Hikashu - Nite Hi Naru Toki (2025)

Hikashu - Nite Hi Naru Toki (2025)

1. Nite Hi Naru Toki [Time Not Quite the Same]
2. Koala Teki Nenriki [Koala-like Telekinesis]
3. Manazashi Kara Kikan Suru [Returning from a Stare]
4. Kawauso No Saiten [Festival of Otters]
5. Bo Ningen [Stick Figure]
6. Ojama Nandayo Chikara Kobu [That Muscle Gets in the Way]
7. Kuuki O Nugu [Taking off the Air]
8. Honoo No Zatunen [Flame of Delusion]
9. Moshika No Sekai [The World of Moshika]
10. Dakuryu Dewa Naku Sazanami No Ariyo De [The Manner of Ripples, not Torrents]
11. Kuuki O Matou [Wrapped Around the Air]

lyrics - makigami
music - makigami (1, 4, 8, 9), sakaide (2, 5), mita (3, 6, 10), sato (7, 11), koketsu (8)

Hikashu -
Makigami Koichi - vocals, theremin, cornet
Mita Freeman - guitar
Koketsu Masayo - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Sakaide Masami - bass
Shimizu Kazuto - piano, marimba, synthesizer
Sato Masaharu - drums

additional musician -
Tateiwa Junzo - frame drum, rig

Recorded in Atami and Tokyo, 2025
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Sakaide Masami
Produced by Makigami Koichi

Released on December 4, 2025

Available from Hikashu Music Store

Koketsu Masayo, a New Member

In October, Hikashu officially announced that the band has a new member, Koketsu Masayo, an alto saxophonist and the first female personnel for them.

She has been performing regularly with the band since 2023. Throughout the time, her playing melded well with them, and now she promoted. For Hikashu, it is the first time to add a new member in the 20 years.

Basically a jazz musician, she has played with many first-call musicians in the Japanese jazz scene for years. Currently she has her own band called Nyoinbou.

Beside Japan, she occasionally plays in foreign countries. In the past she has performed in the US, Germany, and Lithuania.

We hope all the best for her and the band in the future.

Koketsu Masayo official site (has links with facebook and X)

masayokoketsu.com

duo with Kirsten Carey in Tokyo


studio recording with her band, Nyoinbou