"I'm so glad we got to talk~ 😆"

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

Origin: Born in Tokyo, raised in Osaka
Year of Birth: 1993
Career: Graduated from Kinki University → Worked in R&D at a food manufacturer → Currently
I’ve been in charge of electric and acoustic guitars at TCGAKKI. Currently, as the store manager at Advance Guitars, I specialize 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: Born in 1974 (Please remember it as “Don’t go!”)
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: Hokkaido
Year of Birth: 1993
Background: College graduate
I first picked up the Bass when I formed a band in my high school light music club, and before I knew it, I’d been in a band for over 10 years. I’m an active band member. My hobby is taking spontaneous trips on my moped. But since it’s just a moped, I can’t go very far.

Hometown: Wakayama
Year of Birth: I was born in the height of summer, just before the Tokyo Olympics, thinking to myself, “The world sure is noisy right now.”
Background: Graduated from Doshisha University; after working in publishing, I entered the musical instrument industry. I was in the wind ensemble during middle and high school. I wanted to play the saxophone, but due to staffing issues, I ended up on the trumpet. Since I turned my greatest passion into my job, my hobby is rather ordinary: watching movies. Lately, I’ve been wandering along the Tama River, trying to get back into fishing, which I used to love.

Hometown: Central Kanagawa
Year of Birth: Born in 1993
Background: Graduated from the Global Wind Instrument Technical Academy
I’ve lived in Shin-Okubo since my student days, so before I knew it, I’d been here for over a decade. I work at a music store, my hobby is playing instruments, and in my free time, I research musical instruments. I’m open to finding new hobbies. If you need a trumpet case, please ask me!

Hometown: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Background: Graduated from Komadori Kindergarten
While playing in a band as a hobby, I kept insisting that I only wanted to play the guitar—and eventually ended up working at a music store. Since I’m not a fan of big cities, I live in the countryside where I can see the mountains. Besides musical instruments, my other hobby is cars. Since mine is an old car, excessive oil leaks are a constant headache. I love cats. After all, cats are the cutest.

Hometown: Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Year of Birth: Born in 1988
Background: Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science; graduated from 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 hobby, so I clutched my New Year’s allowance and bought an acoustic guitar. After that, I became interested in Bass, and ever since, it’s been all about Bass. During college, while everyone around me was busy with job hunting and graduate school entrance exams, I don’t know what came over me, but I decided to pursue a career in instrument repair.

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 guess. I actually use it as my daily alarm.

Hometown: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Year of Birth: 1969
Background: Graduated from Waseda University; worked at Ikebe Musical Instruments
I started playing guitar in my teens 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.