#tendouji

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Sarina Tendouji

Oshi no Ko

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"always thinking about you all night through i got a too bad i'm in love. i'm little stupid i'm in love. just a little too bad"

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2024-06-02 sun

TENDOUJI「TOKYO ASH」

https://thetendouji.com/

TENDOUJI are モリタナオヒコ（Gt, Vo） アサノケンジ（Gt, Vo） シダタカマサ（Ba） オオイナオユキ（Dr）

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Nao & Yoshida from Tendouji @ Cannonball Diner, Tokyo, 24.03.2024

The day after the festival OTENTO, organized by Tendouji, Nao (guitar and vocals) and Yoshida (bass) set up a small acoustic show in a small restaurant owned by their friend. The place was so small, the tickets were allowed on the basis of a lottery organized by e-mail. By miracle, I won (or maybe because Nao recognized my name in the email). I chatted with the other fans present, and many of them were at OTENTO the day before as well. Here are a few photos taken with my Olympus Trip 35!

Despite being tired and probably hangover, Nao and Yoshida put on an amazing show. I was raining heavily that day, and you could hear the raindrops splash against the roof and the windows of the restaurant while they played. The atmosphere was completely different from their show at OTENTO, which was basically punk and happy chaos. Here, it felt like watching a band play in the 1960s.

After the show, everybody had drinks together and as you can see, Nao and Yoshida worked the bar for us. They also took the time to take pictures, sign records and merch, chat and receive gifts from the fans present. Needless to say, almost everyone was drunk by the end of the evening.

Many thanks to Tendouji for letting me do this!

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Interview: Nao from Tendouji - "Buddy Club"

Nao at the cafe, with the chocolate I offered him as a souvenir from Switzerland.

Back in May 2023, I flew to Tokyo to learn Japanese and discover the local rock music scene. I met many musicians, including Nao from Tendouji, one of my favorite bands from Japan. Sadly I couldn’t watch them perform live while I was there, but Nao still made time for an interview, right before leaving for a gig in Kobe the very same evening.

So we met in a café in the greater Tokyo on a sunny morning. I remember getting lost and being a little bit late, so the first thing I did was apologize. Thankfully, Nao laughed and even complimented my broken Japanese. We did the interview in a mix of English and Japanese, and I compiled all below. Many thanks to Nao and the guys from DYGL for making this interview possible !

What’s a regular day like in your life ?

Nao: I like taking walks. Everyday I wake up, have tea and take a walk. I make music full time.

This reminds me of the song Shining from your latest EP, where you guys sing ‘I just walk until something catches my eye’.

Our bassist wrote the song ! Back then we did a long tour. We went to a lot of places and felt like Japan was such a beautiful place. The atmosphere changes from the strength of the other songs on the record. We made a very relaxed song !

How is life in Japan as an indie musician ?

People think being a musician is an unusual job. Musicians are respected for entertainment, but they are discriminated against in other fields. For example, it’s hard to rent an apartment because of our job. It would probably be different if we were very famous, but we are indie musicians.

You also performed abroad – did you get any support from the government ?

No, we did it with our own money. When we played South by Southwest four years ago, we got in touch with a US record company and booked many shows ourselves.

You released your first EP, Mad City, back in 2017. In what ways has the Tokyo rock music scene evolved since then ?

In 2017, the Tokyo indie scene, and guitar music, were popular within the Japanese music scene. Now, it has become even more independent. Hip hop is now the main scene. We are still doing good, although it was very difficult during the pandemic.

Could we talk about your latest EP, Buddy Club ?

Hattrick was made by Kenji, BeachBoys is my song, YD9000 is our drummer’s and Shining is our bassist’s. We wanted to do it like the Beatles, so everyone had their own song ! We might keep doing the same for our next albums.

You write the lyrics mostly in English. Why did you make this choice ?

When I was a child, I lived in Seattle for three years. When I came back to Japan, I couldn’t speak Japanese, only English ! In primary school, all the students said ‘Here’s the American’. They discriminated against me because I spoke English. I thought, ‘I don’t want to speak English well, because if I do, they make fun of me.’ So during English class, I spoke English badly on purpose. I think that education is not good (laughs). So when I started this band, I wanted our music to be heard in every country and go back to Seattle. It’s difficult to be understood aborad with Japanese lyrics, so I chose English.

What can we expect from Tendouji in the future ?

We want to go to Europe, US and Asia. We would also like to play in South by Southwest again !

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TENDOUJI "BIGLOVE" (2023)

director: 元 (Moto)

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🆕🎶 「 BIGLOVE 」 new single by TENDOUJI is now available worldwide! 🌐 Listen now and discover new sounds from Japan on our weekly updated playlist 🎧 https://spoti.fi/3lgjH73