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dj KENTARO is a Hip hop DJ from Japan. He came 3rd in the Technics DMC World DJ Final in 2001 and won it in 2002 at the age of 20. In doing so, he became the first ever Asian to win the DMC World DJ F (More...)
Biography
dj KENTARO is a Hip hop DJ from Japan. He came 3rd in the Technics DMC World DJ Final in 2001 and won it in 2002 at the age of 20. In doing so, he became the first ever Asian to win the DMC World DJ Final, receiving the highest score in DMC history in the process. He was signed to Ninja Tune independent record label and released a Solid Steel DJ mix album in September 2005, entitled On The Wheels of Solid Steel. The tracks on the album come exclusively from Ninja Tune's back catalogue. Kentaro recently supported hip-hop artists The Roots and The Pharcyde, and frequently collaborates with Hifana. http://www.djkentaro.com/ User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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- 59 past gigs
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Upcoming Gigs
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Past Gigs
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May 29
DJ KENTARO LIVE
Obiekt Znaleziony Pl. St Małachowskiego 3 (Warsaw) – DJ Kentaro - 2011
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May 27
DJ Kentaro
Balzaal Vooruit (Ghent) – DJ Kentaro - 2011
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May 25
Rising Sound presents DJ Kentaro (JP), Kouhei (JP)
A38 (Budapest) – DJ Kentaro - 2011
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May 21
DJ Kentaro
XOYO (London) – Bullion, DJ Kentaro - 2011
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Apr 22
Karnival v.10
Le Belmont (Montreal) – DJ Kentaro - 2011
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Apr 21
DJ Kentaro
The Abbey Pub (Chicago) – DJ Kentaro - 2011
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Apr 15
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Empire Polo Grounds (India) – Nosaj Thing, Brodinski, Rusko, Empire of the Sun, Klaxons, Cut Copy, Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Delorean, Foals, Four Tet, Groove Armada, HEALTH, Magnetic Man, Neon Indian, , Swedish House Mafia, The Twelves, Tom Tom Club, Toro y Moi, Zola Jesus, Boys Noize, PHANTOGRAM, Steve Angello, Sander Kleinenberg, Jack Beats, Chuckie, Fedde Le Grand, Joachim Garraud , Axwell, Erick Morillo, Skrillex, Kele, !!!, 12th Planet, A-Trak, Afrojack, Andy C, Breakage, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Caspa, Cold Cave, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Duck Sauce, Ellie Goulding, Excision, Francis and the Lights, GAYNGS, Glasser, Goth-Trad, Green Velvet, High Contrast, Jakes, Joy Orbison, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lorn, Mala, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, New Pants, Paul van Dyk, Ramadanman, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Roska, Rye Rye, Sasha, Sbtrkt, Scissor Sisters, , Shpongle, Sleigh Bells, TOKiMONSTA, Take, The Bloody Beetroots, The Chemical Brothers, The Presets, The Radio Dept., Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Mary Anne Hobbs, Robyn, Kode9, , Kyle Hall, The Drums, , Tame Impala, Trentemøller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Yelle, Zed Bias, hurts, Men, Duran Duran, Brandt Brauer Frick, She Wants Revenge, Cults, Wire, Caifanes, Freelance Whales, Terror Danjah - 2011
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Apr 02
SonarSound Tokyo
STUDIO COAST (Tokyo) – Flying Lotus, Battles, DJ Krush, DJ Scotch Egg, Dorian Concept, Hudson Mohawke, Modeselektor, ROVO, Ryoji Ikeda, Sabi, Seefeel, TOKiMONSTA, Kode9, Ametsub, Bruna, Daisuke Tanabe, MwesLee, Shuta Hasunuma, DE DE MOUSE, DJ Baku, Altz, DJ Kentaro, Kaito - 2011
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Nov 05
Ninja Tune XX Tokyo 夕刻の巻
Shibuya O-EAST (Shibuya) – DJ Kentaro, Eskmo, The Qemists, Toddla T - 2010
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Oct 29
Ninja Tune XX
1015 Folsom (San Francisco) – Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, DJ Kentaro, Eskmo, DJ Food & DK, An-Ten-Nae - 2010
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Oct 28
Ninja Tune XX
Santos Party House (New York) – Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, DJ Kentaro, Eskmo, Toddla T, poirier - 2010
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Oct 09
BMO MUSIC FEST 2010
日本武道館 (Tokyo) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Oct 02
