Daisuke Iwahara (djembe, ntama)

Mea hoʻokani pila. I ka makahiki 1997, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka Repubalika o Mali ma West Africa a lilo i haumāna no ka Hui Hula Lahui Mali. Mai ka makahiki 1998, ua komo ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi hoʻopaʻa honua a KEN ISHII. A laila ua hui ʻo ia i kahi hui kūloko ma ka Repubalika o Guinea a hana i nā hana like ʻole. Mai ka makahiki 2001, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Iapana a hoʻokani ma nā wahi e like me ka Tokyo International Film Festival a me nā hōʻikeʻike fashion Christian Dior. Ma 2014, hele ʻo ia i Burkina Faso e hoʻokani ola. Ma 2018, ua komo ʻo ia ma El Tempo, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Yosuke Konuma Trio a me Shishido Kavka. Hana ʻia ma ka ʻaha pani o ka Paralympics 2021. Hōʻike ʻia ma Fuji Rock Fes., SummerSonic, Untitled Concert, etc.

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Kotetsu (djembe, dundun, balafon, kling)

He kanaka percussionist ʻApelika e noho ana ma Fuji City. Lunamakaainana o ka hui djembe "Africa Fuji". ʻOiai ʻo ia no ka hui West Africa "Mbole," holo pū ʻo ia i nā papa hana djembe. Ke kūʻai aku nei mākou a hoʻoponopono i nā djembes.

Mayumi Nagayoshi (balafon, dundun)

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i ka marimba i kona wā ʻōpio. Ua hele ʻo ia e aʻo i nā mele kahiko ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Tokyo College of Music a me ke Keʻena Percussion o ke Koleke Mele ʻo Tokyo. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua hoihoi ʻo ia i ka percussion ʻApelika a ua komo i kahi papa hana ma Senegal, West Africa. Ua hui ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻokani sitar Yoshida Daikichi a lilo i lālā o Arayabijana. Hōʻike ʻia ma nā hanana e like me Nagisa a me Fuji Rock. ʻElua album i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa album o GHOST Bato Masaki a me Helena cellist. Hana ʻo ia i nā heluhelu hana a me nā pāʻani mele me ka mea hana keaka ʻo Koji Okuno, ma Shizuoka Prefecture. Hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo marimba a hana ma nā kula, nā hale hana, a me nā kindergarten.

Yusuke Tsuda (kikā, dundun, ntama)

ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokani pila o Afro Begue, kekahi o nā hui hui neo-Africa koʻikoʻi o Iapana, a he multi-instrumentalist e hoʻokani ana i ka percussion a me ka bass. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka Repubalika o Mali i ka makahiki 2008, ua lilo ʻo ia i hoihoi i ke mele ʻApelika Komohana, ma waena o nā mele ʻē aʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Me kāna hui, ʻo Afro Begue, ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i nā ʻoliʻoli Iapana kaulana e like me Fuji Rock a me Tokyo Jazz, a ua lanakila pū ʻo ia ma ka Repubalika o Senegal, aia ma West Africa, e hoʻoikaika ana iā ia ma ka home a ma waho. I ka manawa i kipa aku ai ka mea hoʻokani mele nui i hānau ʻia ma Guinea ʻo Mamady Keita iā Iapana, hana ʻo ia i mua ona a mahalo nui ʻia. Ma waho aʻe o ke komo ʻana i nā hui like ʻole ma waho o kāna hui ponoʻī, ua lilo ʻo ia i ka percussionist no nā makahiki he nui i ka hui mele ʻo Shiki Theatre Company, The Lion King.

Satomin Mizoguchi (Hula ʻApelika)

ʻApelika hula a kumu. Ua hālāwai ʻo ia i ka pahu pahu ʻApelika ma nā alanui o Bangkok a laila huki ʻia ʻo ia i ka hula ʻApelika. E hoʻopio koke ʻia ʻoe e ka hula e hoʻokomo ana i ka "hauʻoli o ka noho ʻana" e puka mai ana mai ke kino holoʻokoʻa. Mai ka makahiki 2005, ua mālama ʻo ia i nā hoʻihoʻi holoʻokoʻa (nā kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa) i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Iapana kahi e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke aʻo mai nā kumu aʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ke hoʻoikaika nei ʻo ia e kūkulu i kahi kaiāulu ʻApelika ma ka ʻāina. Eia kekahi, mai ka makahiki 2006, ua mālama mākou i nā huakaʻi aʻo i Guinea e aʻo ai e pili ana i ka hula, ka pume, a me ka moʻomeheu. Ma 2023, ua hoʻokumu mākou i ka International African Dance & Drum Association (Inc.) a ke hana nei mākou i kēia manawa e hoʻolaha i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka hula ʻApelika i kahi lehulehu. No kāna mau hana, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leka mahalo mai ka ʻelele Guinean i Iapana. Aia ʻo ia ma Shizuoka i kēia manawa a ʻeleu ʻo ia i nā wahi ākea ma waho a me ka pūnaewele.

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Wakasa (leo)

mea mele. Hānau ʻia ma Ota Ward, Tokyo. Hānau ʻia ʻo ia i ka makua kāne Kepani a me ka makuahine Pilipino, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e lilo i mele mele mai kona wā liʻiliʻi. I ka makahiki 2019, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka makana kūikawā o nā luna kānāwai ma ka hōʻike ʻana o Apollo Amateur Night Japan 2019. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he "manuahi hope" mua o ʻAsia i ka pōʻai hope loa o Super Top Dog ma ka Apollo Theatre ma Harlem, New York. I ka makahiki 2022, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hoʻomaka me ka album uhi "The Advent of The Soul" ma lalo o Trilogic Production, e hōʻike ana i nā mea mele kiʻekiʻe. 2023 ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa IVLP Alumni. Ma 2024, e hoʻokani ʻo ia me ka Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. I ka makahiki 2025, e hoʻokuʻu hope ʻo ia i kāna album mua "Be Real" (Japanese). Hōʻike ka album i kekahi mau mele mele kaulana a me nā haku mele i alakaʻi maoli i ke kahua mele Kepani, a ua hoʻopau ʻia e ka mea hoʻonohonoho a me ka mea hoʻokani keyboard ʻo Jun Abe, a me kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani pila.

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