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Mario Kart Band

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Three members of the Mario Kart Band performing the theme for Mario Kart 8.
Three members of the band performing one of the songs from the game

The Mario Kart Band is a band that performs the music of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The band was first shown during the Mario Kart 8 Direct in 2014, performing three songs from the game.[1]

PerformersEdit

  • Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki
  • Electric & Acoustic Bass: Teppei Kawasaki
  • Drums: Satoshi Bandoh
  • Drums: Hiroyuki Noritake
  • Acoustic Guitar: Tetsuro Toyama
  • Alto Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta
  • Alto Saxophone: Masato Honma
  • Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone / Flute: Takuo Yamamoto
  • Tenor Saxophone: Masakuni Takeno
  • Trumpet: Eric Miyashiro
  • Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Koji Nishimura
  • Trumpet: Luis Valle
  • Trumpet: Sho Okumura
  • Trombone: Yoichi Murata
  • Trombone: Eijiro Nakagawa
  • Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi
  • Flute / Tin Whistle: Hideyo Takakuwa
  • Oboe: Takayuki Mogami
  • Violin / Erhu: Masatsugu Shinozaki
  • Violin: Toshihiro Nakanishi
  • Violin: Hitoshi Konno
  • Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato

Kazumi Totaka played vibraphone in the band but was not credited.[2]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nintendo. (April 30, 2014). Wii U - Mario Kart 8 Direct: Music Kart. YouTube. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  2. ^ NintendoWiiUUK. (April 14, 2015). The Music of Mario Kart 8 - Super Bell Subway (Wii U). YouTube. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Featherweight Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones 
Light Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-bluea · Blacka · Greena · Yellowa · Whitea · Bluea · Pinka · Orangea) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peacha • Villager (Female)a • Isabellea • Bowser Jr.  • Inkling Girl  • Diddy Kong c
Medium Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-bluea · Blacka · Reda · Yellowa · Whitea · Bluea · Pinka · Orangea) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Marioa • Villager (Male)a • Inkling Boy  • Birdo c (Light-blue  c · Black  c · Red  c · Yellow  c · White  c · Blue  c · Green  c · Orange  c) • Kamek c • Peachette c
Cruiser Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Linka • King Boo  • Wiggler c • Pauline c
Heavy Metal Mario (Gold ) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowsera • Petey Piranha c • Funky Kong c
Any Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies Karts Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLAa • W 25 Silver Arrowa • 300 SL Roadstera • Blue Falcona • Tanooki Karta • B Dashera • Streetlea • P-Winga • Koopa Clown 
Standard bikes Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Trippera • Master Cycle Zero b
Sport bikes Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cyclea
ATVs Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattlera • Splat Buggy  • Inkstriker 
Tires Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tiresa • Triforce Tiresa • Leaf Tiresa • Ancient Tires b
Gliders Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kitea • Paper Glidera • Paraglider b
Courses
New courses Mushroom Cup Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
Flower Cup Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
Star Cup Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
Special Cup Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses Shell Cup Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
Banana Cup GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
Leaf Cup DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
Lightning Cup DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC coursesa Egg Cup GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
Triforce Cup Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
Crossing Cup GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
Bell Cup 3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses c Golden Dash Cup Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
Lucky Cat Cup Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
Turnip Cup Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
Propeller Cup Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
Rock Cup Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
Moon Cup Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
Fruit Cup Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
Boomerang Cup Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
Feather Cup Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
Cherry Cup Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
Acorn Cup Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
Spiny Cup Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses Wii U   Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor
Switch   3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony
Other
Items Banana • Blooper • Boo  • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather  • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects Antigravity Panel • Arrow field c • Barrel • Bath Bomb c • Bella • Board • Bob-omb Car c • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bus • Bumper c • Cannon • Car • Cash  • Ceiling Needle c • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain Pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe c • Icicle c • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Leaf pilea • Master Sworda • Mecha Piranha Plant c • Metal ball c • Millstone • Mine Carta • Mushroom Platform c • Mushroom Trampoline c • Oil slick • Pita • Ring • Rupeea • Snowboya • Snowman • Spin Boost Pillar • Spinner • Submarine • Table c • Tire • Traffic cone • Traina • Truck • Volcanic debris • Water Geyser c • Winged Cloud c
Enemies and species Big Wiggler c • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Bulber c • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy c • Deku Babaa • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy c • Fire Piranha Plant c • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Fuzzy c • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie c • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin c • Incoming Chomp c • Innertube Goomba c • Jellybeam • Keesea • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toada • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resettia • Nep-Enut c • Noki • Penguin c • Petal Guy c • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie c • Raving Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench c • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Small bird • Snowboarding Shy Guy c • Stilt Guy c • Super Thwompa • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp c • Yoshi
Techniques Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings Amsterdam c • Athens (Hadrian's Arch · Parthenon)  c • Bangkok c • Berlin (Berlin Wall · Brandenburg Gate · Charlottenburg Palace)  c • Bowser's Castle • DK's Tree House • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • London (Big Ben · Tower Bridge · Tower of London)  c • Luigi's Mansion • Madrid (Prado Museum · Ventas Bullring)  c • New York (Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty · Rockefeller Center)  c • Paris (Arc de Triomphe · Cathedral of Notre Dame · Eiffel Tower · Louvre)  c • Rome (Colosseum · Spanish Steps · Trevi Fountain)  c • Peach's Castle • Sydney c • Tokyo c • Vancouver c
Official tournaments Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North America NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
Australia and New Zealand Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix
China Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship
Europe Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
Hong Kong Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
Japan Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
Spain TorneoMK8D
UK and Ireland Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous Andrew Trego  • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8a • "Blue Shell Blues"  • Cheesea • Daisy Cruisera • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish line • From the Pit  • Ghost • Gravity • Heart c • Highlight Reel • Hyrule Castlea • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Lakitu • The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8a • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass c • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8a • Miiverse  • Poochy c • Pre-release and unused content  • Shoe c • Soundtrack  • Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Booster Course Pass) • Stamp (list)   • Update history 
  Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8
a Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8
  Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
c Indicates content available in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Take a spin in one of these beauties!  • Racing through this poll  • One cup, four tracks…  • Leaf it to me  • Gaming gardens trivia quiz  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up 

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