The Eagles’ “Hotel California” played by Kimuyan -Happiness concert on February 3rd, 2018-

2020.06.16

On February 3rd 2018, “Happiness Concert” was held

at Bhutan Museum Fukui in the central part of Fukui City.

Kimuyan who is a deaf guitarist

Kimuyan, a deaf and a miraculous guitarist who self-educated himself

how to play the guitar after losing his hearing performed in the concert.

One of the pieces he played was the Eagles’ “Hotel California”.

Everyone at the concert listened attentively to his amazing guitar works

and beautiful melody.

Kimuyan plays the guitar beautifully

Kimuyan is originally from Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
He lost his hearing when he was in early childhood and he lost interests in music.
He became a fan of a musician, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi and his interest in music came back.
He appeared in TV shows, "24-hour television" and "Unbelievable".
In 2009, "Bright Eyes" was made into a movie.
In 2010, "Bight Eyes. Say thank you. " was published from a publishing company, Kodansha.
In 2011, they have changed their members and the band name
to "BRIGHT EYES super-duper". They perform live about 10 times a year even now.
Since 2004, as he has become interested in playing the acoustic guitar,
he has established a folk music band, "Kimura Brothers" and an instrumental duo band,
"HAKKI" and they perform even today.
As "Kimuyan", to learn a difficult skill, "Guitar solo" in which he plays melody, base, and
accompanies at the same time, Kimura studied at Niibori Guitar Music Academy.
He took a part in a band contest, "Live Energy 2011, in Nagoya"
(held by Niibori Guitar Music Academy) and received the best guitarist award.
Currently, he is an executive committee of an event cheering for welfare society,
"Let's build the rainbow bridge in our hearts by music", and he also plays there regularly.