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A comment under Senbonzakura (highly recommended Mr. Rock N Roll!) was: "I joined a metal band." "On what instrument?" "Flute!"

I love this guy’s enthusiasm. I’m so used to metal heads gatekeeping everything. This guy listens to everything with so much joy and love for music.

Wagakki Band is one of the best Japanese groups out there. They combine traditional instruments and vocal styles with modern rock, metal, jazz, and more. All eight members are master level musicians; and their lead singer, the very elegant Yuko Suzuhana, may be the best female Japanese vocalist I have heard. Wagakki Band is the only other Japanese group that comes anywhere close to BabyMetal in international popularity. The video for their song Senbonzakura has more views than Gimme Chocolate. They are even better live, as their stage shows are musical extravaganzas that rival the very best BabyMetal concerts.

I`m getting on for seventy years old. Brought up with the Stones and the Beatles. Saw this band for the first time a month ago and INSTANTLY fell in love them. Fantastic. Never has any band gripped my feelings as much as these.

That was a sound check. Making sure everyone can hear them. Traditional Japanese music mixed with metal = PERFECTION!!!!!

この人のリアクション好きだわwww 焔はかっこいいよなー。 町家さんのギターテク、マジ神。

この人のリアクション大好き。最高。

2022 and i wonder how i didn't know about this band... But i'm happy i found them

琴線に触れるとはこのことか・・・大男が無邪気に小躍りする、 和楽器の威力や如何に・・・涙潤む感性は人類共通の宝。

Your reaction to this was basically the same as mine -- rocking out the whole time, and then when Beni gets up and wails on the shamisen (like you said, basically a Japanese 3-string banjo that you play with a paint scraper, lol) I had to rewind it like a dozen times. She is honestly incredible.

As a huge sucker for folk metal I am SO GLAD to have just discovered this group.

As soon as she started singing. Instant goose bumps

Japanese banjo is a samisen, and Beni is VERY good with it.

I felt that I should thank you, Mr. Rock N Roll, for introducing me to this band over a year ago. The best band of the 21st century. Homura with Akatsuki no ito is the best way to introduce someone to Wagakki Band.

あんた最高だよ❣

That instrument is called shamisen.

改めて着物を観ると煌びやかで美しい☺️ その美しさを世界に広めて下さい😉

The "banjo" is called shamisen and is a traditional japanese instrument. I saw this band in an interview on NHK a few months back and they played a song called Ignite, you could check that one out.

Sorry, but there are only 2 girls: singer and shamisen player. The bassist is a guy))))

Bro i have an entire playlist of their music. I got addicted to them.

His reaction is fantastic when he hears the shamisen!!!

WagakkiBand is how I found Band-Maid back in 2015. You pronounced the name right. And Asa (bass player) is a guy. Beni (shamisen, the three stringed banjo-like instrument) can kill it for sure. She and Yuko (the singer) are why I listen to this band. You should do Senbonzakura live.

My favorite reaction so far. LMAO he left the room

more please more

Glad you checked these guys out, my favorite group from Japan.

"Another plane of existence" is the most accurate description for Wagakki Band I have yet heard. Like, folk-metal isn't a new thing, right? But traditional Japanese music is almost entirely unknown in the West and it just feels other-worldly, especially in this context. They are a unique experience, one that makes my heart pound and gives me goosebumps.

リアクションめちゃめちゃ可愛いww Good reaction!

And this is why I love watching reactors. They get intro'd music I wouldn't have found on my own.

I don’t know how teaching the music is in Japan and the Netherlands, but it’s amazing what they produce!

I got to catch these dudes live on their first US Tour, it was amazing.

Band-Maid and Wagakki Band Conquered the world!

hello mr. Rock and roll this band is play and performing with Japanese very old traditional instruments it's very unique in Japan too because we don't see that instrumen so often because we're westernize already but it's very good the flute the little guitar on table that's called Cotto my mom does that there's a lot of different that you use German. I hope you enjoy it

This band is SUPER famous all arounf the world man. Never too late to hear about them -)

I like that you are listening the same Japanese bands that I love to listen (Babymetal, Band Maid, Wagakki Band). 10/10 Saludos desde Argentina 👋🇦🇷

I love how wagakki band always incorporates traditional instruments into their musics

I am so with you brother. This song does take you to a different plane of existence. Such an experience to listen to them 😊

Super good Video,good reaction.

Kinda late but that's literally the best and honest reaction in the history of yt.

Went through the exact same mind-blowing experience listening to them few days ago for the first time. There beyond good, awesome to see someone having the same reaction I felt

And yes, the glow sticks called ""Cyalume"" are a MUST during japanese events, often used as specific coreography by the fans, normally during Idol events but not only :D and there are dancers too that use them and they are CRAZY...

Definitely get into this band more they are a national treasure.

I love this band.

I keep going back and forth calling Band Maid and Wagakki Band my favorite group. Everyone in Wagakki Band has such mastery over their not just their musical art but their presence and teamwork. I would definitely love to see you get into more of their stuff!

