YUTARO OGIDA.

幼少期をニューヨーク、思春期をロンドンで過ごす。
ロンドン時代、エレキギターの歪んだ音に胸を揺さぶられロックを始める。
悪友ジェイクにサイケデリックパンクシーンに誘われサイケデリックの虜になる。
帰国後はギタリストとしてプロの道へ。
さまざまなバンドに参加、いろいろなミュージシャンとセッションを重ねる。

2015年遊びで始めた《扇田裕太郎 1人ピンクフロイド》が関係者の目に留まり、
20周年を迎える《FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’16》に出演。
震災以降、ソロ活動についてあらためて考えるようになり、ソロアルバムの制作に着手。
2016年8月、1st Mini Album『I AM』リリース。

現在ソロとは別に、多田暁(Tp.)との《The Day Sweet》、
木暮”shake”武彦らとのピンクフロイドトリビュートバンド《原始神母》
等でも活動中である。

Yutaro Ogida
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, Yutaro Ogida was born in 1970 in Tokyo. He spent his early childhood in New York and attended high school in London where he started playing guitar.
After going back to Japan in the 1990’s, he joined Wouassi Vincent’s Afrorock band, The Roots Band.
He has also played many sessions for artists such as Tommy & the Bonjaskys, (Kishidan), O’hashi Takashi, (Seikimatsu), and Shake, (Red Warriors). Yutaro is a co-founder of Genshishinbo, the well-known Pink Floyd tribute project in Japan.
He has played at many events, the highlights being the largest rock festival in Japan, Fuji Rock Festival, in 2016 and 2017, and Progressive Rock Fes. in 2017, where he supported Camel and Steve Hackett, (Genesis).
Yutaro started his singer-songwriter career after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake in 2011.
In 2016 he released his first solo record “I AM” and tours around Japan playing live. He produced Reika Tomita’s first album, “Yumenokakera” in 2017, and formed Reika Tomita and the Rolling Gypsies. The band performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2017, and will be visiting Taiwan for their first overseas concert.