Why yes, finally, we have an honest to goodness post about ENGAWA on this site! Engawa is, as you may know from reading this blog, what is often referred to as “That weird Beni-Kai thing with that old guy.” That guy by the way, is Koji Ishikawa, who was for many years the percussionist for a well-known and respected comedic folk group called Tama. (Who were really very good!)

Somewhere along the way, Koji formed this project with our beloved Beni and Kai, and together they play these high-spirited, light-hearted and lo-fi shows on occasion. Koji plays a minimalist home-made drum set while Beni and Kai sing and dance about in a silly, child-like way. You’ll either think it’s a swell time or a grating assault on your sanity, I’ll leave that up to you…

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吉祥寺。
石川浩司生誕
えんがわ。

石川さんの誕生から現在までを紙芝居と小芝居でおくる。
さよなら人類歌ったり、どんなプロポーズだったかやらされたり(笑)
(結婚前から皆から『だんな』と呼ばれてた)

あヴぁもゼアゼアもたまも歌メインで小芝居はしないから、本当オモシロイなぁって思うわね pic.twitter.com/286dIYPX8I

— 青めがね (@ao_megane2013) July 2, 2018

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