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There are so many production teams out there who are at a loss, wondering, “Who should we turn to?”...
Have you ever found yourself in a bind when a decision was made
—such as “the cast will be performing as a band for a new project”—only to realize there’s no staff on set knowledgeable about instruments or a reliable music store to turn to?
“Neither the cast nor the staff knows much about instruments,” or
“Even if we try to hire a tech service, the scope of work they can handle is limited, so we can’t just hand it all over to them.” We
actually receive many inquiries like these.It’s extremely rare for production teams to have music professionals on hand, so many production sites find themselves struggling with the question, “Who should we turn to?” As Japan’s largest brick-and-mortar specialty store for used musical instruments, we carry a wide variety of instruments—with a focus on guitars—and our team consists of
experts who possess deep knowledge of these instruments and even support professional musicians. We’ve established a comprehensive system
that covers everything from equipment rental and related support to supervision and performances by our expert staff, as well as various other forms of assistance.
Specifically, we can provide all kinds of instrument-related support, such as
: “We want to film at a music store for a variety show on location and would like staff to guide us around,” or
“We need to rent a guitar for a drama shoot; please select a guitar that matches the script’s specifications and provide acting coaching to the actor on how to play it.” We’ve received reassuring feedback such as, “We no longer have to search for vendors on a case-by-case basis
,
” and “We can just leave it all to TC—they’ll figure it out.” Consultations and quotes are free of charge
. Please rest assured, even if you’re unsure how to coordinate the details
.Just let us know the situation on set and what you’re struggling with, and we’ll offer solutions.
Please feel free to consult with us about any challenges you’re currently facing.
2025
Nakamura, a staff member at Okubo Gakki assisted with an interview for the March 31
, 2025, issue of Also Publishing’s *THE TRUMPET vol. 16: Care & Maintenance A to Z*.
On March 8
, 2025, NHK General TV aired “Ariyoshi’s Money Discovery: Surprise Visit! Kaneo-kun—The Boom Is Back! The Secret of Guitar Money,”
featuring a location shoot with Kosei Minami at 2F Advance Guitars.
On February 10
, 2025, HERITAGE Co., Ltd. released “Showa 50-nen Otoko, March 2025 Issue, Vol. 033: The Band Boom That Got Us Pumped ’88–’91.” Haruka Koizumi from the “Super Tokimeki ♡
Publicity Department” was photographed at TCGAKKI. We also provided equipment and other support for the shoot.
Released February 4
, 2025: YouTube channel “Virtual Debtor YouTuber Tsukasa Amakai.”
We hosted a shoot TCGAKKI featuring VTuber Tsukasa Amakai, and staff member Tsushima made a guest appearance.
January 15, 2025 / January 22
, 2025: Staff member Tsushima appeared as a guest on the NanaCora
Live FM program “Denta Arai’s Boogie-Woogie Radio.”
January 1
, 2025: Broadcast on TV Tokyo’s “Godtan”: “The 22nd Comedian Serious Singing Championship.” TCGAKKI
Instruments staff member Tsushima accompanied Football Hour’s Teruki Goto as his guitar tech.
2024
Published November 13
, 2024: Rittor Music’s “Guitar Magazine, December 2024 Issue.” TCGAKKI
Tsushima accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour for his interview and answered questions during the session.
March–May 2024
: Instruments from our store were used in the FOD original drama “I Want to Say I Love You.”
Starring: Yumi Adachi, Kaito Sakurai, Mio Yuki, Takuya Kusakawa (Super Express), Reika Sakurai, Kasumi Yamaya, Yu Yoshizawa, Teppei Koike
. Original Work by: Lily Imamura (honorifics omitted)
On February 16
, 2024, the YouTube channel “Kamaitachi Channel”
released a video featuring a location shoot TCGAKKI with Kamaitachi’s Hamaya, in which staff member Tsushima appeared.
January 12
, 2024: Broadcast on TV Tokyo’s Drama 25 “Hakobiya,” Episode 1: “Delivery Address Unknown.”
Filming took place at 2F Advance Guitars, and in the episode, lead actor Seiichi Tanabe played a TMG Guitar. TCGAKKI members Tomita and Tsushima accompanied the crew to provide support. Our store’s Gibson J-45 was also used.
