New Schooler
New Schooler (ニュースクーラー) is a Japanese Beatbox crew and YouTube group. The five members consist of Kawamu, Kanburi, Shimoren, Bayashi, and Chinen. Their music style combines human beatboxing with a capella, meaning every sound is from their mouths; they do not use any musical instruments in their tracks.
New Schooler won third place in the 2021 Grand Beatbox Battle World League Crew Wildcard competition[1], but because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that 2020 wildcard winners would compete in 2021, only the first place wildcard crew winner for 2021 would be able to compete at GBB in Poland for that year (usually first through third place would compete at the GBB competition).
New Schooler
(ニュースクーラー） | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Beatbox Crew |
| Website | https://newschooler5.com/ |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | May 2021-present |
| Genre | Music |
| Subscribers | 24,700 people |
| Total views | 4.74 million views |
Overview[edit]
New Schooler was created in late September of 2018 and they started their YouTube channel in May 2021. One of the members, Kamburi decided on the name "New Schooler" because he wanted to strive for a new genre of performance style in collegiate a capella groups, and was inspired by term "new school" in hip hop culture, a connotation of being innovative for their times[2].
Initially, Kamburi and Kawamu were planning on forming a tag team together, but somehow Chinen ended up joining them and they became a three man team. The three later thought it would be interesting to add an element of a capella to their beatbox team and thus asked Bayashi and Shimoren to join as the bass and vocals.
Awards and Achievements[edit]
In 2018, New Schooler won A Capella Spirits Newcomers Competition 2nd East Japan block, and was runner-up in the national event.
In 2019, New Schooler was second place in A Capella Spirits Sophomore year block.
In 2020, the group hit a record 700,000 views on their A Capella Spirits Junior year block video entry. However, due to the COVID pandemic, they decided to withdraw from the competition.
In 2021, New Schooler won third place in the 2021 Grand Beatbox Battle Crew Wildcard competition [1]. Although none of the members had ever been on the international stage of beatboxing before, they were well received by the judges and received a high placement in the Wildcard competition. New Schooler also had their first million views for their beatbox music video cover of Odo by Ado with Okanoya Tomoka [3].
Members[edit]
Kawamu[edit]
Born on February 3, 2000, an Aquarius. Blood type O. 173 cm and 62 kg. From Kanagawa Prefecture. Member color is purple (#9552ff). Member position is beatbox and/or chorus. Favorite food is Tiramusu. Favorite Pokemon is Ditto. Started beatboxing in 8th grade. Personal achievements in beatboxing include Best 8 of Boost Kanagawa Competition, Best 4 in Boost Tokyo Competition Under High School category.
Kanburi[edit]
Born on July 28, 1999, a Leo. Blood type AB. 170 cm and 93 kg. From Hamamatsu City of Shizuoka Prefecture. Member color is orange (#ff680e). Member position is beatbox and/or chorus. Favorite food is loin tonkatsu curry rice. Started beatboxing in mid-September of 8th grade. A personal achievement in beatboxing is winning Boost Kanagawa Competition. In his first year of college, he got kidney stones twice.
Shimoren[edit]
Born on February 4, 2000, an Aquarius. Blood type A. 175 cm and 58 kg. From Iwate Prefecture. Member color is red (#ff3939). Member position is main vocal and/or beatbox. Also does most of the music arranging and mixing for the group. Favorite food is sushi (chutoro). Began learning piano in May of first grade. Started beatboxing on December 8th of 8th grade (he remembers because he watched a show about Daichi on television that day and started practicing after the show). During his second year of college, her starts working part-time as a deliverer for a sushi place, but he broke his finger. Ever since, he has given up on getting a part-time job. In addition, due to his injury, he decides to withdraw from college because he did not feel like going to orientation.
Personal achievements in music and beatboxing:
2016
- April 3 - Boost Iwate Competition First place
- August 28 - Hokkaido Beatbox Battle Shichihenge Second place
- November 5 - Japan Beatbox Championship 2016 Tokyo Regional First place
- November 6 - Japan Beatbox Championship 2016 National Competition Top16
2017
- January 8 - Grand Boost Championship Vol. 1 Second place
- May 4 - Appearance on television show Aomori Akita Iwate Asahi TV "Road to Higher Next - Michinoku no Mirai he"
2018
- February 17 - Boost Chiba Competition Second place
- March 10 - 12th Gatsby Creative Awards FINAL MUSIC category First place
- April 28 - Appearance on television show Iwate Asahi TV "Iikoto!"
- May 12 - Takamine Cup First place
- October 28 - Shobi Music Grand Prix Third Place
2019
- March 30 - VIVID-BEAT vol. 3 Second place
- May 12 - Gakki no Nai Ongakukai First place
- June 1 - Boost Memorial Competition First place
- August 17 - FNBS First place
- October 15 - Chiba Charity Beatbox Battle Second place
- December 28 - Japan Beatbox Championship 2019 National Competition First Place
2020
- February 3 - NHK Beatbox Numa Battle First place
Chinen[edit]
Born on March 11, 2000, a Pisces. Blood type B. 170 cm and 62 kg. From Nago City of Okinawa Prefecture. Member color is green (#258A02). Member position is beatbox (bass drum). His favorite food is everything that is delicious. Started beatboxing in March of 8th grade. Personal achievements in beatboxing include winning Boost Chiba Tag team, Boost Chiba 3 on 3, and being in the top 8 of Boost Chiba solo. His favorite slogan is "Kannen, Gainen, Rinen, Chinen" (観念概念理念ちねん).
Bayashi[edit]
Born on December 22, 1999, a Capricorn. Blood type AB. 175 cm and 62 kg. From Tokyo. Member color is blue (#1A4DFF). Member position is bass vocals and/or beatbox. Favorite food is Moko Tanmen Nakamoto. Started beatboxing in May of 7th grade. Personal achievements in beatboxing include Best 4 in Boost Chiba and 3rd place in Gakki no nai Ongaku Kai. His personal bench press record is 95 kg.
Chihiro[edit]
Manager for New Schooler. In charge of video recording and editing for New Schooler's YouTube channel.
A Capella Beatbox Music Video Covers by New Schooler[edit]
- Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars by Mark Ronson
- Your Body by Cat Dealers
- How You Like That by Black Pink (GBB 2021 version)
- Get Lucky feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers by Daft Punk
- Don't Know by Jo-Ws
- Dai Rokkan 第六感 by Reol, covered with Saki 早希
- Odo 踊 by Ado, covered with Okanoya Tomoka おかのやともか
- U by millennium parade, covered with Highschool Bang Bang ハイスクールバンバン
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBDkMcWwVNo
- ↑ "New Schooler". www.newschooler5.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ↑ 【アカペラ】踊 / Ado｜おかのやともか × New Schooler, retrieved 2021-09-09
External Links[edit]
GBB 2021 World League Wildcard Results Crew and Tagteam Live Stream
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