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Sho Sakurai

Hip hop
Hip hopJ-pop

Sho Sakurai is a Hip hop and J-pop act. They run in the same orbit as NYC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kōki Tanaka and Tatsuya Ueda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Sho Sakurai and forward to Kōki Tanaka. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sho SakuraiKōki TanakaTatsuya UedaNYC

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Sho Sakurai connections

Sho Sakurai shares an orbit with NYC, went on to shape Kōki Tanaka and Tatsuya Ueda. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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