Wagakki Band

Wagakki Band

Wagakki Band during a photo shoot at Japan Expo 2014 in Paris
Background information
Origin  Japan
Genres J-POP, Folk Rock, Folk Metal
Years active 2013 (2013) – present
Labels avex trax
Website wagakkiband.jp
Members Yuko Suzuhana
Kiyoshi Ibukuro
Daisuke Kaminaga
Beni Ninagawa
Kurona
Machiya
Asa
Wasabi

Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド wagakki bando) is a musical group from Japan. The shigin singer Yuko Suzuhana (elected Miss Nico Nama ニコ生 in 2011) and seven musicians fuse Vocaloid songs with wagakki (traditional Japanese musical instruments) and Western rock.[1][2] Their music video Tengaku (天樂) was seen more than 200 000 times in four days.[3] Moreover, the music video of the following song Senbonzakura (千本桜) has received more than 30 million views on YouTube.[4] In 2014, Wagakki Band was invited by Japan Expo 2014 in France and their first oversea independent concert will be held at Taipei in 2015. On July 4, 2015, Wagakki Band headlined a sold-out concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles as a main event at Anime Expo. The Vocaloid IA was the opening act, also in her first North American live show.

Members

Discography

Studio albums
Singles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "鈴華ゆう子with和楽器バンド". ニコニコ大百科. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Wagakki Band". JpopAsia. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Wagakki Band in showcase". Japan Expo. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Nihongo".
  5. ↑ "Vocalo Zanmai - Wagakki Band". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  6. ↑ http://wagakkiband.jp/wagae/discography/detail.php?id=1010749. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "和楽器バンド / NEW MUSIC VIDEO「華火」先行トレーラー". Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  8. ↑ "和楽器バンド / 2/25発売「戦-ikusa-/なでしこ桜」ダイジェスト／Wagakki Band"Ikusa""Nadeshikozakura"Digest". Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  9. ↑ "【双星の陰陽師OP】Valkyrie -戦乙女- - 和楽器バンド【弾いてみた】". Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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