DJ KENTARO
He met his first turntables at the age of 13. He joined his first DJ tournament when he was 16yrs old. In 2002, DMC WORLD FINAL, where all the strong and creative DJs from all over the world meet, DJ KENTARO became a first DMC World Champion form Asia at his age of 20.
DJ Kentaro may be a turntablist - a world-beating turntablist, in fact, having taken the DMC World Championship title in 2002 - but that doesn’t mean that only spotty geezers in puffas and baseball caps need to look out for him. Because hip hop and scratching represent merely one side of Kentaro’s multi-faceted musical persona." - IDJ Magazine (UK / EU) 10/2003
More than just a technical DJ, Kentaro is a performer, inciting the crowd into a frenzy while titillating the scratch fetishists. Starting with the Roots and winding up with Pharcyde, Wayne Marshall and Sizzla - with cut and juggle excursions through all the other artists from all over the world, Hip-hop, reggae, drumn’ bass, house, electro and jungle -he slid easily to a second victory, stated Blast Magazine.
On September 18th 2002, reigning DMC World 3rd place from 2001, DJ Kentaro (Kentaro Okamoto) re-tried for his 1st time World Champion title and claimed the title with the perfect score ever in DMC World history. Dedicating his winning 6 minute set to his consciousness "No walls between the music", DJ Kentaro finally took 2 gold Technics 1200’s and a matching Technics DJ mixer to its home country.
Kentaro’s championship titles include :
*2002 DMC WORLD FINAL CHAMPION
*2002 DMC JAPAN FINAL CHAMPION
*2001 DMC WORLD FINAL 3RD
*2001 DMC JAPAN FINAL CHAMPION
*2001 TEENS DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPION
*2000 VESTAX Extravaganza WORLD FINALIST
*2000 ITF JAPAN 2ND
Official site : djkentaro.com
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