He plays a wide variety of music -Jazz, Soul, Boogie, Brazilian, Afro, Latin, Old school to new school, north to south, east to west, but only on vinyl! He started DJing while studying at university in 1987 before dropping out to hit the decks full time.
Based in Tokyo from '89 to '03, Chikashi moved to Brisbane, Australia '03-'04 where he met DJ RAVI (of "Sunnyside up" fame) and DJ Blair Stafford (Straight up).
He has now opened a club Tree Cafe in Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan where he has created an atmosphere as eclectic as his musical selection. It is located on the Japanese coast. 3 hrs from Tokyo, 1hr from Kyoto and regularly hosts the best DJs, including Nicola Conte, Gilles Peterson, Toshio Matsuura (ex.UFO), Jazztronik and soil and "pimp" sessions.t
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