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Hometown: Born in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture; raised in Toyama City
, Toyama Prefecture Date of Birth: September 16
, 1973 Background: Graduated from Toyama Prefectural Toyama Commercial High School; joined the company after serving as manager of the Kyōritsu Gakki Shinjuku store I handle all kinds of requests—
from musicians to general customers—such as “This is a guitar I’ve wanted for ages, but I just can’t find it anywhere” or “I really wanted this one, but it sold out right before I could buy it, and I haven’t seen it since.”
My favorite band is B’z. My hobbies include horse racing and golf. Feel free to stop by and chat!!

Hometown: Born in Tokyo, raised
in Osaka; Year of Birth: 1993
; Career History: Graduated from Kinki University → Worked in R&D at a food manufacturer → Currently
at TCGAKKI, where I’ve been in charge of electric and acoustic guitars. I’m now the store manager at Advance Guitars, specializing in vintage acoustic guitars. I hope to help make our customers’ dreams come true.

Hometown: Nirayama Town, Tagata District, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Izunokuni City)
Year of Birth: 1974 (Please remember this as “Don’t go there.”)
Background: College graduate (from a university famous for its American football team)
. I love ’70s hard rock and progressive rock.My favorite guitar is a Gibson Flying V. On my days off, I’m usually out watching the Hanshin Tigers (baseball), the Okayama Seagulls (volleyball), and other sports teams. I generally love old things and am a collector of analog records (from the former Communist bloc) and retro video games.

Hometown: Sado Island
; Year of Birth: 1996
; Background: High school graduate
. Influenced by his father, he enjoyed playing the Nintendo Game Boy Advance as a child and spent his early years working up a sweat playing softball in a youth league. After placing 8th in a school marathon race in 6th grade, he joined the track and field team in middle and high school. He is deeply inspired by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana.

Hometown: Hokkaido
| Year of Birth: 1993 |
Background: After graduating from college
, he formed a band in his high school’s light music club, where he first picked up the Bass; before he knew it, he’d been playing in bands for over 10 years. He is currently an active band member. His hobby is taking spontaneous rides on his moped. However, since it’s a moped, he can’t go very far.

Hometown: Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture
; Year of Birth: Born in the year of the Tokyo Olympics and the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen!
Background: Dropped out of the Department of Optical Engineering at Tokai University’s Faculty of Engineering; joined the company after working in the SILVER accessories industry.
While working on the sales floor, I was in charge of Effectors and was called “Oga-chan.” Former manager of the Shinjuku guitar shop “SMASH☆HITS.”My hobbies are building custom PCs and photographing airplanes. I spend my time swinging around a telephoto lens around airports, military bases, and air shows—and my back pain is killing me...

Hometown: Yokohama City
, Kanagawa Prefecture; Date of Birth: March 1997
; Background: Graduated from Yokohama Soei High School and the Global Wind Instrument Technical Academy. My hobby is watching recorded TV dramas while having a drink
at home in the evening. I’ve been dedicated to the baritone saxophone since junior high school and am a member of an adult wind ensemble. The beer I drink at concert after-parties is my reason for living. Lately, I’ve been totally hooked on Ryokushoku Shakai (a J-POP band).

Hometown: Shinjuku Ward
, Tokyo Date of Birth: February 7, 2019
Background: Since being selected in an original character contest held by TCGAKKI staff, he has been beloved as the official mascot of the TCGAKKI Group.
Using his catchphrase, “Buy-Frog!”, he works to let everyone know that trading in their old instruments when buying new ones is a great way to save money.
Every month, he trades in an instrument at either TCGAKKI, Advance Guitars, or Okubo Gakki. He’s a total instrument junkie.

Hometown: Wakayama |
Year of Birth: I was born in the height of summer, just before the Tokyo Olympics, while thinking to myself, “The world sure is noisy right now.”
Background: A graduate of Doshisha University, I worked in publishing before entering the musical instrument industry. In middle and high school, I was a member of the wind ensemble. I wanted to play the saxophone, but due to staffing constraints, I ended up on the trumpet. Since I turned my favorite thing into my job, my hobbies are rather ordinary—I enjoy watching movies. Lately, I’ve been wandering along the Tama River, trying to get back into fishing, a hobby I used to be hooked on.

