At this point, Tokumaru developed an interest with multi-instrumentalization, thinking that just the guitar/bass/drum set of a standard band wasn't enough. He started writing songs at 17 for the band, however had not had much of a need to earlier, as the other guitarist of the band was the chief songwriter. The band formed around 1994 and at the very beginning, Tokumaru was not a member. He joined a band called Gellers, made up of people he had known throughout his childhood. Much later on in junior high school, Tokumaru started playing the electric guitar, originally playing songs only by The Clash. His first instrument was the piano, which he started between 5–6 years old after seeing a friend playing it. Shugo Tokumaru was born and raised in Tokyo. Tokumaru's 2010 album Port Entropy was his most commercially successful album in Japan, breaking into the top 40. Tokumaru is also a member of the Japanese rock band Gellers. He is known for the variety of instruments he uses in his music, using over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings. He creates every aspect of his music, including the lyrics, music, arrangements, recording and mixing. Shugo Tokumaru ( トクマルシューゴ, Tokumaru Shūgo, born May 29, 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who debuted in May 2004 in America with his album Night Piece.
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