Yoshida Brothers Background information Origin, Japan Genres Years active 1999–current Labels Website Members Ryōichirō Yoshida Kenichi Yoshida The Yoshida Brothers ( 吉田兄弟, Yoshida Kyōdai) are Japanese musicians who have released several albums on the label. The two brothers are performers of the style of which originated in northern Japan. They debuted in 1999 in Japan as a duo playing the. Their first album sold over 100,000 copies and made them minor celebrities in Japan, a fact that surprised the Yoshida Brothers themselves. They have since attracted an international audience.
Their music has been a fusion of the rapid and percussive style along with Western and other regional musical influences. In addition to performing songs that are only on the shamisen, they also use instruments such as.
The commercials for 's video game console that began airing in North America in November 2006 featured the Yoshida Brothers song 'Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)'. Contents. Members Ryōichirō Yoshida ( 吉田 良一郎, Yoshida Ryōichirō, born 26 July 1977) and Kenichi Yoshida ( 吉田 健一, Yoshida Ken'ichi, born 16 December 1979) were born in in, Japan. The two brothers have played the shamisen since a very young age. They both began to study and play the shamisen at the age of five under Koka Adachi, learning the style; from about 1989 they studied the style under Takashi Sasaki. Discography International albums. (2000).
Yoshida Brothers (2003). Yoshida Brothers II (2004).
Jul 1, 2014 - Yoshida Brothers 15th Anniversary Special vol.4: Yoshida Brothers III. And at that time Gayageum was a pretty rare instrument to play in Korea. Been nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Best New Age Album category.
Yoshida Brothers III (2006). Hishou (2007). Best Of Yoshida Brothers (2008). Prism (2009). Ibuki (2010) Nightmare Revisited The 2008 album, which consists of 20 remade tracks from the original, featured the Yoshida Brothers' remake of the track 'Nabbed'.
The song kept true to the Yoshida Brothers' shamisen style yet contained added electronic elements. 'Nabbed' (7:35) Japanese albums. Ibuki (1999). Move (2000).
Soulful (2002) (a.k.a. Yoshida Brothers 2003).
Frontier (2003) (a.k.a. Yoshida Brothers II 2004). Renaissance (2004) Other appearances. 'Renovation' (with Akira Inoue) from the album Spectacle. (2009) by.
' (2012) by Momoclo Tei Ichimon (alias of the girl group ) References.