Toru Nishijima

Remboato

  • Kazuma Fujimoto — Guitar
  • Sumire Kuribayashi — Piano
  • Toru Nishijima — Contrabass
  • Shinya Fukumori — Drums

Remboato — the name taken from the Esperanto word for "rowboat" — is a quartet of four truly singular players and composers in the current jazz scene: Kazuma Fujimoto, Sumire Kuribayashi, Toru Nishijima, and Shinya Fukumori. Formed in Tokyo in March 2021, the group has no leader; each member contributes compositions as equals, creating music that deepens in purity and expands in scale with every performance. Nostalgic melodies and cinematic harmonies melt together, swell, and become waves of sound — music that moves the body and soul and reminds you of what truly matters. In November 2021, the group released their debut album Hoshi wo Kogu Mono on nagalu, the independent label founded and led by drummer Shinya Fukumori.

Remboato — Kazuma Fujimoto, Sumire Kuribayashi, Toru Nishijima, Shinya Fukumori

Next Live

Dec 1 (Tue)

Remboato “Hoshi wo Tadotte (Following the Stars)”
Hoshi wo Kogu Mono 5th Anniversary Concert

um, Oyamadai
Doors 19:00 / Show 19:30
Advance ¥5,000 / Door ¥5,500
B1, 2-1-14 Todoroki, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (5 min walk from Oyamadai Station, Tokyu Oimachi Line)
Kazuma Fujimoto (g) Sumire Kuribayashi (pf) Toru Nishijima (b) Shinya Fukumori (ds)
Reservations: um reservation form

Five years have passed since Remboato released their first album, Hoshi wo Kogu Mono, in 2021. Remboato means “rowboat” in Esperanto. The sound of the four, sometimes quiet, sometimes swaying widely, flows from one landscape to the next.
Having each spent their own time, the four gather in one place again. Tracing the music they have woven so far, they search for landscapes not yet seen beyond it. As if following the stars — landscapes born only on that night.

Video

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Album

Hoshi wo Kogu Mono

Hoshi wo Kogu Mono

2021 / nagalu

2CD

Disc 1 — Nordo (North)

  1. Autumn Wind
  2. Utouto
  3. Realize An Absence
  4. Even In Darkness
  5. Keep A Beautiful Tree In Your Heart

Disc 2 — Sudo (South)

  1. Chidori no Sora
  2. Joy And Sorrow
  3. Hoshi wo Kogu Mono
  4. Kaze wa Utau
  5. Okaeri

Live History

  • 2021
  • 2021.3.4 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2021.4.17 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2021.6.17 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2021.11.27 Tokyo — Cotton Club nagalu Festival 2021 / Album release live
  • 2022
  • 2022.2.27 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2022.6.19 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2022.6.21 Shizuoka — Lifetime
  • 2022.6.22 Nagoya — Mr. Kenny's
  • 2022.6.24 Osaka — Mr. Kelly's
  • 2022.6.25 Kobe — 100BAN HALL
  • 2022.9.23 Tokyo — Shiodome Hall
  • 2022.9.30 Yamagata — Noisy Duck
  • 2022.10.1 Yamagata — Shirataka Cultural Center Ayam
  • 2022.10.2 Koriyama — Mickey's
  • 2022.12.23 Tokyo — Shiodome Hall
  • 2022.12.28 Nagoya — Kenny's
  • 2022.12.29 Osaka — SPinniNG MiLL
  • 2023
  • 2023.1.22 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2023.2.3 Tokyo — Komorebihall
  • 2023.5.30 Osaka — SPinniNG MiLL feat. Tim Collins (vibraphone)
  • 2023.6.5 Tokyo — JZ Brat feat. Tim Collins (vibraphone)
  • 2024
  • 2024.10.19 Mito — Girl Talk
  • 2024.10.20 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2025
  • 2025.8.2 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
  • 2025.12.31 Tokyo — Koendori Classics with Sumire Kuribayashi + Toru Nishijima DUO