Answer the following question: Facts: - years active: 1993 & ndash ; present - past members: shin -lrb- drums -rrb- -lrb- left 2001 -rrb- hiroshi '' bucchi -lrb- '' sasabuchi -lrb- drums -rrb- -lrb- left 2009 -rrb- drums -rrb- -lrb- left 1996 -rrb- takashi - origin: chiba prefecture , japan - genre: alternative rock , ambient rock rock , shoegaze , garage rock , noise - name: plastic tree - background: group_or_band - label: gio warner music japan -lrb- 1997 & ndash ; 2001 -rrb- records entrance -lrb- 1997 & ndash ; 1998 -rrb- sweet heart -lrb- records -lrb- 2001 and 2003 -rrb- atmark corporation -lrb- 2002 1995 -rrb- universal music japan -lrb- 2003 & ndash ; 2004 & and 2006 & ndash ; 2010 -rrb- sick room records ndash -lrb- 2003 & ndash ; 2005 -rrb- j-rock -lrb- 2005 ; -rrb- akatsuki label -lrb- 2007 & ndash ; present -rrb- 1997 tokuma japan communications -lrb- 2010-2012 -rrb- flying star -lrb- 2012 -rrb- - -rrb- - current members: ryutaro arimura akira nakayama tadashi hasegawa kenken sato - associated acts: tatsuya -rrb- seiji kameda -lrb- 2003-2004 -rrb- masataka kitaura -lrb- 2007 nishiwaki -rrb- masao akashi -lrb- 2007-current -rrb- -lrb- 1998 -rrb- shinobu narita -lrb- 1999-2002 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of plastic tree .
Answer:
plastic tree is a japanese visual kei alternative rock band , formed in december 1993 in chiba prefecture .they released their first mini-album in december 1995 , and in 1997 , they released their first single on a major label .