R.I.P Mikio | Kami Band - THE HILL OF WISTERIA (A Great Tribute to Mikio Fujioka) | MUSICIANS REACT 

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The first thing you need to understand about this is it was a concert to raise money for Mikio's family. They've held several concerts, released multiple Bu-Rays and CDs, sold shirts, with the proceeds going to Mikio's family to make certain they never want in life and to ensure the money is there for his daughter's education. They've even stepped in to help Mikio's parents business, a fresh produce store in rural Japan, survive the COVID crises by setting up a web site and web orders, to which the Japanese music community stepped in and started ordering. Someone heavily involved in all of this but missing from this performance (because it's an instrumental) is C4-Toki (vocalist). Kudos to friends of Mikio stepping in to take care of Mikio's family. Perhaps the biggest evidence of the person and musician Mikio was is just how much his friends loved him and how much they have done to take care of his family in his absence. These are more than great musicians, they are good people. To this day, Ohmura performs with Mikio's guitar. On the back of the head stock underneath the tuning knobs he attached a cigarette of Mikio's brand as an invitation for Mikio to come back and play. Underneath the bridge tension springs he keeps a letter from Mikio's daughter.

Takayoshi Ohmura was Mikio's understudy. The emotion was not just in his guitar playing. It was clearly visible on his face.

The guitar that Ohmura was playing is Mikio ESP Red Snapper. Such an emotional tribute!

That was emotional. I don't know if you caught that the first guitar solo was (I believe) Mikio playing (they had that on tape) and he was superimposed over this video playing it. Also Takayoshi was playing Mikio's guitar - Mikio's wife gave it to him ... and that wasn't 'guitar faces' he was pulling, he was crying as he played - he and Mikio were really close and Mikio was his best friend and mentor.

i cannot listen to this without tearing up.

mikio was ohmuras guitar teacher and his music lives on because of that. kami (god) band are legends already.

This was only a few weeks after Fujioka passed away, so everyone was really emotional, mainly Ohmura, as he had been Mikio's student since he started to play the guitar and later friend and companion in his musical projects. They did this tribute show to collect money for Mikio's family, as he left a wife and two small girls. Actually _Hills of Wisteria_ has been played as Babymetal, as an intro to Akatsuki during the second half of 2015.

With Mikio’s guitar too, and not afraid to show their jazz chops amongst the metal

Man I really wish people would have explained to you what was happening before you reacted to this one. The first solo is playback, it's Mikio playing you can hear and Ohmura is playing on Mikio's guitar. Also Ohmura isn't so much making "guitar faces" as he's trying to hold back his tears... You also seem to have missed the part at the end where Ohmura presents the guitar to the crowd in a last homage to Mikio. Ah well :). There's a video of all 4 of them playing the exact same song. This is just the version WITHOUT Mikio and that's why it's so touching.

Love this reaction guys! You really can feel ohmura's emotions when he's playing. When I first heard it, it appealed to me like his guitar is crying. Combined with his crying and emotional face, that really hit me hard. Also the fact that he's using Mikio's guitar, i couldn't stop my tears by then. They really are legends. We hope that Mikio is having a nice guitar session now that Eddie Van Halen is also with him.

そろそろ年末年始が近づいて来たから藤岡さんを思い出す時期ですね。 数年経っても外国の方にリアクトして頂くと嬉しくなります😊

Everyone has already mentioned about Mikio's Snapper and how it was given to Ohmura. One thing that is also important to know about it is this. Ohmura taped Mikio's favorite cigarette to the back of the headstock as well as kept a letter that Mikio's daughter left to him either taped to the back of the headstock as well, or behind the panel where the springs are for the bridge and tremolo are so Mikio's can come back and play it any time he wants. Additionally, Ohmura stated that whenever he is playing with BABYMETAL, that guitar will *ALWAYS* be played, let alone at that show, so Mikio's will always be with and apart of the band. For this performance, this is actually Mikio's song. There's another clip where he is playing this with the Kami band. But for this performance, the first solo is his. You can clearly see him playing the same Snapper, with faded footage, while Ohmura is playing under him. During Ohmura's solo, as well as at the beginning, you can see him crying. Mikio's was his teacher and mentor, and was teaching Moa how to play guitar, so this is definitely an emotional performance. If I remember right, this was the last song they played at this tribute show, called "My Little God". It's available on blu ray.

