DJ.JYOUNAI

Based in Tokyo, DJ.JYOUNAI is the professional name of Hironobu Jyounai, who started the jazz party PRIMO in 2005. The event takes place monthly at Organ Bar in Shibuya, with jazz and soul DJ sets alongside live performances, dancers and VJs. In 2023 it ran on the fourth Saturday of the month.

DJ.JYOUNAI has run events at Organ Bar, Shibuya OTO, Shibuya Club Ball and Dogenzaka Church. Past line-ups have included vinylDJ Eiji Takehana, Yuta Takahashi and TAIGA SEKIYA. Jyounai’s project Primo & The Groupe has put out five records on analog formats. He contributed to the 2017 book Jazz Meets Europe: European Jazz Disc Guide and remixed Takehana’s “Sustainability” in 2018.