Teruya Rinken

Teruya Rinken is among the Okinawa’s most influential music artists. The leader from the Rinken Music group, which he created in 1977, Rinken offers continuing to pave his personal musical path. In the beginning drawn to rock and roll and jazz, he offers consistently combined in Okinawan affects to produce his unique audio. The grandson of the Ryukyuan traditional musician as well as the child of a normal Ryukyuan comedian, Rinken grew up on Okinawan music. Soon after developing the Rinken Music group, Rinken as well as the group became the studio room band for maker Sadao China, most widely known for his use Nenes. The music group had its initial discovery when their one “Arigato” was selected as the soundtrack of the television industrial for Orion beverage in 1985. Their debut record, Arigato, followed 2 yrs later. Rinken provides increasingly changed his focus on film. He offered as music movie director for Untamagiru in 1989 and Pineapple Travels in 1992 and aimed Tink Tink in 1994. He eventually created a musical creation, Dora, that was shown in Japan and France in 1996. The Rinken Band’s tune “Chura Jura” was utilized as the theme tune of popular tv series Ryukyu No Kaze in 1993. Their tune “You, You, You” was utilized as the finishing theme of Chikushi Tetsuya’s Information 23. In Apr, 2000, Rinken shaped a trio, Kalbisa, with Makoto Kubata of Weekend Sunsets and Haruomi Hosono from the Yellow Magic Orchestra. Their debut one “Roochoo Gumbo Y2K” premiered shortly afterwards.