He is playing the guitar, thinking of Mikio and crying……😢

See the emotion in their faces , they go all out for Mikio

I don’t know if you realised but they had Mikio on playback the whole time from a past concert, that’s how you can hear the harmonies. The first solo is played by Mikio and you can see during it that they also overlap the video with footage of him playing from a past concert, he had a very unique style. Takayoshi is also playing Mikio’s own signature guitar that he inherited, it’s a ESP Snapper-7 Fujioka custom. During Mikio’s solo you can see Mikio playing it in the overlapped video.

R.I.P Mikio you are greatly greatly missed but you will never ever be forgotten, your tribute to music is legendary awesome the gods tremble with your greatness, you are still on stage with Kami Band in there hearts on the tips of there fingers R.I.P Thank you guys for that beautiful reaction 🦊🤘🤘🦊

泣いてしまった！ありがとう！

I just want to say this Thankyou so match🙏

In this performance, Takayoshi Ohmura is playing Mikio's usual part in this piece, using Mikio's own custom guitar, which was gifted to him by the family. You can see Mikio playing this guitar in a lot of older live performances. I've heard that Ohmura brings this guitar to Babymetal performances so that Mikio will always be there.

For all of us who love Babymetal, it is impossible not to feel the sadness and passion in this incredible tribute to Mikio. It is to feel once again the pain for the departure of the little God. Thanks for this great reaction guys. See you in the next 🤟🏻 🦊

Thank you so much for doing this one. Did you see the look on their faces? You can tell how much they loved Mikio, and how hard it must be to keep going without him. Especially for Ohmura. RIP Mikio, one of the most underrated guitarists ever. A legend to me.

He played that thing crying throughout it too!!😢

I also hope you do react to the original one where Mikio was there to see how impressive he is. Even though Ohmura is a prodigy, there 's a reason he was a Mikio understudy. Because Mikio is that good.

Thank you so much ! ! ! 🍅🍅🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 You got my name more or less right :)

You can really see the emotions of Takayoshi Ohmura when he is playing on Mikios guitar with Mikio on the backingtrack! Hard to not have tears in my eyes in this one! 1:st solo was Mikio on the backingtrack!

"HILL OF WISTERIA" comes from Mikio's last name, "FUJIOKA(藤岡)". In Japanese, "FUJI(藤)" means wisteria and "OKA(岡)" means hill.

Too awesome for some feels,

Ohmura cried quite alot at the beginning and they used Mikios recorded guitar playing in the song. RIP you little kami❤

Awesome. Really glad you guys reacted to it. Arigatou. 🦊🤘

This song was pretty rough man. Mikio was pretty much loved by everyone. He was one of my top 3 favorite guitarists ever. Hit me pretty hard and I didn't even know him. I can only imagine for Ohmura who learned from him personally. Dude was sobbing that whole song. Great song too

Good job! I like your reaction to Kami Band. This band is awesome! Keep up the good work. Arigatou Gozaimasu.

OMG you guys are great to watch this you made me cry all over again this is a great tribute you can see the pain in all the band

Guys, Mr.Ohmura was using Mikio-san's guitar which he was entrusted by Mikio-san's family😭🙏🏼 You must be so emotional

Thank you ありがとう🎵 R.I.P. 藤岡先生、小神様🌟🌟🌟🌟

Another Great reaction from a great duo watching from Philippines \m/

Great content guys, you should checkout the original performance of this song with Mikio actually there playing his other iconic black guitar.

Драйв! Это, конечно, музыка камнепада. Сильно! Здорово! Эмоционально! Спасибо за реакцию!

thanks for the request.

*claps* just beautiful

At the end of the epic instrumental, you saw Mikios guitar being held up to the crowd. Takayoshi played mikios guitar for this tune. A very emotionally charged moment for the whole band and all the fans. RIP Mikio, a guitaring great taken from us in such a tragic way. 💔💔

there is so much emotion on that guitar play man 😭😭

Thank You Thank You Thank You !!!!!!! R.I.P 藤岡先生(´Д⊂ヽ

mikio was an exceptional virtuoso from japanese music scene (his playing was like holdsworth, fripp and beck at the same time to my ear) and a great educator/theorist as well (boh would call him 'sensei'). i wanted him to keep leading kamiband and kariband and to establish a new metal genre, maybe 'jazz metal'? what a big loss. rip.

