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Roots Music Trio
Roots Music Trio is a Japan-based acoustic guitar group featuring award-winning fingerstyle artists Shohei Toyoda, Koyo Morita, and Hikaru Komatsu. Deeply inspired by legendary guitar players such as Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, the trio blends masterful fingerpicking with a shared love for blues, jazz, country, and swing. Their performances combine virtuosic technique, rich musicality, and the joy of three distinct voices meeting in one sound. From soulful blues grooves to swinging rhythms and intricate guitar arrangements, Roots Music Trio delivers a dynamic celebration of traditional roots music with fresh energy. This marks both their first performance together in Akron and their first visit to Rialto Theatre, making this a special debut you won’t want to miss!
Shohei Toyoda (linktr.ee/shoheitoyoda6)
-Residing in Kyoto Japan, Shohei grew up in Dublin OH and studied guitar at Berklee College of Music. He has won multiple awards (champion at 2011 Kentucky's Home of the Legends International Thumbpicking contest, Winner of 2012 Japan's National Fingerstyle Guitar Contest and 3rd place at 2013 International Fingerstyle Contest) and this music is heavily influenced by the fingerpicking greats like Tommy Emmanuel, Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins.
Koyo Morita (linktr.ee/koyomorita)
-Having more than 60K followers throughout his social media platforms, Koyo is the Japanese winner of the "Player Plus Studio Sessions Contest" hosted by Fender. His country guitar instructional book published in 2025 was ranked number 1 on Amazon's guitar book category. His new album "One Story" released in Nov of 2025 has gotten many positive feedbacks from guitar players all over the world.
Hikaru Komatsu (lit.link/HikaruKomatsu)
Japanese fingerstyle guitarist born in 1992. He began playing guitar in junior high and later studied composition at university, earning a music teaching license. In 2015, a year of busking in Sydney, Australia helped shape his solo acoustic style. Inspired by country blues, he draws influence from artists like Tokio Uchida and Chet Atkins. He placed 3rd at the 2017 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Festival and won the 2018 Morris Fingerpicking Contest East Japan Regional Competition.
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