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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hiroshima_(band)Hiroshima (band) - Wikipedia

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   Hiroshima (band) - Wikipedia. Hiroshima is an American band formed in 1974 that incorporates Japanese instruments in its music. Hiroshima has sold over four million albums around the world. Biography. Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima's leader, is from East Los Angeles.

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3. rafu.com › 2022 › 01Hiroshima the Band: This Is Not Goodbye - Rafu Shimpo

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   Jan 10, 2022 · After 40-plus years of concerts, touring, and recording, June Kuramoto and Dan Kuramoto of the smooth jazz group Hiroshima recently announced that their Domo Tour in 2022 will likely be the band’s last.

4. www.latimes.com › california › storyHiroshima, whose music shaped Asian American identity, plans ...

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   Oct 29, 2022 · The band, led by Japanese American Boyle Heights native Dan Kuramoto, defied simple categorization. It featured Japanese instruments like taiko drums and koto yet played jazz and rhythm and blues...

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5. www.yahoo.com › news › hiroshima-band-helped-defineHiroshima, a band that helped define Asian American identity ...

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   Oct 29, 2022 · The band, led by Japanese American Boyle Heights native Dan Kuramoto, defied simple categorization. It featured Japanese instruments like taiko drums and koto yet played jazz and rhythm and blues...

   • Author: Jeong Park

6. www.nbcnews.com › news › asian-americaAfter 40 Years, Hiroshima's Music Still Resonates - NBC News

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   Sep 16, 2016 · The band’s leader, Dan Kuramoto, was born and raised in East LA. After graduating from California State University, Long Beach with a fine arts degree, he became the first chairman of its...

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7. rafu.com › 2022 › 11In Case Anyone Asks, Hiroshima Has Still Got It - Rafu Shimpo

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   Nov 3, 2022 · A laid-back Dan Kuramoto looked out at the sold-out Aratani Theatre audience Saturday night and took a moment to mention that CDs were for sale in the lobby. Then, the music started — a piece featuring koto virtuoso June Okida Kuramoto, more soulful, more nuanced, more powerful than ever.

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   Who is Dan Kuramoto?

   • Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima's leader, is from East Los Angeles. He attended California State University, Long Beach, then led its Asian-American studies department. Through playing in a band on weekends he met June Kuramoto, a native of Japan who grew up in Los Angeles and played koto, a Japanese stringed instrument.

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   Who is June Kuramoto?

   • Through playing in a band on weekends he met June Kuramoto, a native of Japan who grew up in Los Angeles and played koto, a Japanese stringed instrument. Kuramoto admired Earth, Wind, and Fire for the way it combined jazz and R&B, and Santana for his identification with Latinos.

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   Did Kuramoto have a pan-Asian identity?

   • When Kuramoto was growing up in Boyle Heights, graduating from Roosevelt High in 1963, the concept of pan-Asian identity did not exist. People thought of themselves as solely Chinese American, Japanese American, Filipino American or Korean American.

   Hiroshima, a band that helped define Asian American identity

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   Why did Kuramoto become an Asian American?

   • By the late 1960s, the movement to create an Asian American identity, on the theory that unity would create more political power, was exploding. Kuramoto became the first chair of Cal State Long Beach’s Asian American studies program while still in his early 20s. On the side, he performed music.

   Hiroshima, a band that helped define Asian American identity

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   Why did Kuramoto create Earth Wind & Fire?

   • Kuramoto admired Earth, Wind, and Fire for the way it combined jazz and R&B, and Santana for his identification with Latinos. He wanted to create a band that would represent Asian Americans. He named it after the Japanese city Hiroshima, which was mostly destroyed by an atomic weapon at the end of World War II.

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9. www.startrek.com › news › the-story-behind-star-trekThe Story Behind Star Trek V: The Final Frontier's Musical ...

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   Jul 27, 2020 · Hiroshima has toured the world and sold over four million records, making a brief detour into the Star Trek universe along the way. StarTrek.com recently interviewed Dan Kuramoto about the experience of creating this unique piece of deep Star Trek lore.