Capsule formed in November 1997, after Nakata Yasutaka and Koshijima Toshiko met at the Teens' Music Festival in the Hokuriku area convention when they were 17 years old. Their first single was "Sakura", released in March 2001 on Yamaha Music Communications. Their first album, High Collar Girl, was significantly different from their later works; in that it did not involve nearly as much use of synthesizers or contain futuristic/electronic sounds. <br />Capsule are frequently referred to as "neo-Shibuya-kei" due to their stylistic similarities, both aesthetically and musically, to acts from the Shibuya-kei movement of the 1990s, most notably Pizzicato Five. Their music contains elements of bossa nova, lounge, breakbeat, and most recently electro house. <br />Capsule is known for frequently licensing their music for use on television programs in Japan, such as Utawara Hot Hit 10, Hello! Morning, and Nankai Paradise. As well, Yugo Nakamura's studio, Tha of Japan, used Capsule's music for promotional TV and web advertisements for KDDI. Their song Portable Airport (remix) also features in promos for The Comedy Channel on Australian pay TV. The album More! More! More! reached place 6 in its first week on the Oricon weekly album chart, and place 3 on the daily chart, marking their first time in the top 10. <br />On January 19, 2010, Capsule released "Love or Lies", a new song from the show Liar Game Season 2 and the upcoming movie Liar Game: The Final Stage. It was included on their newest album, Player, which was released on March 3.