Meet Japanese "human beatboxer" Hikakin (and prepare to be blown away by his video game theme remakes)

Video Link to a short feature on the very popular "human sound machine" Hikakin, who has a growing following within and beyond his native Japan. His YouTube channel is here, and well worth a subscribe. Below, his take on the Donkey Kong theme song.

• [Nathan Hornby]

  It’s never the sounds they make that impress me; but the ability to make so many at once.  Although I assume it’s mostly clever timing and there probably aren’t too many simultaneous noises, but it just doesn’t compute in my hearing-brain-bit.

• [Lobster]

  Needs more wub wub.

• [Nadreck]

  Doesn’t hold a candle to Andre Gagnon, who did things like sing all of the parts in “We Are The World”.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjYpdgTx2A  He did a killer motorboat impression too.

  • [twodimensionalme]

    Ah, cool, but it’s like comparing Coca Cola to Pizza.
    That’s not exactly beatboxing.

• [OohErMissus]

  Mr. Hikakin – we have Michael Winslow and Bobby McFerrin on lines 1 and 2.   They would like to ask you to a beatboxing duel.

• [hypersomniac]

  Dude from Police Academy is the illest.

• [Jeremy Duncan]

  Aren’t all beatboxers human by definition?

• [Rogier Van Etten]

  He’s good, but it’s hard to be better than Beardyman: 
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6UzGNiAGeM

  • [noah django]

     That’s dope!  I saw this guy, Kenny Muhammed, open for the X-ecutioners dj crew a ways back.  also good.  this is him with the NY philharmonic, of all things:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD_SEnNq_qE&feature=related

• [Tim Penno]

  Can’t-grow-a-beardy man?

• [Jamie Adam]

  I’ve seen better. Seriously. I’ve seen better.