TRANSFORMATIONS! Nishihara plays in exhibition while the judges are determining the winner of the 2005 National Championship. 1st time I've seen them .....

WATCH THE VIDEO RESPONSE - SAME SHOW AT NATIONALS WITH ZOOMED IN VIDEO AND BETTER SOUND. Once again after winning the last two years, Nishihara must p .....

This was my daughters 1st year in Marching. The band didn't qualify for nationals. But this was a rebuilding year; a stepping stone that was to lead t .....

This is an encore (January 2000) of the National Championships Nishihara High School Won around Christmas 1999.

WATCH THE VIDEO RESPONSE ALSO - SAME SHOW AT NATIONALS WITH BETTER SOUND. This video, which has better view, was taken after the Nationals as an encor .....

TRANSFORMATIONS! Once again, This band displays some unbelievable marching with a fantastic score to play. They blow away the competition with this f .....

This is the first year of Takaesu Sensei as a teacher at Nishihara High School. From this year forward, This school won every national champion they w .....

This was the teacher's last year at this school. They won the Nationals by a slim margin with a smaller than usual band (probably cause the students k .....

7-12 year olds in Ishigaki Elementary School Marching Band prelim show in 1999. This show was about 90 days out from the Japanese Nationals. I'm tryin .....

This Band took second place behind my daughter's (Kakazu jr high) Band at the Japanese Nationals in the 2000 season. This is the encore show once agai .....

After winning two National Championships consecutively, The band can't compete as is the rules. 2001-2002 is just for exhibition. They did win the wor .....

After being obviously robbed in 2002, Nishihara comes out in their clear high energy Latin style and takes all honors in Winning the Nationals at Sait .....

With 1/2 the band as 15/16 year olds (1st year students), Nishihara takes Second at Nationals with the HIGHEST SCORE, But loses on the amount of categ .....

This is the following 2001 year (encore show Jan 2002). Kakazu Jr High Repeated as National Champions with a follow-up Show that blew everybody away ( .....

This was my 8th grader's second year in Marching Band. Tenjin Sensei (teacher) did a great job in his second year. They won the 2000 nationals with a .....

Nishihara High School plays the season ending encore, Jan '01, after winning the Nationals at Christmas. Later in 2001 went on to win the worlds outsi .....