Ruly's
クニ：ギタリスト
日本を飛び出て１２年、地球を家と勘違いした男、魂の音楽家。
１９７９年2月24日生まれ、東京都杉並区阿佐ヶ谷出身。高校卒業後、金沢にある自動車整備の会社で塗装工として５年間働く。23歳で会社を辞め、なぜか大学受験をする。大学生時代から海外放浪スタート。卒業後27歳からオーストラリアにワーキングホリデービザを利用し渡豪。30歳のとき憧れだったギターを始める。ケアンズ、カナナラ、ダーウィン、マーガレットリバー、カンガルーアイランドなど各地で仕事をしながら２年間オーストラリアを放浪。その後メルボルンに居を定め、２年滞在。専門学校生、社会人などを経験し32歳でニューヨークに渡米。会社起業、学生、カメラマン、宿の管理人と様々なことを始める。妻エツコともここで出会い、３ヶ月後には婚約。ニューヨークに来て２年後、ロサンゼルスに引越しを決め、バンを購入、家財道具を詰め込みロスまで３ヶ月間アメリカ国内を旅する。道すがらラスベガスで入籍（ドライブスルー結婚）。ロス滞在２年、バンド活動、大学生、引越し屋などをした後、メキシコに渡る。サンクリストバルデラスカサス（グアテマラの国境近くの標高２２００Mの街）に居を定め、音楽活動に勤しむ。エツコの妊娠、出産を経て、１年８ヶ月後、南米に向けて0歳の瑠璃を加えた家族３人の旅が始まる。
現在、２０１７年１１月からモロッコに移住。家族全員初のアフリカ大陸、イスラム文化圏に突入。なぜかアフリカ大陸初のラーメン屋を起業する。
エツ：ピアニスト
1986年4月10日生まれ。栃木県佐野市出身。
教育熱心な母の影響で、幼い頃から英才教育を受ける。３歳から始めたピアノもその一つ。
物心ついた頃から海外への関心が強く、小学校の姉妹校プログラムで訪れた韓国でのホームステイを経験し、高校時代はアメリカ・カリフォルニアで１ヶ月過ごす。
その間、何気なく続けていたピアノに本腰を入れ、音大進学を決意。
東京音楽大学ピアノ科で修学・卒業後、アメリカ・ニューヨークに飛ぶ。ニューヨークとカナダ・トロントでの長期滞在で音楽活動・音響会社へのインターンを通して、夫 Kuniと出逢う。
Kuni;Guitarist
12 years traveling overseas,the earth is his home,the musician is in his own soul.
Kuni was born on February 24th, 1979, in Tokyo Japan.
Since 8 years old, he moved around Japan from north to south because of his family business.
After he graduated high school, he worked painting cars in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture for 5 years.
Then he decided to go to University. When he got accepted to Meijigakuin University, he was 24 years old. During this time, he started to travel overseas: India, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore. It made him more interesting, to be overseas. As soon as he graduated uni, he moved to Australia. He worked and traveled everywhere in Australia: Cairns, Kananara, Margaret River, Kangaroo Island, Melbourne.
He stayed in Australia for 5 years. He got used to living overseas and to the different language.
He decided to make another move to New York City in The United States. Surviving in NY for 2 years made him more confident in his work and to have an exciting life overseas. When he intended to move to Los Angels in California, he met Etsuko who is a classical pianist. They got engaged 3 months after they met for the first time.
They bought a Ford van e-150 which carried all of their stuff. They did a road trip around the US for 3 months, from NYC to LA. On the way to LA, they got married in Las Vegas by drive-through-marry. Since arriving in LA, they were influenced by LA culture a lot. LA is a place where millions of artists and musicians come from all over the world. There is a beach and club culture, a mild climate, and it is super multi-cultural.
There have been 1,000,000 Japanese immigrants in LA since 1888. The many Japanese super markets and huge Japanese community makes a Japanese stay easier.
After they had several bands over the course of 2 years in LA, they made up their mind to move Latin America, Mexico.
Sancristobal de la Casa in Mexico is a small town, close to Guatemala, Chiapas State, 2200m in altitude, surrounded by beautiful nature and a population of 30,000.
As soon as they moved to Sancristobal in October 2015, they started two new bands "Abeja Reina" and "Ruly's". Moreover they worked as soundtrack-makers for Maktub DVD. Since finding out Etsuko was pregnant, it would be hard days for them, but it was also good to have a new job and a new experience. They weren't used to living in a small town as it was their first time, but little by little they got used to it.
After 1 year and 8 months, they finally decided to leave Mexico.
Now they're trying to open up a new world in Latin America with the new family member!