The group released their debut mini-album Maid in Japan in January 2014, written in collaboration with musicians Masahiko Fukui and Kentaro Akutsu. Įarly in their history, Band-Maid regularly performed live at various venues around the Tokyo area. Their first performance as a five-piece was at the P Festival at Shibuya-AX on August 22, 2013. The band then decided to recruit an additional lead singer and selected Saiki Atsumi during auditions. On Jthey had their first live performance at the PP Audition held at Osaka Deep, as a quartet with Kobato on vocals. Hirose in turn suggested bassist Misa, with whom she had attended music school. Tōno had performed as a singer-songwriter and suggested her occasional backing drummer Akane Hirose for the new band. Kobato recruited lead guitarist Kanami Tōno after an Internet search.
Singer/guitarist Miku Kobato, formerly an employee of a Japanese maid café, envisioned forming a band that juxtaposed the maid image with rock music.
