◇ image via WikipediaKenshi Yonezu
Kenshi Yonezu is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Radwimps, Susumu Hirasawa, Bump of Chicken, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Mabanua. Those roots explain a lot about how Kenshi Yonezu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as King Gnu, Vaundy, Sekai no Owari, imase and Yorushika, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lisa, Arashi, Hikaru Utada, Daoko and DECO*27, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Kenshi Yonezu, reaching back through Radwimps and forward to Lisa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kenshi Yonezu connections
Kenshi Yonezu grew out of Radwimps, Susumu Hirasawa, Bump of Chicken and Asian Kung-Fu Generation, shares an orbit with King Gnu, Vaundy, Sekai no Owari and imase, went on to shape Lisa, Arashi, Hikaru Utada and Daoko. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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