Shu Inami (Perc)

Born on December 1976, 12 in Ota Ward, Tokyo. Influenced by his father, the leader of the amateur big band "Big Band of Rogues," he became interested in jazz, Latin, and big bands from an early age. After learning about the fun and greatness of Latin music from Naoaki Misago, the former leader of "Tokyo Cuban Boys," he decided to live as a Latin percussionist. He studied Latin percussion under Chico Shimazu and jazz drums under Kazuhiro Ebisawa. He was a member of the Tropical Jazz Orchestra from 7 to 2010. In 2015, he joined the world-famous salsa band Orquesta de la Luz. He participated in recordings with Machiko Watanabe, Kyoko, Yosui Inoue, Maki Ohguro, and others. He is currently active in concerts, recordings, and television appearances all over the country. He also works as a clinician for student brass bands and adult bands. He was appointed as the public relations ambassador for the Ota Ward Kamata x Latin 2015 Aprico Minna no Ongakusai. In 2016, he appeared as a guest on TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert." In 2017, he produced the school song for Aokai Junior and Senior High School in Sumoto City, Awaji Island. This is the first school song in the world to use Latin rhythms.

Takuro Iga (Pf)

Composer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist (Compose, Arrange, Piano, Keyboard) Started playing piano at the age of 3. After graduating from the piano department of the Kunitachi College of Music High School, he entered the Kunitachi College of Music, majoring in composition. While still a student, he began performing live and recording. Won the Grand Prize in the solo player category of the 2006 Asakusa Jazz Contest. With a background in classical and jazz, he covers and responds to pop, rock, Latin, and all other ethnic music. He has both a transparent tone and a contrastingly rough and intense playing style, and is particularly known for his tone and ad-libs that suit the situation. When he appeared on TV Asahi's "Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle," he demonstrated his perfect pitch by playing ad-libs that expressed the image of the performers and reproducing people's voices on the piano, and Takeshi called him a "genius pianist." He is currently active in a wide range of fields, including performing as a support pianist and synthesizer for various artists, composing and arranging soundtracks for anime, games, and commercials, and providing and recording music for other artists. His past collaborations and arrangements include Chisako Takashima, Taro Hakase, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Iwao Furusawa, Fumiya Fujii, Kohei Tanaka, Masashi Sada, Kosetsu Minami, Kaori Kishitani, Toshihiro Nakanishi, Terumasa Hino, Eric Miyagi, Masayuki Suzuki, Ryoko Moriyama, Sukima Switch, Ayaka Hirahara, Judy Ongg, Hiromi Go, Jin Oki, and Ryota Komatsu. (In no particular order/titles omitted) As a composer, he has worked on the soundtracks for TV anime series such as "Kabukicho Sherlock," "Wataten! An Angel Flew Down to Me," "Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi," "Tsuki ga Kirei," "Kazeha," "Magical Girl Raising Project," "Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA," and the theatrical anime "Yuyake Dandan." He has also composed the theme song for the theatrical anime "ARIA the AVVENIRE," character songs for "Kantai Collection," "One Piece," and "Arpeggio of Blue Steel," and has also written and arranged songs for voice actor groups. He has composed many of the background music for the various titles available on PlayStation4 and PlayStationVR (THE PLAY ROOM, VR). He has also worked as an arranger/player on the production of OSTs and arranged CDs for Final Fantasy 11, Final Fantasy 13, and Secret of Mana. He has also made many appearances as a pianist on TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert," and has worked on numerous orchestral and band arrangements. He is a composer who has worked on FINAL FANTASY 11 and other titles, and also works as the keyboardist/arranger for Nanaa Mihgos, the official FF band led by Naoshi Mizuta.

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