January 3
, 2024: Broadcast on TV Tokyo’s “Godtan”: “21st Comedian Serious Singing Championship.” TCGAKKI Gakki staff
member Tsushima accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour as his guitar tech.
2023
November 29
, 2023: J-Guitar’s “My Guitar Story”
featured an interview with Inoue, the manager of Advance Guitars.
November 4
, 2023: YouTube channel “Chihara Junior YouTube”
—Chihara Junior, Kuki! of Yasei Bakudan, and Chance Oshiro filmed a segment at TCGAKKI, and staff member Tsushima appeared in the video.
Published October 24
, 2023: Shinco Music’s “Jaz.in” December
2023 issue featured the start of a serialized column by Mizumoto, manager Okubo Gakki, titled “Jazz Side Stories of the Greats, Seen Through Their Beloved Instruments.”
On September 21
, 2023, TCGAKKI staff member Tsushima accompanied Football Hour’s Teruki Goto as his guitar tech at the “Godtan Maji Uta Live
2023 ~Maji All-Star Kayō Festival~” held at Saitama Super Arena.
In the September 1
, 2023, issue of Rittor Music’s *Acoustic Guitar Magazine Volume 97*
, an introduction to Advance Guitars and an interview with Store Manager Inoue were featured.
On July 9
, 2023, the YouTube channel “Kukki! no Hikita Kukki!”
TCGAKKI hosted a filming session with Kuki! of Yasei Bakudan, featuring TCGAKKI and staff member Tsushima.
Held/broadcast on July 1, 2023, on Nippon
TV’s “THE MUSIC DAY 2023”: TCGAKKI staff member Tsushima
accompanied the “Gyoretsu Band” (Yoshio Inoue, Teruki Goto, Karen Takizawa, and Fuwachan) as their guitar tech.
Published June 1, 2023
: Rittor Music’s “Acoustic Guitar Magazine Volume 96”
featured an introduction to Advance Guitars and an interview with Store Manager Inoue.
January 9
, 2023: Released on the YouTube channel “Nakagawa-ke Channel.”
Tsushima, a staff member at TCGAKKI Gakki, appeared in a segment filmed TCGAKKI featuring Tsuyoshi Nakagawa.
January 3
, 2023: Broadcast on TV Tokyo’s “Godtan: 20th Comedian Serious Singing Championship.” Tsushima, a staff member
at TCGAKKI Gakki, accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour as his guitar tech.
2022
Held on December 23, 2022
: “Zakkuri YouTube Presents! ~Zakkuri Live~” at Lumine the Yoshimoto. Staff member Tsushima
accompanied the band “Balenciaga”—featuring Chihara Junior, Chitoyo Kozai, and Football Hour’s Iwao and Goto—as their tech.
Broadcast on November 27
, 2022, on Fuji TV’s “ONE hour sense”:
TCGAKKI Ryuichi Oura filmed a segment TCGAKKI, and staff member Inoue appeared on the show.
Released on November 6
, 2022, on the YouTube channel “Chihara Junior YouTube”:
TCGAKKI filmed a segment at TCGAKKI, and staff member Tsushima appeared on the video.
October 8
, 2022: YouTube channel “Hidetaka Kano [Official Channel] EIKO!GO!!”
TCGAKKI filmed a segment TCGAKKI, and staff member Tsushima appeared in the video.
July 2022
: Tsukuni BOOKS – An interview article with repair staff member Tanaka was published in the book “How to
Get a Job in the Music and Entertainment Industry.”
June 15
, 2022, and October 29, 2022: YouTube channel “Zakkuri YouTube.”
TCGAKKI Junior, Chitoyo Kozai, and Football Hour’s Iwao and Goto filmed a segment TCGAKKI, and staff member Tsushima appeared in the video.
On the May 4, 2022, broadcast of
TBS’s “Wednesday Downtown: Everyone’s Theories Special,”
a prank segment featuring Ogata from Panther was filmed TCGAKKI, and staff member Tsushima appeared on the show.
2021
Broadcast on December 29
, 2021, on TV Tokyo’s “Godtan: The 19th Comedians’ Serious Singing Championship.” TCGAKKI
Instruments staff member Tsushima accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour as his guitar tech.
