Read our interview in The Vinyl District with Ryo Nakata of Japan’s premiere funk group Osaka Monaurail

October 28, 2023 / 0

We caught up with one of the hardest working men in show business, Ryo Nakata, the charismatic and charming leader of Japan’s # 1 funk group, Osaka Monaurail.

Osaka Monaurail’s frontman, keyboard player and bandleader Ryo Nakata talked with us about his band, his favorite artists, who he’d love to work with and what we can look forward to on their first ever show in Washington, DC at Tropicalia on Halloween with Black Masala.

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