I had the same reaction bro,and still get emotional when I see that clip.

have been in Japan for work, many times from 2000 until 2019, and being a big fan of music, I went to see all the possible concerts of Japanese bands of any musical genre. In Japan there is a millennial and very strong musical tradition, especially in percussion, in fact, there are countless schools to learn to play the drums of Japanese tradition, and many schools for Japanese instruments such as shamisen, a 3 or 4 string instrument completely without keys and very difficult to use. Contrary to what happens in the western world, in Japan if you have not done a school, you do not even try to do one thing, this happens for everything, it is part of the Japanese mentality, you cannot cook ramen if you have not had the approval of a master, this generates that in japan the quality of the professionals is incredible, especially in music, if you go to Japan you will be able to listen to incredible bands that play jazz, rock, pop, any type of music, many of these with great influences from the Western music but many others who manage to mix traditional Japanese music with the various genres of Western music, this can create truly incredible atmospheres for the listener. In any case, the average level of Japanese musicians is above any Western musician, simply because of the mentality and pursuit of perfection typical of the Japanese people. So in conclusion, I can tell you that soon you could find Japanese bands that play so that it may seem even absurd, I give you the example of Akane Hirose, she has studied music for years but she has studied the trombone and the violin it seems to me, then she decided to learn the drums and went to study with great masters for only 4 years and now she is the greatest rock drummer of today and maybe she will end up on the list of great all-time. the only real and big problem of Japanese musicians is that the continuous study can drag them into a state of lack of creativity and imagination, forcing them to create music which in the end is only an exhibition of technical ability. There are few Japanese bands that manage to maintain true creativity and a great soul in their music, one of them is certainly Band MaId and Wagakki Band, but I must tell you that if you go to see the concerts in the end you will think that Band-Maid is the best that you can find, most of the Japanese bands are exaggerated in the exposure of the technique and are then boring to listen to in an entire concert, I wanted to write this for some time because I listened to all the concerts of the latest Japanese bands and as I am also a hobby musician I can tell you that in Japan they have a great technique but very little soul, and the only one with the soul is always the incredible Band maid, I have seen, maybe you will think I'm crazy, eleven concerts by the Band-Maid, 9 in Japan and 2 in Europe, and the most incredible ones were in Europe in small theaters where I could be a few centimeters from Saiki and I had to avoid the neck of Kanami's guitar. The instrument you see in this video is the Shamisen, it is very difficult to play and even in Japan few dare, the girl of the Wagakki Band is crazy, it is as if he were jimmy Hedrix multiplied by van Hallen, he does really crazy things at an absurd speed for one instrument with one neck completely without any tone reference. hi, yours is the best channel for music reaction.

my fav band from Japan! love the sound

YES I was waiting for the day you found them.

3:52 That sounded so freakin EPIC. =)

If you watch carefully, twice during Akatsuki no Ito, the drummer (Wabasi) on the modern set breaks two (2) drum sticks, tosses them over his shoulder (and the gong) without missing a lick when he picks up his backup drum sticks.

Great reaction... Try their song: Ikusa, Senbonzakura or Tengaku I think you'll like it... And the Bassist is a male but often dressed and had feminine make-up... Quite a lot of people/reactor think the Bassist is a female... Hahaha

Beni (the "banjo" player) is awesome.

あなたのリアクションはいつも楽しい。どのアーティストにも評価している。 日本に来たら奢りたいな。楽しい時間を過ごせそう。アメリカ人の感性は素晴らしい。

Fun watching ppl having fun

Also you are EXACTLY right, that instrument is in fact a Japanese Banjo. It's called a Shamisen as other comments have mentioned but it works on the same principle as a banjo in that it sounds against a taught skin rather than into hollow wood.

I just got recommended this song by yt, listened it and got addicted. So I ended up here and loved your energetic reaction :)

More wagakki band please.

和楽器バント、BAND-MAIDは日本が誇るバントグループ

Imagine if he's in that concert. Lol

how cool is that they have two drummers!

They were supposed to play at the olympics in 2020... but it got canceled... hopefully they still play whenever it happens next. :D

Just wanted to say before even watching the video ,thanks for doing this brother, I'm really glad to be a new Patron. I will surely suggest more, if you want to hear more from them.

I've been a fan of Wagakki Band for years now. I didn't even know reactions to their music was a thing. I have a new rabbit hole to go down! Awesome reaction. Music really is awesome.

やっと和楽器BANDをリアクションしてくれたんですね🤘🔥

Best reaction video to this band that I've seen!! You got me "rofl" from pure delight seeing how into this you got. Even enjoy when you paused at some parts. Rock OUT!!!!

You need to see Unlucky Morpheus "Black Pentagram" Live & witness the greatness that exists with Fuki & Jill.... and the rest of them are extremely talented as well. They're practically a Japanese supergroup. Make sure you choose the one with English subtitles. After you're done with that, you need to check out Galneryus & be introduced to the reigning God Of The Guitar, Syu. Preferably start with "Destiny", "Force Of Courage", or "Angel Of Salvation" (preferably live versions).

Who doesn’t love a good metal riff? Love it.

