The Yoshida Brothers

The Yoshida brothers, Tsugaru shamisen virtuosos, will celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2024. Born in Noboribetsu City, Hokkaido. Both began learning the shamisen at the age of five and studied under Tsugaru shamisen player Takashi Sasaki I from 1990.
They emerged as a leading figure at national Tsugaru shamisen competitions and made their major debut with the album "Ibuki" in 1999.
Since his debut in 2003, he has performed all over the world and actively collaborated with various artists both in Japan and abroad.
In 2015, his song "PRANA" was released in collaboration with the "Naruto Exhibition" and became a huge hit.
In 2017, he sang "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as the theme song for the Japanese dubbed version of the film "KUBO: The Secret of Two Strings" (Academy Award nominated film). Also provided the background music "Cool Spiral" for the parkour video by Red Bull athlete Jason Paul, which has been replayed approximately 30 million times.
In 2019, he was the opening performer for the "Tokyo 2020 One Year Before Olympic Ceremony "1 Year to Go! Co-produced and released the anime opening theme song "GIBIATE" with SUGIZO, the guitarist of LUNA SEA and X JAPAN, for the "GIBIATE" project, which aired on July, 2020. Yoshida Brothers" with Miliyah Kato. She also supervised the Tsugaru Shamisen for the same anime.
This year, they began their first attempt at a full-length live performance using only instruments and the echoes of the hall, "Debut 25th Anniversary 47+1 Prefectures Tour Yoshida Brothers - Kyokusei -".
The Yoshida brothers, unique Tsugaru shamisen artists with a worldwide reputation, will tour all over Japan.