いつも最高に楽しい動画をありがとう。(Yours the reaction is the best! Thank you as always)

As a kitsune this moves me so deeply. RIP Mikio. Thanks!

ありがとう！本当にありがとう！

You know, During this CoronaVirus Apocalypse of the Bizzaro World I started watch more RU-vid and came across the hidden world of the Japanese Rock Scene. One of those groups was Babymetal and the Kami Band. Along with this comes the other world of "Reactors".. Your channel was one of them. Most of these Reactors are fake posers looking for a "LIKE" and then there are others who are real and true looking for good videos / music. I would believe you guys fall in the later category. But man, you really Dropped the ball here. For real ... 2:12 While his friend (Takayoshi Ohmura) is playing his (Mikio's) guitar and crying, as he has to open the song with Mikio's part and use the whammy bar (Mikio always used it and Takayoshi hardly does) 2:19 Excited for the performance and to know its gonna be good?? For a tribute to a man that had died? 5:50 talking about Takayoshi throwing his soul in to the solo and that you teach guitar? Um you can see he is playing the rhythm part while the part you are hearing is Mikio's "harmonics and whammy bar use" pre recorded part. Then you talk about if it's recorded or not .. Except for maybe some post production polishing.. Of course it's live (Except Mikio's part) Oh and then stop the video before it's over. With just a short "Sucks about the Homie Tho" followed with SUBSRCIBE talk ... No substance or anything about him, who he was, or how he died. (He was a great guitarist, father, family man and died by accident. As I am sure others have already commented) Don't mean to go off on you guys. I know you're sometimes goofy or aloof.. But I expect more from you guys. You are suppose to be musicians, right? I know you have to get the "Likes" and the "Swipe up and Hit the Subscribe Button!".. Getting the perfect "Algorithm" while pushing your music and 19.99 ear pods with the bands name on it.. But there is more to it than that. You keep doing you.. But Substance man.. Substance. You're better than that. On the lighter side.. Nice nut scratch at the end 10:48 LOL

The first solo was Mikio playing from a previously filmed video, the guitar that is being played was his,and you commented you could see the emotion in the guitarist face, you can because he was crying, Mikio was his mentor and he loved him. Great song, great tribute

RIP Mikio (The Little GOD)

I appreciate your reaction to this performance. As snooze_dogg explained below the tittle "Hill of Wisteria" comes from Mikio's family name. As many viewers commented here Ohmura is playing Mikio's ESP Snapper-7 Fujioka Custom and a piece of cigarette is always attached behind the neck because Mikio liked smoking. I actually saw Ohmura using this guitar in BABYMETAL concert on Jan. 25 this year at the venue and I read an article reporting he played 6 songs with this that day. Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 Coincidentally I am going to see an online concert of a band lead by BOH on Nov. 8, today (Japan time). The name of the band is not Kami band but Kari band.

this is the first instrumental to bring me to tears

Crying guitar 😢😭 little god forever 🦊🤘🦊

Mikiooooooo

Ohmura is crying and playing the guitar of his mentor, Fujioka

KAMI BAND = BABYMETAL, nice react man!

They first time played without masks. Nothing to cheer up and have a Party… You could imagine, trhat this man was very young and really too young to die!

The first solo is a backing track of Mikio's solo and the guitar in the hand of Takayoshi Ohmura belongs to him and in many shows he uses it to show that Mikio is still part of the band.

Tribute to mikio. Love it

Dude he was literally crying HARD😭😭😭

神 band、kami band、God band

Man, Takayoshi crying while playing, my HUGE respect for him and Mikio

Rest In Paradise Mikio Fujioka.

yupp..12/10 for this one.

If somebody can correct me or somethng, this whole event was for mikio correct? Mannn the emotions yoi can just see and feel... RIP Mikio sama... You are always remembered.. Great reaction again guys. Is starlight up next for babymetal?

Takayoshi Ohmura added this song to his cd I R I S which is a greatest hits of his euchre an awesome album too. Also can’t say for the rest of them but I did meet another Kami Band member Leda and he was super humble so I’d assume they are pretty humble.

