Cosplay Karaoke

コスプレカラオケ

Cosplay Karaoke コスプレカラオケ is the first all Japanese Takénobu album, featuring 10 original songs with Japanese lyrics and music composed during livestreams.

“Mellow Cello Podcast”

Please join me Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern time US on my Youtube channel for livestreamed improvisational mellow cello. It’s a great community, and I love being able to perform live for an audience remotely. Some streams are released as instrumental podcast episodes of the “Mellow Cello Podcast.” Choice pieces have also been used to create the Sushi Tapes EPs, as well as the most recent album, Cosplay Karaoke, with lyrics written afterwards.

If you’re a super fan and can’t get enough - every episode is available in high-quality download and streaming for Bandcamp subscribers, who are the true champions. I feel very lucky to have some of the nicest and most thoughtful fans, and if you’re reading this, you must be one of those very wonderful people, so thank you for listening!

Takénobu is the middle name and all encompassing band and artist name for Nick Takenobu Ogawa. It is a combination of the Japanese Kanji characters in his father and grandfather’s names, written 健信 and loosely translated means “Iron Will” or “Determined Spirit”. Nick’s beautiful and talented wife, Kathryn Koch, lends her talents on albums Conclusion, Always Leave a Note, the Sushi Tapes EPs and Cosplay Karaoke

Vocals, Cello / Nick Ogawa
Vocals, Violin / Kathryn Koch