Noodle is a fictional Japanese British musician, singer, and member of the British virtual band Gorillaz. She provides the lead guitar, as well as some occasional lead and backing vocals for the band. When first conceptualising the depiction of a guitarist for Gorillaz, Hewlett was initially considering depicting her as a year-old adolescent girl carrying guitars, but Albarn noted that the idea was too similar to what Hewlett usually draws and suggested that Hewlett should create "something different". Taking Albarn's advice, Hewlett came up with the first official Noodle, a year-old Japanese girl. Noodle first came to the Gorillaz when they were a trio composed of 2-D , Murdoc and Russel after their original guitarist and 2-D's girlfriend Paula Cracker was caught having sex with Murdoc in the toilets of Kong Studios, which resulted in her being fired from the band. As a result, the band was left needing a guitarist, so they ran an ad looking for one. Later the same day, a FedEx crate arrived at Kong Studios, and a little Asian girl popped out and started playing on her guitar, as 2-D later described it, "The riff to end all riffs". After shredding on her guitar, she spoke a single word to the trio, and it became her nickname: "Noodle".


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Situated in the Magallanes Region on the southern end of Chilean Patagonia, the industrial-tinged hangout — strewn sparsely with heavy wooden tables of differing sizes — seems to attract the local hipster set, with the smell of strong coffee hanging thick in the air. After spotting the only awkward looking punter sat alone, not playing chess, she takes two wooden clipboards from the bar and makes her way over to sit down before throwing one of the menus across the table. Introducing herself, she removes a folding wooden chess set from the pocket of her jacket, which is now slumped over the back of her chair. She sets up the chessboard between us on the table ready to play, before perusing the menu. After ordering some gyoza dumplings and tofu yakitori, Noodle straightens up the board between us and brings my attention back to it. Removing her cap, she places it on the table and pushes a white pawn across the chessboard. Since then a Change. Noodle is the only member of the band to have reached out to Murdoc while in jail, with 2D even seemingly suggesting he was happy to be rid of him in a recent interview.
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The officially released biography for Gorillaz member, Noodle. Noodle arrived in a crate. She's a kick riffmeister, the Asian axe princess. She doesn't speak more than a word of English, and that word is "Noodle. Usually found with Russel. Special zen bond with 2-D. Tickled by Murdoc's desperation. Always the most centred of the band, Noodle takes Gorillaz' success in her stride.
Noodle is the official lead guitarist of Gorillaz. She also wrote the entire Demon Days album. Noodle was born in Osaka, Japan on October 31, She spent a portion of her childhood in Japan as a subject of a classified Japanese super soldier project under the management of the Japanese scientist, Mr. Noodle, along with 22 other children, were trained with the sole purpose of fighting as soldiers of the Japanese military and government.