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Emiko Shibamura Struts Her Stuff on ‘Akindo Fighter’

Emiko Shibamura, who released the music video for her new single “Akindo Fighter,” back in March has arrived in epic fashion.

Prior to her foray into pop hip-hop, the 65-year-old rapper was a student who worked for Hitori Saito, one of the wealthiest men in Japan. Soon Shibamura was running most of Saito’s business empire, a company called Marukan.

Shibamura, now one of Japan’s wealthiest women, owns the deed to a plot of land on the moon, along with a reserved seat on World View’s planned first flight to the moon.

At the behest of a vision she had, in which the spirit of a white dragon told her to go to Hollywood and make a music video, Shibamura did just that. The video, directed by Michael Laburt and Daniel Merlot, has more than 1 million hits on YouTube.

EMIKO SHIBAMURA “AKINDO FIGHTER” – OFFICIAL VIDEOyoutu.be

“Akindo Fighter” opens on disco flavors embellished with a bubble-gum hip-hop beat, as well as nuances of jazz. A metalcore-like breakdown full of rumbling drums and infuses the tune with a dark energy.

The video, both trippy and wildly entertaining, blends references to Green Acres, The Shining, Sesame Street, the Blue Man Group, and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, as blue-skinned steroid monkeys pop their pecs, shooting smoke and laser beams from their nipples. Meanwhile, Shibamura not only rides the white dragon across the sky but appears in avant-garde outfits sizzling with panache.

Even with all this going on, what’s most impressive is that Shibamura can rap.

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Randy Radic is a Left Coast author and writer. Author of numerous true crime books written under the pen-name of John Lee Brook. Former music contributor at Huff Post.


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