The Shamisenists | Tokyo Music Community

DATE
October 19th, 2025 (Sunday)
TIME
OPEN 19:00 　FINISH 23:00
PLACE
Retronym Shimokitazawa 　Open in Google Map
TICKET PRICE
ADVANCE ¥ 3,500
DOOR ¥ 4,000
MTM Member ¥ 0

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## Artist information

### The Shamisenists

A Tokyo-based Japanese alternative shamisen rock band consisting of lead shamisen, bass shamisen and drums.
Led by Jakuku-JACK, who continues to pursue a new generation shamisen sound that makes full use of effects and forges his own unique path, there is YUJI, who is the first member of the band to play the bass shamisen, combining a sense of song and an excellent sense of rhythm honed through playing Japanese drums, and KYOHEI, who displays high-quality drumming in all genres and puts on a performance that would put any band frontman to shame. With their stunning live performances and the worldview of their songs, the three of them will be strumming the ``now of Japan'' and the ``now of Tokyo'' to the world.
They made their overseas debut in 2018 and successfully toured Taiwan twice.
In 2019, they released a new music video, "Maiden Voyage," filmed in Taiwan.
In the same year, they performed as the main act at the Yokota Air Base Friendship Festival 2019 and at the Rugby World Cup Official Reception (Yokohama Arena).
In 2020, they embarked on their first European tour and also performed on an FM station in London.
In the same year, they released their third album, "re:tokyo," on April 8.
In 2021, they won the "COLOR RED CHALLENGE World Debut Audition," an audition hosted by the music label "COLOR RED" in Denver, Colorado, USA, and were confirmed to make their world debut.

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リード三味線、ベース三味線、ドラムから成る東京を拠点とした日本のオルタナティブ・三味線・ロックバンド。
エフェクターを駆使した新世代の三味線サウンドを追求し続け、独自路線を突き進む寂空-JACK-を筆頭に、"歌心" と "和太鼓で鍛えた優れたリズム感" を兼ね備えバンドでは史上初のベース三味線を担当するYUJI、あらゆるジャンルにおいてハイクオリティーなドラミングを魅せ、バンドでもフロントマン顔負けのパフォーマンスを魅せるKYOHEIの３人が、圧巻のライブと楽曲の世界感で、“ニホンのイマ”、‘’トーキョーのイマ”を世界へ向けてかき鳴らす。
2018年に海外デビューを果たし、台湾でのツアーを2度成功させる。
2019年、台湾で撮影した新しいミュージックビデオ「処女航海」をリリース。
同年、横田基地友好祭2019でのメインアクト、ラグビーW杯オフィシャルレセプション（横浜アリーナ）での演奏。
2020年にはバンド初のヨーロッパツアーを決行し、ロンドンではFM局への出演も果たす。
同年、4月8日、3rdアルバム 【re:tokyo】をリリース。
2021年、アメリカ・コロラド州・デンバーの音楽レーベル「COLOR RED（カラーレッド）」主催のオーディション「COLOR RED CHALLENGE ワールド デビュー オーディション」にて優勝し世界デビューが決定。