Junichi Uesugi

Born the 16th of March, 1978, in Kyoto, Japan, he moved to Tokyo as a young child. He began creating music as an acoustic guitarist. He is in a duo with Renick Bell. In addition to the guitar, he plays viola, which he started to learn in 2003 after inspiration from John Cale’s music. He is known as an eel freak, thus nicknamed “Unakichi” (ウナキチ).

Releases on the3rd2nd.com by Junichi Uesugi include:

• Signal Farming (2008)
• Reaped, Reconciled, Released (2011)

Photo of Junichi Uesugi by Ryuhei Shindo.