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Otakon 2023 Hosts Composers Shota Nakama, Yasuharu Takanashi, Rock Ensemble Yaiba
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-yaiba- to perform at event taking place from July 28-30 in Washington D.C.
He is also the leader of -yaiba-. Takanashi won the JASRAC International Award six times.
-yaiba- is a rock ensemble that fuses orchestral rock music with Japanese traditional instruments. The group consists of Takanashi (keyboard), Kenji Fujisawa (guitar), as well as several other musicians.
Nakama contributed music for games like Final Fantasy XV and anime such as Video Game Orchestra (VGO), and he directed the Sonic the Hedgehog Anniversary Concert.
Otakon 2023 is announced its its COVID-19 policy for this year's event on March 3. The policy says that masks and proof of vaccination are no longer mandatory for attendees of the event in alignment with "local and federal guidance."
Source: Press release
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