Hometown: Central
Kanagawa | Year of Birth
: 1993 | Background: Graduate
of the Global Wind Instrument Technical Academy. Since I lived in Shin-Okubo during my student days, I’ve been in this neighborhood for over a decade without even realizing it. I work at a music store, my hobby is playing instruments, and in my free time, I research musical instruments. I’m open to discovering new hobbies. Feel free to ask me about trumpet cases!

Hometown: Yokohama City
, Kanagawa Prefecture Background: Graduate of Komadori Kindergarten. While playing in a band
as a hobby, I kept throwing a tantrum insisting I only wanted to play the guitar, which eventually led me to work at a music store. Since I’m not a fan of the city, I live in the countryside where I can see the mountains. Besides musical instruments, my hobby is cars. Since mine is an old car, excessive oil leaks are a constant worry. I love cats. After all, cats are the cutest.

Hometown: Yanagawa City
, Fukuoka Prefecture; Year of Birth: 1988
; Background: Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, and the ESP Guitar Craft Academy
. I practiced kendo from elementary school through high school and hold a 3rd-dan black belt. Toward the end of high school, I suddenly felt the urge to find a new hobby, so I used my New Year’s allowance to buy an acoustic guitar. After that, I became interested in the Bass, and I’ve been playing nothing but Bass ever since. During college, while everyone around me was busy with job hunting and graduate school entrance exams, I decided—for reasons unknown—to pursue a career in instrument repair.

Hometown: Born in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo; raised in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture
. Year of Birth: 1985
. Background: Graduated from Fujisawa Shoryo Private High School; worked as a sales associate at Uniqlo before joining TCGAKKI. Influenced by
his father, he grew up listening to Johnny Winter and Rory Gallagher from a young age. At around age 11, he was so blown away by a live recording of Deep Purple that he became interested in the electric guitar, and from then on, his life revolved entirely around the guitar.As I got older, my interest in selling musical instruments grew, and I decided to change careers when I turned 40. My
favorite musicians are the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Uriah Heep; my hobbies include visiting music stores and collecting Pokémon cards!

Hometown: Iwate Prefecture |
Year of Birth: 2000 |
Background: Graduate of ESP Entertainment Tokyo Since my middle
school had fewer than 30 students, my only choices for club activities were baseball or the wind ensemble. Since I wasn’t good at sports, I chose the path of music... Oh, and I love video game music—especially Monster Hunter. I actually use it as my daily alarm.

Hometown: Yokohama
, Kanagawa Prefecture | Born
: 1969 | Background: Graduate of Waseda University; currently at Ikebe Musical Instruments
. When I was a teenager, I started playing guitar because I looked up to Bryan Adams. Since then, I’ve mainly grown up listening to ’80s hard rock and heavy metal, but I also like Japanese pop music. I’m not a collector, but I think I own about 30 guitars. I like Charvel guitars.

Hometown: Tokyo
Year of Birth: 1994
Background: College graduate
. I love Japanese rock bands and started playing guitar in high school.
These days, I mainly enjoy making music through home recording.
My hobbies include eating ramen once a week and going out for yakiniku once a month.

Hometown: Gunma Prefecture
| Year of Birth: 1996 |
Background: College
graduate. I got into vintage guitars after watching TCGAKKI’s YouTube videos. I continued to be influenced by them and eventually went from being a viewer to joining the staff. I like things that are cool, cute, and beautiful.

Hometown: Saitama
Prefecture | Year of Birth: 1989 |
Background: Graduate
of Toho Music College | Self-Introduction: I play electric guitar while composing instrumental and vocal tracks.
I used to love hard rock, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to love fusion. My
hobby is drawing illustrations with Copic markers. If you
see me around, feel free to say hi!