Paint in Watercolour is a Japanese shoegaze band that first formed in 1989. Although they disbanded in 1994, they remain one of the most significant and popular shoegaze bands in Japanese music.The band hailed from Niigata and were formed originally by Masato Nunokawa (vocals, guitar), Kenichi Sekiguchi (guitars), Manabu Shimizu (bass) and Shigemi Sakyo (drums). The band were to release two albums and a couple of singles and EPs as well as appearing in many compilations.