Hiroshi: yesterday, today, tomorrow – guitar and singing
Hiroshi plays the guitar in traditional Japanese inns in Toogatta, in the Miyagi Prefecture of the Tohoku area. He also sings at local elderly centres and welfare facilities. His repertoire includes many old and folk songs (yesterday) but also new folk and animation songs (today). His aim is to build a bridge between Italy and Japan, looking ahead to the future (tomorrow), by introducing Italian and Japanese songs familiar to him.
Yoko Hallejujah – guitar and singing
Yoko Hallejujah is a singer who after playing at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, decide to moved to London. She is currently based in the UK, where she performs busking and where she carries out recording activities of different musical genres. Since 2010 she has been working in Torino, a city she loves like her hometown. This time she wants to play bright, fun and pop music to make Italian people interested in Japanese language and music.
REiKO & NAOMi – piano and flute
The duo started performing in Bahrain, where they showed the beautiful Japanese melodies to the local people and to those living away from their hometown. After returning to Japan and playing separately, they started to play together again to take part in the Japan Week.
Kamui Samurai Artists featuring Mika Kobayashi – samurai show
The Kamui Samurai artists and Mika Kobayashi have been fascinating audiences in Europe for 10 years now. The Kamui leader, Mr Tetsuro Shimaguchi, choreographed the movie Kill Bill vol. 1.