Minato, Tokyo — flexible frequency
Hironori Momoi behind the drum kit under warm stage light.
07ライブ / Live

Alive on stage

Potomelli singing into the microphone under warm stage light, guitar in hand.
The songs begin quietly. Then the room becomes part of them.
A close-up of Potomelli mid-song, eyes closed, bathed in green-gold light.
Potomelli on stage with the band, lit by warm amber spotlights.

Upcoming

No dates announced right now — follow along and you’ll be the first to know.

Potomelli on stage with friends, warm light spilling over the crowd.
Potomelli

Let’s be friends.

Listen, follow along, and meet Potomelli somewhere between Tokyo, a melody and four very opinionated cats.