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-CHINEN DAICHI- In 2004, he encountered street performance on the streets of Ikebukuro and decided to pursue it. Since then, he has performed at numerous street performance festivals and on the streets both in Japan and abroad. In 2013, he appeared as a dancer in "Sakuko on the Shore," directed by Koji Fukada. In 2014, he performed the solo dance performance "Investigation - Earth Edition" (@plan-B), directed by Min Tanaka. In 2020, the documentary film "Daichi no Mai (I Want to Dance)," directed by Kazuyuki Nozawa, was screened at Toyooka Theater. His cameraman was Yasuhiro Hotta, who filmed "Kaze no Suke (View of the Wind)," directed by Keiya Ouchida, which documented the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata dancing in the streets. In 2021, he choreographed the performance for the NHK Saturday drama "The Piano Man in a Six-Tatami Room." From 2023 to 2024, he will be performing in the regular nude performance "LATAI." I continue to experiment with dance as a device that shakes the "existence" within everyone. Street performer/dancer. Entertainer. CHINEN DAICHI website You Tube |
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-EPPAI- In 1998, he started a band (bass and vocals at the time). In 1999, he worked at the live music venue Stat for three years. In 2003, he started playing the violin. After four bands (731, ORIGINAL?POLKITCH, Angripogachan, and AnAn-POGA), In 2011, he began performing street performances by simultaneously playing one-handed violin, organ, drums, and kazoo (or singing). In 2012, he obtained a Tokyo Metropolitan Government-certified street performance license and Heaven Artist (music category) certification. In 2013, he appeared at the Fuji Rock Festival (and from 2015 to 2025 onwards) and on NHK World's "TOKYO EYE." In the same year, he began attending the Avignon Theater Festival in France for two years, performing street performances on his own. 2014 - Appeared on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's "Otake Makoto Golden Radio." In 2015, released the CD "BUSBOY or BUSKER" from the Koenji Enban label. In the same year, he began attending the Edinburgh Theater Festival in Scotland (2015-2017) and performing street performances. This led to invitations to festivals in Dubai in 2017, Korea in 2019, and Romania and Saudi Arabia in 2022. In 2019, he released "2019-10," a CD-only album of original music that could not be performed in street performances (recorded by Kondo of GOK sound). While working as a street performer, he continued to produce music simultaneously, In 2021, he released "MY FINAL CD." In 2023, he released "De Miiii SiC" on CD and digital download. In 2024, they will tour Europe, being invited to five street performance festivals in Italy, Serbia, and Germany. (Ferrara buskers, STRAMU, Gradic fest, Anomalie, Teverina buskers) In 2025, they will release the CD "Shini Mimi" (Death Ears) (with sheet music for all 17 songs). August 9th is not EPPAI for street performances, it's EPPAI for music. And this will be their last solo performance at a live house! EPPAI disbands. EPPAI website You Tube iTunes, Spotify, Apple music, YouTube Music, Amazon Musci, etc... |