"GIRA GIRA KNIGHTS"
Song
With Himitsu Hakase & Yuichi Kishino
A star of the post modern and an enthusiastic singer, Himitsu Hakase (Doctor Secret) magnifies the standards of the popular Japanese song, "Enka". With permed hair à la Marc Bolan, Himitsu Hakase is a superb crooner who has used the tremendous power of his voice on a collection of hits from another period. During his songs, Yuichi Kishino uses humor to improvise gestures suggestive of a jubilatory performance or a Technicolor mime- drama with scintillating and over-the-top sonorities.
As a child, Himitsu Hakase was fascinated by variety shows and, in adolescence, discovered the pre-war Japanese singers and their nostalgic melodies. Whereas his mother made him take singing lessons and study Mozart, his classmates introduced him to punk (Sex Pistols and The Damned), psychedelic music and glam rock (T. Rex, Queen). Today, Himitsu Hakase works the clubs of Tokyo with his band, The Emperors, or as a duo, flanked by Yuichi Kishino, in the improbable Gira Gira Nights.
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