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is a Japanese band formed in 2012. Consisting of lead vocalist
Yuko Suzuhana () is a Japanese singer, composer, pianist, and poet, best known as the leader of Wagakki Band. Biography At the age of three, Yuko Suzuhana began studying classical piano. She began studying Shigin and Kenshibu at the age of five. After grad ...
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shakuhachi A is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo. The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the .
player Daisuke Kaminaga, and
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player Kiyoshi Ibukuro, the trio became the basis for the fusion metal band
Wagakki Band is a Japanese band that combines rock music with ''wagakki'' (traditional Japanese musical instruments) and ''shigin'' (Japanese poems reciting art). Their early songs were adapted from Vocaloid recordings but they have since written their own ...
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History

In 2011,
Shigin is a performance of reciting a Japanese poem or a Chinese poem read in Japanese, each poem ( ''shi'') usually chanted ( ''gin'') by an individual or in a group. Reciting can be done loudly before a large audience, softly to a few friends, or ...
singer
Yuko Suzuhana () is a Japanese singer, composer, pianist, and poet, best known as the leader of Wagakki Band. Biography At the age of three, Yuko Suzuhana began studying classical piano. She began studying Shigin and Kenshibu at the age of five. After grad ...
,who had been elected Miss Nico Nama '' ニコ生'' in 2011, recruited Kiyoshi Ibukuro and Daisuke Kaminaga on
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to perform on the Nico Nico Chōkaigi stage the following year. In February 2012, the trio debuted as Hanafugetsu. The name was derived from the image of each member: Suzuhana = , Kaminaga = , Ibukuro = .


Members

* – lead vocals, keyboards * –
shakuhachi A is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo. The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the .
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koto Koto may refer to: * Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group * Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument * Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana * Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women * K ...


Discography


Studio albums


Mini-albums


Singles


See also

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Wagakki Band is a Japanese band that combines rock music with ''wagakki'' (traditional Japanese musical instruments) and ''shigin'' (Japanese poems reciting art). Their early songs were adapted from Vocaloid recordings but they have since written their own ...


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