Ryuji Noda

Director and Producer of Crank Co.Ltd./Music from Okinawa Founding member of Sakurazaka Theatre in Okinawa Japan. Sakurazaka Theatre is a cinema. but usually organizing live concerts. For 25 years, Ryuji Noda has invited many foreign artists to Okinawa and organized numerous live concerts, included Tete (France), Liam O Maonlai(Ireland),Taraf de Haidouks(Rumania), Daniel Colin/Paris Musette(France) ,HANGGAI(Inner Mongolia) ,BKO QUINTET(Mali) ,Tulegur(Inner Mongolia) ,Fade to Blue(Taiwan), Laybricks(Korea), Trad.Attack!(Estonia) and so on. Producing annual music festival called “Sakurazaka ASYLUM”. Sakurazaka Theatre links up with about 10 live music venues and bars around Sakurazaka area(Naha city, Okinawa) for this festival. About 70 bands and artists participate in it. Currently, promoting Okinawan music to overseas and building a music network with Asian countries. Music label “Music from Okinawa” started in 2015 and releasing Cds constantly. In 2016, started “Trans Asia Music Meeting” as a model of the new music Exhibition in Okinawa, Japan. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryuji.noda.3 Music from Okinawa: http://musicfromokinawa.com/en