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n band that formed in 1977 and helped popularize their homeland's musical forms and traditional Okinawan music starting in 1985, when their first hit, "Arigatou", was released. Rinken Band was founded by , the son of well-known Okinawan folk music artist . The band fuses Okinawan folk music,

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dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

tunes. Rinken Band's most recent appearance in the United States was a concert in

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.Rinken Band in Hawaii
- YouTube (01/28/2020) They were featured at the annual Okinawan Festival of 2007.

Members

Discography

Audio CD

Video / DVD

Sources

External links

YouTube: Rinken Band ''"Arigatou"''
Japanese rock music groups Musical groups from Okinawa Prefecture Musical groups established in 1977 1977 establishments in Japan {{Japan-band-stub