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Died December 24, 2015, Tokyo, Japan Movies and TV shows Nihongo de Asobo, One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Similar People Kumoemon Tochuken, Umekichi, Kohei Tanaka, Seiko Ito, Takahashi Chikuzan | ||
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Takeharu Kunimoto (国本武春, Kunimoto Takeharu, November 1, 1960 – December 24, 2015) was a prominent Japanese shamisen player and rōkyoku singer.
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In addition to performing and recording traditional music, he was also the only prominent shamisen player to perform and record bluegrass music; he spent some time in the early 2000s (decade) in the bluegrass program of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He also performed and record in a rock music-influenced style.
At the age of 14 Kunimoto attended a Bill Monroe concert in Tokyo and shook his hand, thus inspiring Takeharu to play bluegrass.
Kunimoto died at the age of 55 on December 24, 2015, following an illness.
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