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Understanding My Grandfather’s Work and Influence (Hosono)
You ended up getting close with the Hosono family, and I heard that Yuta’s mother suggested you meet Yuta and invited you to a university club’s welcome party. Yuta, at first, thought “this guy is trouble,” but you two became friends. How does Yuta see you now?
Hosono: I thought he was a really interesting guy from the start, but recently, it feels like we have even more in common. Our daily interests seem to overlap more now. In the beginning, he used to come over to my house, and I would talk to him about music, so it was more like the relationship of a teacher and a student. But now, it feels more like a regular friendship.
Yuta didn’t listen to much old music back then, and Oto ended up introducing him to the music of Haruomi Hosono. Is that right?
Hosono: Yes, that’s correct.
Fukuhara: When we first met, it felt pretty strange. It was like, “There’s no connection to that old man,” and I felt there was a certain distance between us, which was much stronger back then than it is now.
Yuta, what kind of music were you listening to before meeting Oto?
Hosono： I liked techno and house music. In high school, I joined the jazz club and started playing bass, which led me to listen to Japanese jazz fusion. But I wasn’t deeply interested in it at first, I didn’t dig into it much.
Also, when I joined the jazz club, there was no one else playing bass, so I thought, “My grandfather did it, so I might as well give it a try.” It was a pretty reluctant start, but over time, I started to enjoy it.
So, while you liked music and instruments, you weren’t digging too deep into it, and then Oto came along and helped you get more immersed in it.
Hosono: Exactly. It felt like a history lesson—learning about what my grandfather did and the impact he had.
