Shinya Arasuna

Mari Shiina Jan/1/2017 Profile

"My father bought me a guitar for my 12th birthday!" — Shinya said.
Since then he has played guitar everyday.

Heartwarming , emotional and rhythmic guitarist, Shinya Arasuna was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He began playing the piano at the age of 4.
He practiced to play classical music on the piano. He also practiced to play guitar, after he got a electronic guitar on his 12th birthday.

He played guitar with his rock band and also composed some music. When he was a high school student, he heard Wes Montgomery's Incredible Jazz Guitar. He was really inspired by his music. He started playing Jazz Guitar immediately. He began his professional career when he was a University student..
He studied law at Shudo university in Hiroshima. But on the other hand, he practiced jazz music on guitar everyday. After he graduated from the university, He moved to Tokyo to play jazz music. He played jazz with great musicians in Tokyo until 2016. And also he had his own band named "Unlimited Voyage".

As soon as he moved to Tokyo, he started playing guitar with his band at one of the most famous jazz clubs in Japan named "MANHTTAN".
He interested in contemporary jazz guitar, on the other hand he interested in Brazilian music.
He plays hollow body guitar, solid body guitar and also nylon strings guitar. His guitar sound is like a beautiful crystal sound. "Pickles", it’s filled with love, peace and their emotional stories.

"I can see some pictures in their borderless and ganre-less music. It makes me feel like traveling somewhere. After coming back to Earth I feel like listening to it again. Listening to their music, people get addicted to it! —DrillSpin: Tomoaki Sekiwa"

    The festival l’avion participated
  • ’13 ~’16 Yasujiro Ozu Memorial Tateshinakogen Film Festival
  • Asagaya Jazz Festival
  • Montreux Jazz Festival Japan
  • Niigata Jazz Street
  • Tokyo Designers week
  • Sumida Jazz Festival

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