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OKAMOTO’s to Attend Sakura-Con 2018


OKAMOTO’s rocked the east coast, now they’re taking their act to Seattle.

Yesterday, Sakura-Con announced that rock group OKAMOTO’s will attend this year’s convention as musical guests.

Okamoto’s is a band from Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward. The group’s four members all choose to use the surname “Okamoto” as an homage to avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, as well as punk rockers The Ramones. The breakdown is as follows:

  • Vocals: Okamoto Sho
  • Guitar: Okamoto Kouki
  • Bass: Hama Okamoto
  • Drums: Okamoto Reiji

Okamoto’s has seen several of their songs featured in major anime titles, including:

  • Yokubo wo Sakebe!!!! (Naruto Shippuden)
  • HEADHUNT (Durarara!!)
  • “Beautiful Days” (Gintama)

Okamoto’s became the youngest Japanese male act to perform at SXSW in 2010. The festival gig was followed by a seven-city American tour. The band released nine singles and eight albums to date, with their most recent being OPERA in 2015.

Sakura-Con will be held from March 30 – April 1 at the Washington State Convention Center. The group performed at Anime Boston last year.

Image Credit: Mike Ferreira, Used with permission by Sony Music

Source: Sakura-Con

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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