Keita Uchiyama

Keita Uchiyama

Guitarist and vocalist of the acoustic guitar unit "Keitaku" living in Fukuoka. Born in Saga Prefecture. He started playing guitar at the age of 15, and has created many original songs with his roots in folk and blues music. In May 2001, he hit it off with Takuya Toyama, a guitarist who happened to be standing next to him on the street, and they formed "Keitaku". On July 6, 2005, they made their major label debut with "Little Light. He wrote the theme song for the TV show "Hanamaru/Daikichi no Nantoshite? and has also had a number of regular radio shows. He has an established reputation for his live performances, and performs energetically throughout Japan with his overwhelming ability in both performance and singing. In 2012, he started his solo activities in parallel with his "Keitaku" activities. He sings not only original songs but also covers folk songs by Go Nagabuchi, Takuro Yoshida, and others. In 2013, he released a solo album in which he arranged and covered the songs of his friends who had left music, shedding light on unknown masterpieces that should be preserved for the ages. In 2017, he was asked by his hometown Saga City to narrate "Saga-ben Radio Exercise No. 2," which has become a YouTube sensation. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)