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KOIAI and snow

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A break for another show, and what a show it was!

KOIAI on stage, from left to right; HAZUKI, Wakazaemon, Kotono, Kanade e Li-sa-X. Photo originally published by KOIAI

After a few days in Hiroshima Prefecture, I came to Yokohama, where I was able to witness KOIAI (read koi-eye) live for the first time.

KOIAI is a band that has recently been gaining popularity. I particularly liked their last two EPs ("Deep Love" and "Come See Me" respectively), where their evolution as a band is remarkable compared to their first EP (Deep Indigo).

KOIAI was formed in 2022 by Li-sa-X (guitar), HAZUKI (guitar, yes, the same as NEMOPHILA) and Kotono (vocalist, ex-IRONBUNNY). Later Kanade (drummer) joined the group. Despite not having a fixed bass player, in the beginning Li-sa-X's brother was responsible for the bass, but more recently this work has been done by Wakazaemon.

In short, from Rock to Pop, from Rock to Metal, from Rock to a little Jazz, KOIAI manages to bring together different genres through guitar riffs that seem to be very difficult, but very beautiful to listen to. For example, the song below titled "A New Picture":

Anyway™, I came to Yokohama to witness KOIAI for the first time, live and in color. And what a fantastic show, not even the rain that caused some chaos at the entrance could steal the show's spotlight.

Not even the technical problems (cables, always cables) that HAZUKI had at the beginning hindered the show.

I don't even really know how to describe the show itself, so I'll just leave the setlist below for the record, in case anyone is curious.

Setlist

They played all the songs from the 3 EPs already released, plus some covers.

Blazing Heart (Genshin Impact "Mavuika" character song)
Come see me
Slip Through
Make You Regret
Take It or Leave It
No More Lies
Inside
Straight To My Heart
Future of Those Days
Kanade solo ("Deeper Deeper, ONE OK ROCK)
Kotono solo (Dance, "What do you do?, Jess Glynne)
Hazuki solo (Into The Arena, Michael Schenker)
Li-sa-X solo (Action Boyz, Jack & Owane)
Your Socks
8 am
Веер Веер!
A New Picture
Just Be My Treasure
My Breath
Automatic (Hikaru Utada)
One Way or Another

And it snowed...

At the end of the show, leaving the venue, I was surprised by the snow, and what a pleasant surprise!

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And that was another concert day in Japan.