[2026] Profiles of the seven performers

Here are the seven acts playing the kagura-den stage on November 7. The profiles are the ones the performers sent us.

HAYATO DELAROSSA

He started his career organizing "PLUGED," a punk and hardcore DJ event in his home prefecture of Chiba. He later took in music from around the world, and mixes it in his own way without being bound by existing genres. With the spirit of punk at the center, he offers an open way of enjoying music that runs from hip hop, reggae and metal to kayokyoku (Japanese popular songs). His mixes move freely between genres within a single set and create a groove of their own, and because of this he has played at events and festivals of many genres, as well as at bon-odori (summer dance festivals). He also makes tracks and remixes. He hosts "DE LA BAR," a monthly all-genre event at Nakano Open Source.

DJ TATSUTA

DJ / Beatmaker / B-BOY / ずるずるNATION / Professional walker / ブラタツタ / Fujiko Fujio collector / Reader of books about Tokyo / Earth diver / Member of the Society for Finding Traces of the Showa Era / Lover of old things / ゲスナー / Instagrammer / Funkygrammer

DJ JIN (RHYMESTER / breakthrough)

DJ and producer of RHYMESTER, one of Japan's leading hip hop groups. He is known for modern sound production rooted in a deep understanding of funk, soul, jazz and other music, and for vinyl-only club sets that cross eras and genres while keeping a consistently strong groove. He also runs breakthrough, a DJ and producer collective that works with club artists around the world, and is highly regarded by music lovers in Japan and abroad. He is currently a regular host of "TOKYO M.A.A.D SPIN," a music culture program on J-WAVE, on the third Friday of each month. He also has a long record as a radio personality: "Joint & Jam," a weekly music program broadcast nationwide on the JFN network, reached its 12th year on air.

Kenichi Takemoto (竹本健一)

He made his major-label debut in 2003 with the three-piece band PHONES. After the band went on hiatus in 2007, he turned to his solo career as a singer and has kept performing live and releasing music steadily since. Along with an active live schedule built on his powerful voice and stage presence, he has performed on stage with many artists, including Chara, HYDE and Superfly. As a songwriter, he has written, arranged and produced songs for artists such as EXILE ATSUSHI, WEST., Chara, The Gospellers and Masayuki Suzuki.

Kenichi Takemoto performs with a band: 大神田智彦 (bass), MAKO-T (keyboard), 菅野知明 (drum), 藤山周 (guitar).

DJ Funky-T

A DJ who deliberately stays an amateur. At the local Saginomiya bon-odori (summer dance festival), he livens up the dancing with a selection that ignores genre lines, from bon-odori standards to rock, soul, funk, hip hop and city pop.

武蔵丘高校軽音楽部 (Tokyo Metropolitan Musashigaoka High School Light Music Club, a school club for rock and pop bands)

The club has two distinguishing features. Every band writes its own original songs, and the club regularly hosts its own joint live event, "GAOROCK Fes." It is a club where students who want to take music and bands seriously, and who want to develop their individuality and pursue music that only they can make, can commit fully.

Bands: Eücreeeed, 宙響クラーケ, ラル, パイナップルピッチャー, 四葉サンパニー, Burning Sunskrit, Lagrange.

鷺宮高校軽音楽部 (Tokyo Metropolitan Saginomiya High School Light Music Club)

A large club with more than 80 members, playing in original and cover bands across many genres. Bands from the club such as Act. and 不眠事情 have won awards at or competed in light music contests in Tokyo (including the Tokyo High School Light Music Contest and the Kanto regional competition), and the club is known for the high standard of its playing.

Bands: ルピナス, Inpulse

Festival details

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 12:00–20:00

Saginomiya Hachiman Shrine, Nakano City, Tokyo (the shrine grounds and the plaza by the kagura-den)

Free admission. No reservation needed, and you can come and go as you like.

About a 5-minute walk from Saginomiya Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line).

The festival will be held rain or shine, but canceled in severe weather.