
Ren Yokoi

Ren Yokoi
Biografía
Born in 1992 in Tokyo Japan, raised in Japan’s Hip Hop / Street culture.
Lived in the United States for his academics, and learned the culture of dance music.
Since he officially started his career in 2014, he was soon assigned as a resident DJ for Tokyo’s very well-known legendary party; World Connection at Contact Tokyo, est. 1988.
The year 2018 was a successful year for this young talent, where he played at big festivals such as Ultra Music Festival Japan Resistance, Sonic Mania Elrow, and also headlined at WOMB Tokyo for “#WOMB Ren Yokoi & Friends”.
His music productions are also highly valued: 2016S/S runway music for apparel brand 99%IS, game application GUNBIT theme track “Mainichi / Zeebra (produced by Ren Yokoi)”, etc.
“It’s all about domestic artists that give a bright future to the scene,” he says.
“It’s about evolution. It’s about accepting the changes. No matter where you are, who you are. Proud to be a modern-day Samurai”