Beni is love, Beni is life !! Beni Ninagawa, she started by posting shamisen clips on YT before being noticed by the band and recruited. Oh yeah, here's your 5th japanese metal band. Ofc it has female lead because they simply kick ass. Yousei Teikokku - Shito Kanadeshi Hametuno Tategoto

I found your video because of Wagakki. I love both rock and some Japanese styles.

the only two ladys in the group are the vocalist Yuuko and Beni, the shamisen player (the thing that looks like a banjo), Asa the bassist often gets confused by a lady, but he just likes to break some stereotypes. the traditional instruments are the koto (it can be compared to a harp), the shakuhachi (a flute made out of bamboo), the taiko (the giant drumset), and as i mentioned before, the shamisen.

日本人として純粋に嬉しい

that is beni ninagawa playing the instrument that is called the tsugaru shamisen. she and vocalist yuko suzuhana are both knockouts .been around since 2012 and just amazing.

The Shamason girl playing is Beni Nicagower beautiful smile when sh does fantastic band and performance

thanks..

I might be wrong but the banjo like guitar is Shamisen, the flute is Shakuhachi, the orizontal harp is Koto and the drum set is Taiko.

Your pronunciation of the band name is very good. "Wa" means "Japanese" and "gakki" means "instruments". Likewise, "wagyu" means "Japanese beef/cattle", "washi" = "Japanese paper", "washoku" = "Japanese cuisine", etc. "Wa" is 和 in kanji.

I've seen the waggaki band in my recommendations before, because I like to listen to a lot of classical music from around the world, but I never bothered to watch em. Thanks for the video mate, love your like minded spirit. You keep doing reactions to music from around the world and I'll keep coming back

more of wagakki band

This is a great introduction to the Wagakki band. They’ve been around about 8 years as a band. The lead singer, Yuko Suzuhana is legendary in Japan for roles in Anime and Vocaloid. Their first release as the Wagakki Band was “The Story of Six Trillion Years and One Night.” “Ten Thousand Cherry Trees” is another early monster hit. The band is 100% Japanese, but half the band play traditional Japanese instruments and half modern ones. (Look again at the drummers.) Oh, the instrument Kanade plays is a shamisen.

Even now really want to know how can they combine Japanese traditional music and Metal so perfectly. XD

I listen to a lot of Japanese music because that scene is vibrant right now. There is a lot of creativity and different sounds going on right now. If you like punk, try out Mutant Monster. For metal, Aldious and Lovebites. And for straight rock, One OK! Rock. They're all great and different.

this is what happens when pros on different instrument come together. sorry for my english😁

There's also videos of Beni playing the Shamisen from before her joining this group that are of similar format to Fami the Bass girl's videos.

this is literally the best reaction of wagakki that I've seen so far. rock on!

Beni is a demon on the shamisen!

I too suddenly get the urge to stand up and walk around when I hear music that gets me amped up, often accompanied by imagining fantastical scenarios.

I loved this reaction vid. In my head I was just thinking, "...yeah, Beni has that effect on people". Please do more Wagakki Band! They became my favorite band a couple years ago, and it's great seeing western audiences finally finding out how great they are. God willing, when the world regains some stability, they'll do more shows in the US again.

I saw this some days ago... its really great...crazy great ... (You should really react to Band-Maid's "Gion-Cho" or "Secret MAIKO Lips" ... I say this because they incorporated some traditional instruments (like the tsugaru shamisen (the japanese banjo!), here played by Ninagawa Beni) in those songs and played them as "Band-Maiko") :-D ... great stuff! Japan... so many good things...

Wow, you finally found Wagakki Band! They've been a favourite for quite awhile now, and this instrumental intro is a great way to see their chops. As for the bass player, the parents will have a gender reveal party for it as soon as they figure out what they have... Seriously, he's a he lol. One thing I really like about this band is their aesthetic sense - I can't stop admiring their style as much as their music. I'd also recommend checking out their Senbonsakura (spelled completely wrong) official music video, one of the best MVs I've ever seen. Cheers :-)

Yes. At long last...

この動画を見るとHappyになれます。 Thank you！ Excellent！！

いい選曲！　Good song selection！

That banjo called "Shaminsen"

The best reaction

their music is like magic

Glad that you like them, i discovered the band about the time you posted this video. I've never seen this video until now. I was just blown away by this band, these guys are good. Beni can shred a guitar just as well as or maybe better than the greats. The band is better live than in the studio. Here's one of their songs that i think that you might like~ "Hoshizukiyo", Live at Heian Jingu 2017. The first part of that video, Homura, i really enjoy, it's so awesome and dynamic.

One of the best rock reactions video i have ever seen

One of my favourites is Senbon Zakura ( A thousand Cherry Trees) a great mv and a modern take on an old Japanese folk song. Wagakki band does it so well - that blend of the trad and modern Rock

I could watch this band in spring festival in japan while watching the sakura tree blooms... And confessing to an girl with fire works background... Hahaha...😂😂 it is so crazy to think you can combine the traditional instrument(japan) to a rock band...

Another great reaction! You should check out Ningen Isu - 'Heartless Scat' when you can. Its another Japanese band but you wont be disappointed ;)