May 28
, 2021: Our store’s Bass floor was used for the music video shoot of the song “[Life is Groovin’]” by the bassist duo I.T. Revolution (IKUO & Takayuki Murata). Our staff also appeared in the video.
May 1
, 2021: We provided AR RESONANCE trumpet mouthpieces—available at Okubo Gakki—for a feature in the trumpet magazine “THE TRUMPET Vol. 08” (Also Publishing / Published May 1)
[Special Feature: Thorough Test-Playing of Jazz Combo-Style Mouthpieces]. They were selected as one of the top three out of 42 mouthpieces tested.
January 2021
: We provided the Sebastian Knox mouthpiece—exclusively sold by Okubo Gakki—for the feature “Jazz/Fusion Mouthpieces in the Spotlight: Tenor Edition” in the
saxophone magazine *THE SAX Vol. 107* (Also Publishing, published December 1). It was selected as one of the top four out of 30 mouthpieces tested.
2020
On December 29
, 2020, TCGAKKI Musical Instruments staff member Tsushima accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour as his guitar
tech for the TV Tokyo program “Godtan: The 18th Comedians’ Serious Singing Championship.”
The May 2020 issue of Rolling Stone Japan
, released on March 25, 2020, featured Teruki Goto’s guitar (“Lucy”), which was customized at our store. The article also introduced our staff member, Tsushima.
Held on February 13, 2020
: Godtan Serious Singing Live 2020 ~We Made It to Saitama Super Arena~. TCGAKKI staff member Tsushima
accompanied Teruki Goto of Football Hour as his guitar tech.
January 4
, 2020: TV Tokyo’s “Godtan: 2019 Second Half Review – Unreleased Scenes Special.” The guitar (Lucy) customized by our shop and used by Teruki Goto was featured, and our staff member Tsushima also appeared on the show.
2019
December 27
, 2019, TV Tokyo – “Godtan: 17th Comedian Serious Singing Championship Special.” We assisted with the customization of the guitar (“Lucy”) used by Teruki Goto of Football Hour.
(During the recording, our staff member Tsushima operated the lighting effects.)
Published
November 22, 2019: Special Edition Lightning Vol. 221 “Vintage Guitars: An Entire Issue Dedicated to Gibson Acoustics.” Our acoustic guitars and store interior were featured.
Published October
25, 2019: Special Edition Lightning “80s Vintage Archives”—Our 1980s electric guitars and our store were featured.
Published October
21, 2019: Motor Show Concept Car “WaiWai”—Our instruments were used in the official Daihatsu promotional video.
September 2019
: “Radio Hermès (RADIO HERMES),” a limited-time internet radio program showcasing the world of Hermès men’s fashion, featured “Véronique Nishanian’s ABC-book” – R: In Search of Satisfaction
, starring Yataro Matsuura and Hirohisa Horie. The program recorded and aired a performance using our
store’s guitars, along with comments from our store manager, Matsui.
Broadcast Dates: September 11, 12, and 14
Published
July 22, 2019: Special Edition Lightning Vol. 210 “Vintage Guitars: An Entire Issue Dedicated to Martin”—Our store’s acoustic guitars and interior were featured.
Broadcast July 1
, 2019, on Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS): “Kita Ward Umeda Music School? Summer Sonic Summer Course?” A guitar modified with
an “elbow cut” at our store was used. [
Cast] MC: Chitoyo Kozai, Kukki
; Cast: Razor Ramon RG, Chanmina
; Guests: BiSH (Aina the End / Cent Chihiro Chichi / Rinrin)
On June 26
, 2019, a vintage guitar from our store was featured in the bonus DVD “We Tried Rating Urashima Sakata-sen,” included with the First Press Limited Edition B of Urashima Sakata-sen’s album “$HUFFLE.”
The feature column “Diverse and Colorful! The Cornet of the 20th Century” in the March 27, 2019, issue of
Also Publishing’s “THE TRUMPET Vol. 4” was written by Store Manager Mizumoto of Okubo Gakki.
Images of our store’s traditional Japanese musical instruments were featured on the TV
Asahi program “Kanjam: Complete Burn SHOW,” which aired on February 3, 2019.
