Yoshida Brothers

The Yoshida Brothers (Japanese吉田 兄弟Yoshida Kyodai ) are Japanese shamisen musician and published internationally already several albums with Domo Records. In 1999, she debuted in Japan as a duo and have since also the world a certain notoriety gained. Their music combines Shamisenmusik in Tsugarustil with Western instruments such as guitars and drums.

Members

The brothers Ryoichiro Yoshida (吉田 良 一郎, Yoshida Ryoichiro; born July 26, 1977) and Ken'ichi Yoshida (吉田 健 一, Yoshida Ken'ichi, born December 16 1979) come from the city Noboribetsu in the Japanese prefecture Hokkaido. The two play from childhood to the shamisen. Initially, they used the Minyo - Shamisenstils, from 1989 she studied the Tsugaru Shamisenstil under the direction of Takashi Sasaki.

International albums

  • 2003 - Yoshida Brothers
  • 2004 - Yoshida Brothers II
  • 2006 - Yoshida Brothers III
  • 2007 - Hishou
  • 2008 - Best of Yoshida Brothers - Tsugaru Shamisen
  • 2009 - Prism

Japanese albums

  • Ibuki (1999)
  • Move ( 2000)
  • Soulful (2002)
  • Frontier ( 2003) ( a.k.a. Yoshida Brothers 2005)
  • Renaissance ( 2004)
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
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