Takeharu Kunimoto

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 of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He also performs and records in a rock 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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