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Kentaro Okamoto (born c.1982), better known as DJ Kentaro, is a hip hop DJ from Japan.〔''Tuff Kuts'' review, ''The Wire'', 2008, vol. 293-298, p. 70〕 He won third place in the Technics category of the DMC World DJ Final in 2001 and won it in 2002 at the age of 20.〔"(DJ Kentaro )", Ninja Tune. Retrieved 20 January 2013〕〔Gritt, Emma (2012) "(DJ Kentaro: I threw my first party aged 14 at a club called Ghetto )", ''The Independent'', 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013〕〔Jarnes, Mark (2012) "(DJ Kentaro set to scratch a new itch )", ''The Japan Times'', 28 June 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013〕 In doing so, he became one of the first ever Asians to win the DMC World DJ Final, receiving the highest score in DMC history in the process.〔 He was signed to independent record label Ninja Tune and released a Solid Steel DJ mix album in September 2005, entitled ''On The Wheels of Solid Steel''. The tracks on the album come exclusively from Ninja Tune's back catalogue. His first album of entirely original material, ''Enter'', was released on April 30, 2007.〔Marinaccio, Elena (2007) "(DJ Kentaro ''Enter'' )", ''CMJ New Music Monthly'', July 2007, p. 44. Retrieved 20 January 2013〕 Kentaro recently supported hip-hop artists The Roots and The Pharcyde. Kentaro is well known for having remixed various songs of Japanese megastar Ayumi Hamasaki. Kentaro was featured by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions on their 2013 album "Circles". ==DJ Awards== *2002 DMC World Final - Champion *2002 DMC Japan Final - Champion *2001 DMC World Final - 3rd place *2001 DMC Japan Final - Champion *2001 Teens DJ Championships - Champion *2000 VESTAX Extravaganza - World Finalist *2000 ITF Japan - 2nd place 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DJ Kentaro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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