Cast (titles omitted):
Artist Guests: Hideki Togi, Wagakki Band, Jin (Ryoma Quartet);
Talk Guest: Shigeo Takahashi (Savanna), Erina Arai
; Host: Yukino Yamamoto (TV Asahi Announcer);
Cast: Kanjani∞
; Manager: Arata Furuta
In the January 22, 2019, issue of
Bessatsu Lightning Vol. 197, “Vintage Guitars” (an issue entirely dedicated to Gibson), our store’s guitars and interior were featured.
2018
Our store’s instruments were used in the movie *Gun*, released on November 17
, 2018.
Cast: Nijiro Murakami, Alice Hirose, Kyoko Hinami, Risa Aragaki, Amane Okayama, Junpei Goto (Jaljal), Yuji Nakamura, Jo Hyuga, Moemi Katayama,Jugo Tera, Saher Rose, Hideki Yamanaka / Lily Franky
; Planning & Production
: Kazuyoshi Okuyama; Director
: Masaharu Take; Based on the novel *Gun* by Fuminori Nakamura (Kawade Shobo Shinsha);
Screenplay: Masaharu Take & Hideki
Shishido (honorifics omitted)
On September 18, 2018, the special issue of *Lightning* Vol
. 186, “Vintage Guitars,” was released. The entire issue was dedicated to Fender, featuring our store’s vintage guitars and showcasing our shop interior.
Released September
10, 2018: Young Guitar October Issue. Our original Effector, the “hundred SAN’O’FACE,” was featured in the “Sound Hot Liner” section.
In the August 2018 issue of Golden
Generations [Jiji], our Martin D-28 Train and store interior were featured in the “This Month’s Special GG Prime” section.
In the “Wah-Wah Encyclopedia” section of the “Michael Schenker: God and the Wah” feature in the May 2018
issue of Young Guitar, our wah pedals and store interior were featured.
In the March 2018
issue of JAZZ LIFE, the instruments featured and explanatory data in the special feature “The World of Vintage Trombones” (pp. 56–57) were provided by Okubo Gakki.
Starting with the February 2018 issue
of *Hogaku Journal*, a new column titled “Hyakunin-cho Crime Chronicles: Anecdotes About Traditional Japanese Instruments” began. It is written by the owner of Hyakunin-do Traditional Japanese Instruments, Mizuhara.
In the February 2018 issue of *Guitar
Magazine*, released in January 2018, the “Distortion Pedals 2017–2018” feature included Effector section and an introduction to staff member Sano.
In the January
2018 issue of JAZZ LIFE, in the special feature “Trumpet Evolution” (pp. 16–21), Mizumoto, manager of Okubo Gakki was interviewed and provided commentary on trumpeters’ favorite instruments as seen on album covers.
2017
Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7:00 PM –
Fuji TV’s “Oja MAP!!,” a program
hosted by Shingo Katori and Hiroya Yamazaki of Untouchable, featured our store as one of Tsuyoshi Kusanagi’s favorite spots. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori, and Hiroya Yamazaki all visited our store during the shoot and played our guitars.
In the May issue of Guitar
Magazine, released on April 13, 2017, several of our guitars were featured in the article “Three Stories Born at the Corona Factory Since Our Independence from CBS in 1986.”
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, from 8:00 a.
m., on TV Asahi’s “Shinichi Hatori Morning Show” in the “Show Up” segment, our shop was used for a location shoot to recreate a scene from “The Bees and the Distant Thunder” by novelist Riku Onda, who made headlines as the first author in history to win both the Bookstore Award and the Naoki Prize.
From April 3 to 11
, 2017, our original “Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.” official guitar, the “TACHIKOMA GT,” was exhibited at the “Ghost in the Shell WORLD ART EXPO 2017” held at the Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store. It was also featured on Ameba News and Niconico News.
Ameba
News Niconico News
An interview Okubo Gakki was published in the April 2017
issue of “JAZZ LIFE” [Special Feature: Masterpieces from Wind Instrument Specialty Shops] (pp. 76–77).
Our guitars were featured in the “Let Me Play an ASK Guitar” column in the April 2017 issue of Guitar Magazine, released on April 1, 2017. Audio samples are also included on the accompanying CD.
On March 11
, 2017, Player ON-LINE’s “Musical Instrument Sommelier” column featured information about the renovation of our acoustic guitar floor.
