Audio
- 5gatsu No Ame Agattara (When The Rainy Season Is Over)
- A National Anthem Kimxgayo
- Decassegui Brazileira
- Kaerou (Let's Get Home!)
- Ai Ni Iku Yo (I'm Coming To See You)
Kiwi & the PapayaMangoes
This is Tokyo DownTown Rare groove!!
A Japanese “Geisha” girl sings the song of around the world!! We are manufacturing the New style Japanese dance music in the downtown area in Tokyo.
We love tropical, nostalgic and novel sound and play music not only live in houses, clubs and some field music festival – for example Fuji Rock Festival- but also “Izakaya” that is traditional style Japanese bar and some local festival like Bon festival or marriage parties.
Someone says that K.P.M. makes the city type folk song in present age Japan.
Sometimes we produce music for some TV programs, movies and animations.
Our animated MV “Forro of Tokyo~Tokyo ching-dong forro~” selected competition in Anifest 2010 (Szech).
The Band
GoArai (Vn&Sitar)
Born in ‘79 in a farming family in mountainous region of Saitama Prefecture. He usually performing Indonesian gamelan and Indian music.
Yuco Furuoya (Brazilian&IndnesianPercussions)
Born in ‘81 in a Kanagawa Prefecture.
She spent her school days in the Pernambuco state Brazil and larned a lot of Nordeste style rhythms like Maracatu, Coco, Afoxe and Candomblé. She is among a maternity leave and managing a guest house in a slum of Rio de Janeiro now.
Kiwi O’ hashi (Vo.Shamisen-banjo,Triangle)
Born in ‘83 in Itabashi Ward Tokyo. She works at “Kagura-zaka” the area was renowned for its numerous Geisha houses and usually plays and sings some traditional Japanese music at society parties. However, she actualy likes dancing on the salsa and Cumbia music and singing Forro of Brazil.
Masaki Nagata (Drums)
Born in ‘80 in a landowner family in Nakano Ward Tokyo. He is also a drummer of “Zainichi Funk” that is one of the most famouse funk bands in Japan and a passionate reader of Manga.
Seiya Omori (G.Banjo.Cavaco)
Born in ‘80 in a Chita peninsula of Aichi Prefecture. His family are managing a “Minshuku” that is Japanese style guest house for fishers. He loves rock’n'roll style guiter like Brian Setzer.
Tact Hirose (B.Zabumba.Composing)
Born in ‘81 in deep mountains of Gifu Prefecture. He the producer of K.P.M. and a Reggae and Ondo – that is a Japanese traditional style dance music played in the Bon Festival – styled basist. He is an enthusiastic fan of Japanese professional baseball.
Koharu (Accordion)
Born in ‘88 in Chiba Prefecture. She is one of a most famous young accordion player in Japan. Se participated in the global accordion contest as a representative of Japan repeatedly and sponsors a Gypsy styled brass band and has won popularity now.