- Takeharu Kunimoto
Nihongo|Takeharu Kunimoto|国本武春|Kunimoto Takeharu|extra=born
1960 is a prominent Japanese "shamisen " player and "rōkyoku " singer.In addition to performing and recording traditional music, he is also the only prominent "shamisen" player to perform and record
bluegrass music ; he spent some time in the early 2000s in the bluegrass program ofEast Tennessee State University in Johnson City,Tennessee . He also performs and records in arock music -influenced style.External links
* [http://www1.accsnet.ne.jp/~ball/kt/kunimoto.htm Takeharu Kunimoto page]
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/ts-sonic/bio/index.html Takeharu Kunimoto biography] from Last Frontier site
* [http://sxsw-asia.com/JapanNite2006/JN2006_kunimoto.html Takeharu Kunimoto page]Video
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AIyGSjw7UQ Video of music video for "Tai Tai Zukushi"]
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