O’Jizo

• Celtic

O’Jizo is the instrumental band of Irish music,from Japan, since 2008. Members are Kozo Toyota – Flute, Koji Nagao – Guitar,and Hirofumi Nakamura – Bouzouki and Accordion. They released “Highlight”in 2011. They composed and recorded the theme music of TV program, “Walking in Oregon – Long Trail Hiking -” by Colombia Sports Wear Japan, in 2014. They recorded with local musicians in Portland and took part in the Galway Bay Celtic Miusic Feis in 2016, and released “Via Portland”as their 2nd album. Since then,they did tours in USA every year and got a great success. They released their 3rd album “Cranking Out” in 2019, and 4th album “MiC -Music in Cube” in 2021. Also in 2021, they won the Robinson Emerging Artist Showcase, and have been invited to perform at Canada’s longest running pan-Celtic festival, Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in 2022. In 2024, they took part in the conference called “Your Roots Are Showing” at Dundalk in Ireland, and their performance got standing ovation. In August, they had a great succeed at US & Canada tour, including Dublin Irish Festival Ohio, Goderich Celtic Roots Festival Canada, and Milwaukee Irish Fest, one of the biggest Celtic festival in US.