OTOKAI Friends Concert #8 – Video Release Announcement @ 3knot
The OTOKAI Friends Concert features music selected through OTOKAI, performed and recorded in a warm, intimate setting, and shared with you as a video concert.
For the 8th concert, the theme is “Everyday Style.”
▼ Watch the Concert in the App
■Performer Profiles
Norimichi Kokubo — Guitar
Born in Chiba Prefecture. He also performs as part of the guitar-and-violin unit mille baisers. He has toured internationally and has released 10 albums and video works.
Gyo Kitagawa — Guitar
Born in Saitama Prefecture. A graduate of Berklee College of Music. His work includes writing the lyrics for Arashi’s “Happiness” and “My Girl,” writing, composing, and arranging M!LK’s “Ichininosan,” and producing the Brass Band Disney! series, among many other music projects.
Yuichi Otsuka — Singing Button Accordionist
Yuichi creates his own distinctive musical world through the warm sound of the accordion and his singing.
His wide-ranging activities include collaborations with instruments such as steelpan, guitar, and violin, performances aboard the cruise ship Asuka II, stage appearances, appearances on NHK, and organizing “Mori no Ongakukai” (Forest Concert), a project bringing together music and nature.
■Program
1. A Little Farther — Shiro Sakurai
2. City Night Cruise — Mugi
3. Moonlit Waltz — Ryo Yoshida
4. Candy Run — Mugi
5. A Little Ballroom Waltz — Norimichi Kokubo
6. Fairytale Landscape — Maurice Claude
7. OTOKAI Parade — Norimichi Kokubo
■Venue
3knot
https://space3knot.wixsite.com/3knot
Located in Togoshi Ginza, Tokyo, 3knot is both the atelier and shop for the creative denim brand Marutenbou.
It is an active clothing-making space that also hosts music events and other activities.
📍 3F, 1-17-9 Togoshi, Shinagawa, Tokyo