Must be hard to play with your friend's guitar but not seeing him on stage with you. RIP Mikio

Thank you for your tribute to 藤岡幹夫 ❤️from🇯🇵

i have no words

You guy's are into the head banging so much, you couldn't see the emotion in their faces, Takayosha the guitar player was crying at the loss of his best friend and mentor Mikio while playing Miklos guitar. Then you stopped the tape before it was over.. the first solo was a recording of Mikio Fujioka ... he was the best.. the emotion they showed at the end was heart breaking...

Omura's passion is amazing

Ko-Gami R.I.P Always in Spirit with BABYMETAL 🤘🤘🤘

🤘🦊🤘每次看都會流淚

The faces that he doing are because he Is cryng

Are you not sad Ohmura is playing while crying Watch till the end That's what this kami-band looks like

Kami band members can walk into any band. Any band.

he cry,dude!!!

That was great. All amazing musicians. Mikio was a very good guitarist. Kinda like you mentioned in the video, a lot of people can get technically good. But feel goes a long way. Marty Friedman being I guess one of my favourite examples. Cool video

Ohmura use guitar Mikio Fujioka , ESP Snapper 7string Fujioka custom. Mikio Fujioka is teacher Ohmura

Unfortuantely this video seems to not be available anymore in youtube. I had seen it months ago, but can't find it anymore.

Takayoshi is so emotional because he s playing Mikio s Guitar ,,, they where best friends ,,,

Awesome! Pure awesome!

R.I.P mikio

Marty Friedman just release the new song, "Perfect World". Please react this song. Marty Friedman is ex-Megadeth guitarist and lives in Japan more than 15 years. By the way, he loves Maximum The Hormone too.

Takayoshi Umhura , Bassist BOH and Hidecki Aoyama , along with Mikio Fujioka are probably the premier power band on the planet. These men's work was very instrumental to Babymetal's rise. They played like an octopus , 8 arms from one unit......

He play his guitar so crying😭😭😭🙏

MIKIO FUJIOKA FOREVER!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I feel their emotions when they start to play Takaoshi is crying...😥R..i.P Mikio..

This is Awesome!

You guys completely missed the point of this performance. He's crying his heart out on stage and you guys are wooooing like it's some random slayer riff going on.

Lol these guys didn’t realized this was a mikio’s tribute and they were going tru their emotions and that was mikio’s guitar RIP🤘🏻🖤

then you shoud try Mikio Fujioka - Harmony X

泣かせる。

fuck sake!!!! this is too good!!! damn!! RIP Mikio :(

As many fans have said the guitar Takayoshi is playing was indeed Mikio’s and came from his wife. Under the back plate there is a note from Mikio’s daughter to her dad that will forever be with the little God as his guitar will always be with Takayoshi whenever he plays. It’s true he was his mentor but also was teaching guitar to both Yui and Moa who can be seen playing the guitar in some Babymetal videos. The shirts they wore had Mikio over the moon with wings in honor of him. It’s a good reaction video as always but feels like the significance of this moment may have been lost. The first solo was Mikio’s right out of the gate and as others have noted the raw emotion he displays is genuine and pure as a friend, brother and mentor that was lost all to soon. RIP Little God.

ありがとう(*꒦ິㅂ꒦ີ)💓

🦊🤘

Those guitar faces? Those were not guitar faces, that was the face of a man breaking. I mean he’s playing Mikios guitar while playing Mikios song, while being Mikios student/protege and having just lost the man… 😭

This was a very strange reaction video to watch. Two guys whooping and yelling and headbanging to what is, in fact, a very sombre and emotional piece. Ohmura is visibly crying throughout over the loss of his friend, band mate and teacher. The first time I watched this, I cried along with him. Whooping and cheering was the farthest thing from my mind. No doubt you've been told already, but just in case you haven't, this song isn't called Hill Of Wisteria for no reason, it's named after Mikio. Fujioka literally translates as Wisteria Hill. Ohmura is playing the guitar he inherited from Mikio, which is why he's holding it up at the end and almost worshipping it.

This is not just a performance. Takayoshi Ohmura is playing the guitar with all his heart. The same is true for other members. The sound is crying.