Do you know Depapepe? Have you ever heard that name? I think it’s the famous group and we often hear it in our ears.

Depapepe (デパペペ) is a music group originating from Japan. The acoustic guitar duo is composed of guitarists Miura “Depa” Takuya (三浦拓也)  (born Kobe, 5 April 1983) and Tokuoka “Pepe” Yoshinari (徳岡慶也) (born Kobe, 15 July 1977)

The name Depapepe itself comes from the combination of both short names of the band members, by combining the Japanese word for overbite, ‘deppa’, and the name of Tokuoka’s previous band ‘DERUPEPE’. Contrary to a popular rumor circulating among their fans, the two guitarists are not brothers.

Depapepe Signed Cover: Miura Takuya (right) and Tokuoka Yoshinari (left)

Depapepe was established in 2002, and they made three albums before they joined Sony Music. They were successful to take the major debut in 2005 with their album “Let’s Go!” at the 10th rank from Oricon’s Instrumental Artist Debut Chart.

Depapepe had made a beautiful instrumental. There are many instrumental musics that can make you feel driven to its melodies, for example “Sky!Sky!Sky!”, “Dolphin”, “Happy Shine”,  “Kitto Matta Itsuka”, “Morning Smile”, “One”, “Summer Parade”, etc.

They can make the instrument that’s easy to hear. They are so skillful when they play the guitar. The melody that they made in their music is easy to be remembered in our head. Even though they play only with their guitar, they can play it like a great concert. We’ve also ever seen many people joined in to play with them, like harmonica, tambourine, etc.

Let’s hear one of their music titled Howl of the Wolf

By: Charlees Rachma Dewangga Pasopati
Source: Wikipedia, YouTube