8で十分です(Eight Is Enough)

Artist: ハチ公 (Hachiko)
Release Year: 2023

Description: 8で十分です – ハチ公 (“Eight is Enough”)
If Sassy Lady was a confident entrance, 8で十分です is a grand City Pop mosaic — a record that drifts effortlessly between groove, fusion, synth balladry, and experimental funk, all while radiating Kyoto-cool and cassette-era warmth.
Each of the eight tracks feels like a different memory from the mid-70s:
A slick studio session gone off-script
A hazy nightclub performance
A seaside train ride scored by synths
An unreleased commercial jingle with too much soul for radio

Despite the stylistic spread, the album holds together like a perfect vinyl side-A/B pairing. You can feel the fingerprints of Takanaka, Casiopeia, Tatsuro, and even early YMO, but always filtered through ハチ公’s fictional lens — equal parts homage, fantasy, and personal groove ritual.

The name says it all:
Eight is enough.
(Though you'll wish there were more.)

Personnel:
🎸 Guitars:
高橋 陸 – Riku "Rick" Takahashi
Electric Guitar

新井 俊一 – Shunichi "Ichiban" Arai
Electric & Acoustic Guitar

🎹 Keys:
森本 哲也 – Tetsuya "Tetsou" Morimoto
Electric Organ / Keyboards

遠藤 春樹 – Haruki "Haru" Endo
Synthesizers / Keyboards

🥁 Drums:
中村 大悟 – Daigo "Daikon" Nakamura
Drums

藤村 海翔 – Kaito "Kaijju" Fujimura
Drums

🥁 Percussion & Vibes:
星野 蒼太 – Souta "Sou-chan" Hoshino
Percussion / Vibraphone
🎸 Bass:
渡部 恵子 – Keiko "Kiki" Watanabe
Bass Guitar