In March 2017
, we accepted a request to assist in the creation of the official catalog for TAKEO KIKUCHI’s 2017 Spring & Summer Collection, and provided a vintage KING 1045 LIBERTY B♭ trumpet from Okubo Gakki inventory for the photo shoot.
Our store was featured in the March 2017 issue of Jazz Life
, released on February 14, 2017, in the “Shop Report” section (Reporter: Haruhiko Takauchi “HARU”). The issue also included a trial-play report on our carefully selected guitars.
From January 19 to 22
, 2017, we exhibited our original “Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.” official guitar, the “TACHIKOMA GT,” at “NAMM,” the world’s largest music instrument trade show, held in Anaheim, USA.
2016
We exhibited our original “Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.” official guitar, the “TACHIKOMA GT,” at the Musical Instrument Fair 2017, held
at Tokyo Big Sight from November 4 to 6, 2016.
On November 2
, 2016, our store and one of our guitars were featured in the music video for “♡km/h,” the opening theme song for the TV anime “Long Riders!” sung by Ray. The pink Valley Arts guitar that Ray plays in the video is from our store.
An interview revealing the behind-the-scenes story of TCGAKKI × Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. collaboration was featured in the “Behind the Scenes” section of the November 2016 issue of
*Player*, released on October 1, 2016.
In the September issue of “Guitar Magazine,”
released on August 12, 2016, our original guitar, the “TACHIKOMA GT,” was featured, along with an interview article covering the story behind its creation.
Our original guitar, the TACHIKOMA GT, was featured in the “Information” section of the September 2016 issue of the men’s fashion magazine
“smart” (Takarajimasha), released on July 23, 2016.
For the final episode of the Fuji TV drama “Love Song,” which aired on
June 13, 2016, starring Masaharu Fukuyama and co-starring Sakura Fujiwara, Masaharu Fukuyama personally selected the Yamaha FG guitar used by Sakura Fujiwara in the drama and purchased it from our store.
March 11
, 2016: Broadcast on Nippon TV’s “Friday Road Show” special drama project, “Tensai Bakabon: Family Ties.”
Cast: Okarina (Okazu Club), Shinya Ueda (Cream Stew),Nao Matsushita, Hirara Hayasaka, Masanobu Takashima, Fumiyo Kohinata, Matsuko Deluxe, Eiichiro Funakoshi, Michiko Haneda, Fuku Suzuki, Naoto Fujiki
; Theme Song: Tamori (honorifics omitted). Our
store was used as a filming location. A particularly memorable scene featured Bakabon’s Dad capturing a thief who had fled into our store, and Naoto Fujiki’s character was portrayed as the owner of our shop.
The revised and expanded edition of the mook “Guitar around the 80s,” published by Shinko Music Entertainment
on February 4, 2016, features numerous electric guitars from TCGAKKI.
On January 25, 2016, the
book “Japanese Vintage Guitars: Masterpieces Made in Japan,” published by Nihon Graphic-sha, featured approximately 50 of our guitars. Our shop is also listed as a “Shop Where You Can Buy Japanese Vintage Guitars.”
January 12
, 2016: TCGAKKI manager Matsui appeared on the TV Asahi program “Masahiro Nakai’s Library of Knowledge” in the episode featuring guest Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.
We were featured in the “Yotsuya Bass Club” column in the February 2016 issue of Bass
.
2015
In November 2015
, Hyakujindō—the TCGAKKI Group’s specialty shop for traditional Japanese instruments—was featured in the “Deep Report” section of the music portal site egakkiya, which explores music stores.
On October 9, 2015, the
“Gibson Les Paul Guide” (published by San-ei Shobo) featured numerous Les Pauls from our store and also included us in its “Selected Guitar Shop Guide.”
August 13, 2015
: Broadcast on Nippon TV’s “Guruguru Ninety-Nine” in the “Gourmet Chicken Race 17: Gochi Desu” segment, we loaned our 1971 Martin D45 to guest Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi as the guitar he wanted. Footage of Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi actually playing the guitar was aired. TCGAKKI Store Manager Matsui also appeared on the show.
On July 22
, 2015, in the “Japan Vintage Vol. 1: Greco MR1000” issue of Rittor Music’s Digimart Magazine, a 1977 Greco MR1000 loaned by our store was featured prominently.