UDaisuke Iwahara (djembe, ntama)
Umdlali wePercussion. Ngo-1997, wafudukela kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseMali eNtshona Afrika waza waba ngumfundi weMali yeNkampani yomdaniso weSizwe. Ukususela ngo-1998, uye wathatha inxaxheba kukhenketho lwehlabathi lokurekhoda lwe-KEN ISHII. Emva koko wajoyina iqela lasekuhlaleni kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseGuinea waza wadlala kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo. Ukusukela ngo-2001, uye wafudukela eJapan kwaye wadlala kwiindawo ezinje ngeTokyo International Film Festival kunye nemiboniso yefashoni yeChristian Dior. Ngo-2014, waya eBurkina Faso ukuya kucula. Kwi-2018, wathatha inxaxheba kwi-El Tempo, ehlelwe nguYosuke Konuma Trio kunye noShishido Kavka. Kwenziwa kuMnyhadala wokuvala i-Paralympics yowama-2021. Ivele kwi-Fuji Rock Fes., SummerSonic, Ikhonsathi engenasihloko, njl.
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I-Kotetsu (djembe, dundun, balafon, kling)
Umdlali we-African percussion ohlala kwisiXeko saseFuji. Ummeli weqela le-djembe "i-Afrika Fuji". Ngelixa engoweqela laseNtshona Afrika "Mbole," ukwaqhuba iindibano zocweyo zedjembe. Sikwathengisa kwaye silungise iidjembes.
Mayumi Nagayoshi (balafon, dundun)
Waqala ukudlala imarimba esemncinci. Waqhubeka nokufunda umculo weklasiki kwiKholeji yaseTokyo yeSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo soMculo kunye neSebe lePercussion leKholeji yoMculo yaseTokyo. Emva kokuphumelela kwakhe, waba nomdla kwincoko yaseAfrika waza wathabatha inxaxheba kwindibano yocweyo eyayiseSenegal, eNtshona Afrika. Wadibana nomdlali we-sitar uYoshida Daikichi waza waba lilungu le-Arayabijana. Uvele kwimisitho efana neNagisa kunye neFuji Rock. Amacwecwe amabini akhutshiweyo. Ithathe inxaxheba kwicwecwe lokurekhodwa kwe-GHOST Bato Masaki kunye ne-cellist Helena. Wenza ufundo lwentshukumo kunye nemidlalo ecengcelezayo nomdlali weqonga uKoji Okuno, ingakumbi kwiSithili saseShizuoka. Ukwasebenza njengomqeqeshi wemarimba kwaye udlalela ezikolweni, amaziko, nakwii-kindergartens.
Yusuke Tsuda (isiginci, dundun, ntama)
Ungumdlali wesiginkci we-Afro Begue, omnye wamaqela axubeneyo e-neo-Afrika ahamba phambili e-Japan, kwaye ungumdlali wezixhobo ezininzi okwaziyo ukudlala i-percussion kunye ne-bass. Emva kokuya kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseMali ngo-2008, waba nomdla kumculo waseNtshona Afrika, phakathi kweminye umculo ovela kwihlabathi liphela. Ekunye neqela lakhe, i-Afro Begue, uye wadlala kwiminyhadala yaseJapan edumileyo efana neFuji Rock kunye neTokyo Jazz, kwaye uye wadlala ngempumelelo kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseSenegal, ekwiNtshona Afrika, nto leyo emenza ukuba asebenze ekhaya naphesheya. Xa imvumi enkulu eyazalelwa eGuinea uMamady Keita wayetyelele eJapan, wacula phambi kwakhe kwaye wanconywa kakhulu. Ukongeza ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwiiseshoni ezahlukeneyo ngaphandle kweqela lakhe, sele engumdlali we-percussion iminyaka emininzi kumculo weShiki Theatre Company, iLion King.
USatomin Mizoguchi (umdanisi waseAfrika)
Umdanisi waseAfrika kunye nomqeqeshi. Wadibana namagubu aseAfrika ezitalatweni zaseBangkok waza emva koko watsalwa ngumdaniso waseAfrika. Uya kuthabatheka ngoko nangoko ngumdaniso oquka "uvuyo lokuphila" oluphuma kumzimba wonke. Ukususela ngo-2005, uye wabamba ii-retreats ezipheleleyo (iinkampu zoqeqesho) minyaka yonke eJapan apho abathathi-nxaxheba banokufunda kubahlohli bokwenyani, kwaye usebenza nzima ukwakha uluntu lwase-Afrika kweli lizwe. Ukongeza, ukusukela ngo-2006, besibambe ukhenketho lokufunda eGuinea ukufunda ngomdaniso, isingqisho kunye nenkcubeko. Ngo-2023, saseka i-International African Dance & Drum Association (Inc.) kwaye ngoku sisebenzela ukusasaza isibongozo somdaniso wase-Afrika kubaphulaphuli abaninzi. Ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe, wafumana ileta yombulelo evela kunozakuzaku waseGuinea eJapan. Okwangoku uhlala e-Shizuoka kwaye usebenza kwiindawo ezininzi ngaphandle kwe-intanethi kunye ne-intanethi.
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Wakasa (amazwi)
imvumi. Uzalelwe eOta Ward, eTokyo. Uzalelwe ngutata waseJapan kunye nomama wasePhilippines, wayenqwenela ukuba yimvumi kwasebuntwaneni. Ngo-2019, waphumelela ibhaso elikhethekileyo labagwebi kwi-Apollo Amateur Night yaseJapan ngo-2019. Wabonakala “njengondwendwe lokugqibela” lwase-Asiya kumjikelo wokugqibela we-Super Top Dog kwi-Apollo Theatre eHarlem, eNew York. Ngo-2022, wenza icwecwe lakhe lokuqala elithi "The Advent of the Soul" phantsi kweTrilogic Production, eneemvumi eziphezulu. 2023 U.S. Alumni weSebe likaZwelonke le-IVLP. Kwi-2024, uya kwenza kunye neQatar Philharmonic Orchestra. Ngo-2025, ekugqibeleni uya kukhulula icwecwe lakhe lokuqala elithi "Yiba yinyani" (isiJapan). Icwecwe libonisa inani lababhali beengoma kunye nabaqambi abakhokele ngokwenyani indawo yomculo waseJapan, kwaye igqitywe ngumcwangcisi kunye nomqambi wekhibhodi uJun Abe, kunye nezinye iimvumi ezibalaseleyo.