{{short description|Japanese musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Litsuko | alias = Litsuko | image = Osakar41.jpg | caption = Taneda performing with Shonen Knife in October 2011 during the Osaka Ramones tour | native_name = {{Nihongo2|種子田 律子}} | native_name_lang = jpn | birth_name = | origin = | instrument = {{flatlist| * Bass * guitar * vocals}} | genre = {{flatlist| * Pop-punk * alternative rock * indie pop}} | occupation = | years_active = 2001–present | label = | past_member_of= Shonen Knife | current_member_of= mophing people | website = {{URL|https://lit.link/en/mophingpeople}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Ritsuko Taneda'''|種子田 律子|Taneda Ritsuko}} is a Japanese musician, best known as the bass guitarist and rhythm guitarist for the pop punk band Shonen Knife from 2006 to 2016.<ref name="Shonen Knife site">{{cite web | title=Shonen Knife – Bio | url=http://www.shonenknife.net/bios/bios2008.html | work=shonenknife.net | publisher=Shonen Knife | year=2008 | accessdate=2010-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=少年ナイフ りつこ脱退のお知らせ | url=http://www.shonenknife.net/news.html | date=November 5, 2021 | access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref> Before joining Shonen Knife, she was a guitarist and vocalist for the J-Pop groups Keihan Girl and Denki Candy.
==Selected discography==
With '''Keihan Girl''':<ref name="Amazon Japan 1">{{cite web | title=Amazon.co.jp | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0000AFOVK | work=amazon.co.jp | publisher=Amazon.co.jp | year=2010 | accessdate=2010-12-06}}</ref> * ''Keihan Rock'' (2002) * ''Goodbye Thunderbird'' (2003)
With '''Denki Candy''':<ref name="Amazon Japan 2">{{cite web | title=Amazon.co.jp | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=%93d%8BC%83L%83%83%83%93%83f%83B&x=0&y=0 | work=amazon.co.jp | publisher=Amazon.co.jp | year=2010 | accessdate=2010-12-06}}</ref> * ''Denki Candy'' (2006) * ''Denki Shock'' (2007)
With '''Shonen Knife''': * ''Super Group'' (2008) * ''Free Time'' (2010) * ''Osaka Ramones'' (2011) * ''Pop Tune'' (2012) * ''Overdrive'' (2014)
With '''mophing people''': * ''alternative e.p'' (2022)
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==External links== * [http://www.shonenknife.net/profile.html Shonen Knife Biography] * [http://www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/category/from-ritsuko From Ritsuko Blog] * [https://mophingpeople.bandcamp.com/ mophing people on Bandcamp]
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