Ninja Tune XX w/ Mr. Scruff, Coldcut, Roots Manuva, Kid Koala & others
Ewer Street Car Park (London) – Kid Koala, Coldcut, DJ Kentaro, Daedelus, Dorian Concept, Eskmo, Floating Points, Hexstatic, King Cannibal, Mark Pritchard, Roots Manuva, The Bug, Toddla T, DJ Food & DK, DELS, offshore, Dark Sky - 2010
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Oct 01
Ninja Tune XX
La Machine du Moulin Rouge (Paris) – Kid Koala, Coldcut, DJ Kentaro, Daedelus, Dorian Concept, Eskmo, Four Tet, King Cannibal, Toddla T, Zero dB, poirier, offshore - 2010
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Sep 26
neutral nation 2010＠お台場
東京・お台場 SEASIDE COAT特設会場 (Tokyo) – 80kidz, Buffalo Daughter, DJ Kentaro, Gang Gang Dance, Quarta 330, DE DE MOUSE - 2010
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Aug 03
Les Plages Electroniques #5
Palais des Festivals (Cannes) – DJ Kentaro, SOULEANCE - 2010
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Aug 01
Rising Sound
A38 (Budapest) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Jul 31
Astropolis
Manoir de Keroual (Brest) – Brodinski, Paul Kalkbrenner, Busy P, DJ Kentaro, DJ Pierre, Danton Eeprom, Doctor Flake, Electric Rescue, Mathew Jonson, Matrix and Futurebound, Otto von Schirach, The Subs, Tiga, Ben et Béné, I:gor - 2010
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Jul 22
WOMAD Charlton Park 2010
Charlton Park (Bury) – DJ Kentaro, Jazzsteppa, Afro Celt Sound System, Imogen Heap, Novalima, Little Axe - 2010
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Jul 16
DJ Kentaro
Nouveau Casino (Paris) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Jul 15
Dour Festival 2010
La Plaine de La Machine à Feu (Dour) – Calvin Harris, Wax Tailor, The Glitch Mob, Gui Boratto, Skream, Benga, Brodinski, Paul Kalkbrenner, A-Trak, Agoria, Antipop Consortium, Apparat, Balkan Beat Box, Beast, Black Sun Empire, Bong-Ra, Borgore, Breakbot, Brother Culture, Buraka Som Sistema, Captain Ahab, Carl Craig, Chapelier fou, Chinese Man, Chromeo, Compuphonic, DJ Hazard, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Das Pop, Dave Clarke, Douster, Drumcorps, Dub Pistols, Emalkay, Errors, Exile, Fagget Fairys, General Elektriks, Hadouken!, High Tone, Jesse Rose, Jimmy Edgar, Kissy Sell Out, Koto, Little Dragon, MEMORYHOUSE, Moderat, Modeselektor, Netsky, New Young Pony Club, Noob, Otto von Schirach, Pony Pony Run Run, Rainbow Arabia, Renaissance Man, Sexy Sushi, Shameboy, Simian Mobile Disco, Starkey, The Others, The Subs, The Very Best, Uffie, Ghinzu, Rohff, , Bushman, DJ Elephant Power, Dynamic, Sickboy, Zenzile, The Disciples, HighBLoo, Simbad, MC Navigator, Foreign Beggars, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Java, La Dk Danse - 2010
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Jul 15
DJ Kentaro AV Set
Cargo (London) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Jun 05
TAICOCLUB’10
日本武道館 (Tokyo) – Autechre, Ben Klock, Chez Damier, DJ Kentaro, Dosh, Kettel, Mice Parade, Shugo Tokumaru, DE DE MOUSE, Takkyu Ishino, Fumiya Tanaka, Damian Lazarus - 2010
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Apr 16
DJ Kentaro
shelter庇护所酒吧 (Shanghai) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Apr 15
DJ Kentaro
Yu Gong Yi Shan/愚公移山 (Beijing) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Mar 27
DJ Kentaro
The Forum (Hoyts Entertainment Quarter Cinema) – DJ Kentaro - 2010
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Oct 03
DJ Krush vs DJ Kentaro
Koko (London) – Anchorsong, DJ Kentaro, DJ Krush - 2009
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Oct 02
Pluto
JH Nijdrop (Opwijk) – DJ Kentaro, Rustie, Dyno - 2009
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Oct 01
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Icon (Berlin) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Sep 27
DJ Kentaro
A38 (Budapest) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Sep 26
Les Nuits Electroniques de l'Ososphère part 2
La Laiterie (Strasbourg) – Alec Empire, Buraka Som Sistema, DJ Kentaro, Doctor Flake, General Elektriks, Goldie, Krazy Baldhead, Riton, SebastiAn, Nic Endo, DJ Pone, Sonic Area, Punish Yourself - 2009
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Sep 25
Hospitality
Warehouse Project (Manchester) – Alix Perez, DJ Kentaro, Danny Byrd, Distance, Goldie, High Contrast, Logistics, London Elektricity, Zed Bias - 2009
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Sep 24
DJ Kentaro
La Maroquinerie (Paris) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Sep 17
Soirée Dub 'n' Breaks
