KOGATAROO

DJing and Making beats and Diggin' in all crates in Tokyo.
Raised in Machida, Tokyo.
Since 1996 he has begun his career as a club DJ mainly in Tokyo and played as a regular DJ at most of the clubs, especially at CAVE and HARLEM which became the icon of the Tokyo club scene in the late 90's.
Currently, he's mostly working as a DJ and making beats, and also doing a wide range of activities.
With his dope groove, he puts beats together from any kind of music, no matter how old or new it is. His mix skills are not superficial. They respond to any dance floor flexibly and the inexhaustible “depth” created from his great record collection always heats up the floor with the absolute power of persuasion.
While loving the radical culture of old school hip hop, he plays different genres of club music such as NU SKOOL BREAKS, HOUSE, DRUM'N'BASS, etc. for many clubs and events, and has a widespread reputation that he always sticks to B-Boy stance even with those variety of music.
His mixtape series "LFTBB" and "KOGATAROO'S STOMP IN MY KITCHEN!" released between 2000 and 2004 brought new style to the conservative Japanese mixtape scene, attracted public attention and won rave reviews.
This year, he starts by releasing CD version of 8th one in his "LFTBB" series, it is also scheduled to release 5 mixtapes from his own label "atimeinyourlife recordings". Moreover, he is planning to release the album under the name of his own group "THE NUTCRACKERS" as well.
He also has participated in a large number of international breakdance competitions as a BREAK DJ, such as Freestyle Session, Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships, Mighty 4, Out For Fame ,RedBull BC1, BBoy Unit , etc.
He is known as one of the biggest DJs in current Japanese breakdance scene, and has a original style which is different from any DJs in the world. His original style attracts people enthusiastically.