Le Confort Moderne (Poitiers) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Aug 07
SUMMER SONIC 09
舞洲サマーソニック大阪特設会場 (Osaka) – Luciano, Aphex Twin, Birdy Nam Nam, Boom Boom Satellites, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Capsule, DJ Kentaro, HeartsRevolution, Kyte, Mixhell, N.A.S.A., Nine Inch Nails, Shugo Tokumaru, Soulwax, Tahiti 80, The Qemists, , Tom Tom Club, ravex, school food punishment, The Ting Tings, , Mogwai, Meg, riddim saunter, AMWE, Golden Silvers, MiChi, DJ Tasaka, Tha Blue Herb - 2009
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Jul 24
Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival 2009
Song-Do, Daewoo Motors Field (Incheon) – Cosmic Gate, DJ Kentaro, Yahel, DEXPISTOLS - 2009
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Jun 05
DJ Kentaro & DJ Marky @ Triangle
Osaka (Osaka) – DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky - 2009
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May 09
Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival - Beach Weekender
Café del Mar (Singapore) – DJ Kentaro, Dubwise, Harmonic 313, The Nextmen - 2009
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May 08
Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival - We Live in the Lion City
ZIRCA (Singapore) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Apr 25
Le Printemps de Bourges
Le Phénix (Bourges) – DJ Kentaro, Sporto Kantes, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, DEXPISTOLS - 2009
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Apr 24
BATOFAR 10th BIRTHDAY
Batofar (Paris) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Apr 24
Bang Face: The Weekender 2
Pontins Holiday Centre (Camber, Camber Sands Holiday Park (adj)) – Andrew Weatherall, Kevin Saunderson, 808 State, Altern 8, Bullion, Cardopusher, Ceephax Acid Crew, DJ Assault, DJ Funk, DJ Kentaro, DMX Krew, Dexter, Ebola, Enduser, Hellfish, I-F, Luke Vibert, Renegade Soundwave, Rico Tubbs, Rob Hall, Rustie, Shitmat, Surgeon, Venetian Snares, Wisp, Zomby, Current Value, Scheme Boy, Bizzy B, Congo Natty - 2009
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Apr 23
DJ KENTARO (Tokyo) exclusive live AV
Gramaphone (London) – DJ Kentaro - 2009
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Dec 21
Laforet 30th Anniv. HARAJUKU PERFORMANCE＋SPECIAL
LAFORET MUSEUM HARAJUKU (Tokyo) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Dec 21
Laforet 30th Anniv. HARAJUKU PERFORMANCE＋SPECIAL
LAFORET MUSEUM HARAJUKU (Tokyo) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Nov 15
DJ Kentaro @ La Marquise !!!
La Plateforme (Lyon) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Nov 09
To beat or not to beat @ Ya'sta
Yasta Club (Madrid) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Nov 07
Bestival Re-Union
Warehouse Project (Manchester) – DJ Kentaro, Tom Middleton - 2008
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Nov 06
Ninja Tune Presents, The 20th Anniversary Of Solid Steel
The End (London) – DJ Kentaro, Hexstatic - 2008
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Jun 14
Soundcrash @ Cargo June '08 with DJ Kentaro, plus...
Cargo (London) – DJ Kentaro, Hint - 2008
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Jun 13
Rough Trade East In-store - DJ Kentaro
Rough Trade East (London) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Jun 06
Wilsonic Festival 2008
Tyršovo nabrezie (Bratislava) – B. Fleischmann, DJ Kentaro, Dani Siciliano, Kelley Polar, Mike Shannon, Mujuice, Neil Landstrumm, Various Production, 1000 names, Raz Ohara, mujuice+dzhem - 2008
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Jun 06
Electro Alternativ
Le Lac De Sesquieres (Toulouse) – Arnaud Rebotini, DJ Kentaro, Milanese, Monosurround - 2008
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Jun 05
DJ Kentaro
Akwaba (Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Jun 04
DJ Kentaro
Paris Social Club (Paris) – DJ Kentaro - 2008
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Apr 12
渚音楽祭・春 2008
日本武道館 (Tokyo) – DJ Kawasaki, DJ Kentaro, X-Dream, Simon & Shaker, Cro-Magnon - 2008
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Apr 12
NAGISA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Odaiba Open Court (Tokyo) – DJ Kawasaki, DJ Kentaro, Kaito, Sunset, Tom Middleton, X-Dream, Simon & Shaker, Numb, Dachambo, The samos, Cro-Magnon - 2008
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Nov 04
DJ Kentaro
Uber (Brisbane) – DJ Kentaro - 2007
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Nov 03
DJ Kentaro
The Oxford Art Factory (Darlinghurst) – Dexter, DJ Kentaro - 2007